Storytelling Symposium 2024

Present your Knowledge!

November 12-15, 2024

A conference about how (and why) to use narrative methods for communicating your expertise

Be part of it

Pre-Register

Pre-register and be informed as soon as the full program is finalized and registration for the limited number of tickets opens.

Plus: You will get the Symposium Newsletter with insights from our speakers.

Our Mission

Storytelling is — and has always been — the essential tool for knowledge sharing, community building and leadership. And beyond that, it forms a universal framework of thought that we can hardly escape.

We are seeking to find, generate and present the best ways for sharing knowledge, making sense of our world and shape the future through eloquent writing, speaking and acting. 

We believe that storytelling has the power to inspire people to action, transform lives and to build understanding across cultures. Stories follow universal principles and belong to everyone, no matter their background.

We understand it as our mission to make narrative methods and competencies accessible and engaging to more people, in more places.

Guiding Principles

  1. Community: Storytelling is an essential human tool which aims at survival and betterment through learning, community building and leadership.

  2. Spirit of exploration: Great storytelling is committed to the truth. Therefore, it starts with observing anything with an open mind. 

  3. Leadership: To realize the story, and thus the change, a storyteller is needed who communicates the vision, calls the hero to action and supervises the activities that lead to the accomplishment of the task.

You are very much needed as a knowledge carrier and storyteller. We want to encourage you to take your place in the circle of storytellers and make your contribution to the discourse of society.

Program

Day 1 (Nov 12)

WHY

Day 2 (Nov 13)

WHAT

Day 3 (Nov 14)

HOW

Day 4(Nov 15)

TOMORROW

What to expect:

  • Great Keynote Speakers

  • Themed Sessions

  • Networking and Panels

Speakers

  • Mel Churcher, Voice and Acting Coach

  • Julia Holze, Innovation Expert

  • Elma Esrig, Acting Coach

  • Karin Kiesl, Data Storytelling

  • Anna Momber, Acting Coach

  • Simone Dietrich, Voice Coach

  • Petra Sammer, Storymarketing

  • Franziska Fuchs, Screenwriter

  • Katrien Stevens, Art Director

  • Simone Jo Moore, Humanizing IT

  • Dr. Franz Hütter, Neurodidactics

  • Ana-Laura Lemke, Storylistening

  • Dr. Stephen Wagner, Science Speakertrainer

  • Dr. Katja Brunkhorst, Creative Writing Coach

  • Dr. Anja Timmermann, Storytelling Coach

Team

Dr. Anja Timmermann, Anna Momber, Dr. Franz Hütter, Elma Esrig, Martin Heppner, Katrien Stevens, Yvonne Frank

On Youtube

We started to post the 2023 interviews on youtube — new interviews (DE/EN) are also in the making.

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May we introduce us?

PRE-REGISTER

Be part of it

Pre-register and be informed as soon as the full program is finalized and registration for the limited number of tickets opens.

Plus: You will get the Symposium Newsletter with insights from our speakers.