Short overview

The Storytelling Symposium

This small international online conference provides a discourse about storytelling and narrative methods across disciplines with the aim to foster innovation, good leadership, community building and effective, sustainable communication. For: Professionals in leadership and development, human resources, training, coaching, consulting, therapy and the arts. Gain new knowledge and ideas about narrative methods and new connections to professionals in the storytelling field.

Program

Nov 11: 4-5pm Introduction with Anja and guests
Nov 12: 4pm Keynotes, 5pm-7pm Workshops (EN/DE)
Nov 13: 4pm Keynotes, 5pm-7pm Open Story Stage
Nov 14: 4-5pm Fireside Chat with Anja and guests

Event Languages: English and German

People 2025

Keynotes and Workshops by:

Tamsen Webster
Jerome Deroy
Elma Esrig
Dr. Sarah Weber
Dr. Katja Brunkhorst
Gabriele Schuster-Klackl
… and others

Event Languages: English and German

Organizer: Dr. Anja Timmermann
Co-moderator: Barbara Anne Bauer
Online event director: Martin Heppner
Scientific Advisor: Dr. Franz Hütter
Design & Visuals: Karavan Design

„Learning and leadership“

Program 2025

  • Tuesday, Nov 11

    4pm - 5pm CET

    Introduction and networking with Anja and guests

  • Wednesday, Nov 12

    4pm - 5pm Central European Time

    Keynotes and discussion

    “The role of storytelling in learning and leadership”

    with

    Tamsen Webster
    Jerome Deroy
    Julienne B. Ryan
    Dr. Franz Hütter
    Dr. Anja Timmermann

    5pm - 7pm Central European Time

    Choose your workshop (DE or EN)

  • Wednesday, Nov 13

    4pm - 5pm Central European Time

    Impulses and Q&Q
    “Storytelling for learning and leadership”

    Anja Timmermann, Barbara Anne Bauer and guests

    5pm - 7pm Central European Time

    Open Story Stage

    Tell us a 5-minute story

    ↳ Join the membership (klick the button above) and follow the instructions to put your name on the list.

  • Thursday, Nov 14

    4pm - 5pm Central European Time

    Fireside Chat – Backstories and networking with Anja and guests

Storytelling Symposium 2025

Meet our Speakers

  • Tamsen Webster – Message Design

  • Jerome Deroy – Leadership Storytelling

  • Julienne B. Ryan – Communication Catalysis

  • Gabriele Schuster-Klackl – Storylistening

  • Dr. Franz Hütter – Neurodidactics

  • Dr. Katja Brunkhorst – Be a human disco ball

  • Elma Esrig – How knowledge makes an impact

  • Barbara Anne Bauer – Discovering myths in culture

  • Dr. Sarah Weber – Working with your own biography

Registration is open

↳ Join for 47,00 € and get inmediate access to the member area and library with resources from the 2024 and 2023 events by klicking here, or hit the registration button above ↗︎

More about the event and the team >

About

Storytelling Symposium

on YouTube

We are constantly uploading interviews and cutouts on Youtube, and we are also recording new interviews DE/EN.

Check out the Storytelling Symposium Youtube Channel.

The channel is in DE/EN. Switch the language setting to your language.

Storytelling Symposium on Youtube

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