Telling Stories: Making Business
Winter 2025 Programme
Date and Time
Storyteller Name and Business
Story Title (Links to page where you can register)
Thursday 23 January 2025, 7.30pm - 9.00pm on Zoom.
Simon Barker, Ginger Electrician
Cancelled
If you would like to tell your story, please text Chris Sissons on 07887 352841 or message me on Linked In. I'm seeking storytellers from 27 February 2025. Normally second and fourth Thursdays, at 2pm on Zoom. Meetings over lunch suspended until I find a suitable venue!
Storytelling helps us find an audience who care about our purpose. Stories help us communicate who we are and our business values. Facts and figures go only so far, stories are remembered and invite a response from those who hear or read them.
Telling Stories: Making Business returns soon. All meetings at 2pm on Zoom.
What happens?
We make brief introductions
Today's Storyteller tells their story:
At the end we go round with 1 minute each to introduce our own business and say how this session has helped your business.
Please sign up on Eventbrite to register for your Zoom link. Links to the Eventbrite page are in the right hand column in the Programme above.
If you search on Eventbrite, please look out for this image:
The group usually meets second and fourth Thursdays.
Zoom meetings convene at 2.00pm. Make sure you register to receive your Zoom link.
There's no charge for the Zoom meetings. However, if you would like to show your appreciation and buy me a notional coffee, follow this link.
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Testimonials from Past Storytellers
Good afternoon everyone. It’s Mark Simpson here from OMG Oh My Ganache. I’ve been having a great time here with Chris this afternoon, telling a story about how I started my business on the wonderful Kelham Island, right by the museum at the Island Café. Absolutely brilliant couple of hours spent and very enjoyable and I got some wicked tips as well about marketing and storytelling. Well worth coming for a visit and even possibly being a storyteller yourself. Thank you.
First of all, thank you very much Chris for giving me the opportunity and my experience was wonderful. I had a warm welcome and felt really comfortable. A really nice introduction and all the work you did behind the scenes, with notifying me of the links and giving me a prep form to fill out so that I had the guidelines to make my story. All that really helped with the whole smooth process, so that was great. Actually as well, it was really brilliant to get the feedback, so many different interesting points of view I’ve noted down, that’s going to benefit me going forward in different ways. Also from the point of view of being a previous participant when I listened to other peoples’ stories I’ve taken a lot away from other stories as well, so it’s really a win-win situation. Both ways, helping others and getting help from others.
I have to say, that I wasn’t quite sure of what the format would be. I knew I had a story to tell and you convinced me I had a story to tell. I came and told it. I think the fact that you come out and have the opportunity to tell a story, without people being judgemental but at the same time offering positive critique is exceptionally useful. I think there’s a strong sense of purpose going forward, where we can work together to deliver more stories to help and grow our business.
Past Sessions
Please note: There have been regular meetings of Telling Stories: Making Business for several years. There is an archive of the first 70 or so meetings on my old website. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Where there is a link in the right hand column, it leads to a video testimonial.
Date and Time
Name and Business
Story Title
90. Thursday 28 November 2024, 2pm - 3.30pm on Zoom.
Keith Wood, The Yorkshire Fenix
89. Thursday 10 October 2024, 2pm - 3.30pm on Zoom.
Elisha Ward, Work Your Brilliance
88. Thursday 26 September 2024, 2pm - 3.30pm on Zoom.
Frances Goodall, Coach and IFS Practitioner
87. Thursday 11 July 2024, 2pm - 3.30pm on Zoom.
Glen Mead, Face Value Performance Psychology Limited
86. Thursday 27 June 2024, 2pm - 3.30pm on Zoom.
Shamim Sarah Muddembuga,
Sha Kali Yoga
85. Thursday 8 February 2024, 2pm London time, on Zoom.
Endre Hoffmann, Doctor of Self-Worth
83. Thursday 26 October 2023, 2pm on Zoom.
Shabari Monica Das, World Vegan Market
82. Thursday 28 September 2023, 2pm on Zoom.
Ross Musgrove, Bravand (pronounced Brave-and) Digital Agency
81. Thursday 11 May 2023, 2pm on Zoom.
Kevin Pritchard, Properitum Associates
80. Thursday 23 March 2023, 2pm - 3.30pm on Zoom.
Trevor Wood, Network Midlands Ltd
79. Thursday 9 March 2023, 2pm - 3.30pm on Zoom.
Lindsay Gambling, Estate Planning: Wills, Power of Attorney, etc
78. Thursday 26 January 2023, 12 noon for 12.15pm - 1.45pm at Island Cafe.
Mark Simpson, OMG – Oh My Ganache
77. Thursday 12 January 2023, 2pm - 3.30pm on Zoom.
Aurama Auro, Integral Health
76. Thursday 17 November, 12 noon for 12.15 start until 1.45pm. Island Cafe.
Glenda Strong - illustrations by glenda
75. Thursday 10 November, 12 noon for 12.15 start until 1.45pm. Island Cafe
Antony Baker, Focussing On Photography Ltd
74. Thursday 27 October, 12 noon for 12.15 start until 1.45pm. Island Cafe
Jim Steinke, JFS Consultancy
73. Thursday 13 October, 12 noon for 12.15 start until 1.45pm. Island Cafe
Kate Wall - Nutritionist
72. Thursday 22 September, 2pm - 3.30pm on Zoom.
Ladey Adey, Ladey Adey Publications
71. Thursday 8 September, 12 noon for 12.15 start until 1.45pm. Island Cafe
Emma Gullon - Freelance Writer
70. Thursday 28 April 2022, 2pm - 3.30pm on Zoom.
Janet Broughton, The Positive Change Coach
69. Thursday 10 March 2022, 2.00pm - 3.30pm on Zoom.
Julie White, Bright White Life
Thursday 24 February, 2pm - 3.30pm on Zoom
Chris Sissons, Market Together
Workshop: Finding Stories
67. Thursday 27 January 2022, 12.30pm - 2pm on Zoom.
Lisa Shepherd, Bloom Bakers
66. Thursday 9 December, 2pm on Zoom.
Steve Shelley, Management Consultant and Business Advisor
65. Thursday 25 November, 2pm on Zoom.
Jacqueline Moore, Transformational Movement
64. Thursday 28 October, 2pm on Zoom.
Paul Stinson, Hovaloft Ltd
63. Thursday 23 September, 2pm on Zoom.
Andrew Jones, Wakefield GoWeb
62. Thursday 9 September, 2pm on Zoom.
Martin Spence, Planet Xoolon - 7th Wave
60. Thursday 24 June 2021, 2pm on Zoom
Phil Morton, Business Development Management
59. Thursday 27 May 2021, 2pm on Zoom
Mary Nonde, "Intuitive Vision Boards" and "Awaken Your Intuitive Vision"
58. Thursday 13 May 2021, 2pm on Zoom
Pete Mave, ImproveYour ...
56. Thursday 25 March 2021, 2pm on Zoom
Laura Baker, Nomad Opening Doors