Purple Coulee
the story workshop

When everyone can generate content, story wins.

The internet is filling with AI slop. Many posts say everything and mean nothing. Stories are different. A person, a want, a real obstacle, and a change. In a focused workshop (English or German) your team learns a simple structure and uses it to shape pages, emails, calls, and updates that people remember.

Why story • Who it is for • How it works

Why story

People act when they understand. A short scene with a clear want and a real change makes your message easy to grasp and easy to repeat.

Who it is for
  • Founders, sales, product, marketing, leadership
  • Teams with many features and low recall
  • Groups that want clearer pages, emails, and talks
How it works
  • Find the hero, the want, the obstacle, the change
  • Write lines for your real touchpoints
  • Practice saying them in simple language

The Workshop

A 1 to 3 day, in person, on site, hands on workshop at your location, worldwide. We work on your real life problems while learning the basics of applied storytelling. Your team leaves with a practical structure they can use in marketing, sales, product, and internal notes.

What your team gains

Sense

Notice small, vivid moments and turn them into clear lines people remember.

Structure

Hero, want, obstacle, change. Used in your voice for your audience. A habit, not a script.

Reach

From sales calls to product notes to all hands. The skill lives in the team, not in a slide deck.

Examples of use
Landing page lead

Open with one real moment and the change you create. Then show the one feature that does the work.

Product page

Describe the scene where the product earns its place. Tie specs to the scene.

Email

Start with a short story that sets the problem. Offer one next step.

Social

Small scenes, one at a time. Show the turn and stop.

Press note

Lead with the visible change. Support with one number and a quote that sounds human.

First call

Walk through a normal week. Name the snag. Show how one change fixes it. Ask if this matches their world.

Objection

Share a short before and after that deals with the same worry. Keep it specific.

Follow up

Send three lines that recap the story and the next step.

Renewal

Point to one change that stuck and the line their team repeats. Check the impact.

Demo

One scene, one screen, one question. Let the story do the work.

Onboarding

Write copy that reflects the first stuck moment. Guide to the smallest win.

Release notes

State the problem in plain words. Show how the change looks and feels.

Roadmap

Frame items as scenes, not features. Who benefits and what changes.

Brief

Person, want, obstacle, change. One page that takes two minutes to read.

Naming

Pick names that match the scene of use, not internal build names.

Support reply

Explain the fix as a small story with the outcome. Link to one clear step.

Help article

Lead with the situation, then the steps. Add one real example.

Churn save

Reflect their situation in one line, share a matching change, and set one small trial action.

Upsell

Show where the next tier removes a recurring snag. Keep numbers simple.

Community

Collect user scenes and highlight the change they achieved.

Job post

Show a day on the job as a scene. Say what the role changes for others.

Careers page

Share three short stories about real work, not perks.

Interview

Ask for a story. Person. Want. Obstacle. Change. Listen for specifics.

Onboarding

Give new hires three stories to retell. Make them simple and true.

Referral

Provide one paragraph people can forward without edits.

All hands

Open with one team’s stuck moment and the change they made. Invite one similar change next month.

Strategy

Write the future as a short scene people can imagine. Then three steps to reach it.

Change

Explain what was hard and what will be different. Keep it kind and plain.

Values

Each value gets a story from last quarter. One paragraph each.

Crisis

Say what happened, what changed, and what people can expect next.

Update

Lead with the change customers felt. Then one number that proves it.

Deck

Each slide earns a line in a simple story. Remove slides that do not move the story.

Board memo

One page. Person, want, obstacle, change. Risks and the ask last.

New raise

Describe the world before you, the turn you caused, and where the next turn will be.

Reference

Collect two customer stories that others can retell without a deck.

Curious?

Tell us where story would make the difference. We will be in touch with a plan for your story workshop.

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