You’re doing your best to keep your association members feeling connected, supported, and focused. But it can be hard in this virtual and highly dispersed world. Zoom and Google Meet sessions are necessary, but they’re also challenging. Disconnection, fatigue, and mission drift can set in. Now, companies and associations of all size and description are asking: What can we accomplish right now? And how can we use this moment to prepare for the future?

Larry Smith, creator of the Six-Word Memoir project, will lead your group in a 30-90-minute session that will ask and answer these questions. In a high-energy and interactive talk, Larry will take you on a journey from the small-town pharmacy where his grandfather “Smitty” inspired his love of storytelling to his work creating a tool for focused self-expression for individuals and organizations.

Larry’s six-word approach crowdsources solutions from your own team or association members—those who know the world they work in best. These interactive sessions can incorporate breakout rooms for larger groups.

Goals:

• Reconnect everyone to both their individual roles and to their shared mission, as they offer six-word responses to prompts such as:

“Why do I do what I do?” and “What is our shared mission?”

• Focus your members or employees during these uncertain times by sharing six words that answer the question, “What can we accomplish right now?”

• Bond everyone in the (virtual) room as they get reacquainted with each other by sharing a Six-Word Memoir, the short story of their life.

Larry will leave your group more caffeinated and grounded, focused and forward-thinking—and primed to use six-word storytelling immediately and effectively at work and at play.

​In just 30-60 minutes, Larry Smith will train your group to use a tool that they can (and will) apply to their work in countless and unimaginable ways. That tool is the Six-Word Memoir®, a short form storytelling process that organizations of all types and sizes have "installed" to great success. Larry's high-energy, interactive presentation will take your team a journey from the small-town pharmacy, where his grandfather “Smitty” inspired a lifelong love of storytelling, to the creation of a narrative platform that is effective at improving internal communication and enhancing external marketing. Larry’s inspirational talk will help you figure out just who you want to be as individuals and as an organization as a whole. Simple to grasp, easy to implement and enjoyable to learn, the Six-word Memoir® seminar is a staff- and skills-building experience like no other.

Note: This talk can be expanded into a 90- 180-minute workshop with multiple points of interaction, tailored to the client’s needs. It also can be done as a smaller-group seminar to follow/complement a keynote talk by Larry.

From the CEO to the administrative assistant, short-form storytelling expert Larry Smith believes every person in your organization must be able to convey your company’s mission in 30 seconds or less—or even in just six words. As the creator of the internationally renowned Six-Word Memoir® concept, Smith has harnessed the power of creative constraint and has been a trailblazer in the art of short, sharp, memorable storytelling. This high-energy, content-rich session leads audiences as they clarify their personal and professional brands, mottos and missions. Smith will offer simple, accessible instruction about why short-form storytelling works—and how to do it. He’ll lead the audience in interactive six-word prompts and responses throughout the talk, providing one of the most useful and energizing hours your organization can share together. By the end of the talk, everyone inside the room will have a deeper understanding of their company’s mission—and an invaluable new tool to convey that mission to the outside world. Working with Larry in a corporate or conference setting is a great way to reacquaint your group with the value of simple stories to forge better connections with teammates, constituents and customers.

Note: this talk can be expanded into a 90- 180-minute workshop with multiple points of interaction, tailored to the client’s needs.

Companies large and small have tapped into the power of storytelling by inviting Larry Smith, founder of the Six-Word Memoir® project, to lead employees through an engaging, interactive presentation that’s instantly effective for internal team-building. After sharing background on the Six-Word Memoir project and reasons for its success, Smith leads the audience through personal “Six-Word Memoirs” and “Six-Word Company Mission” exercises. Everyone participates, everyone gains a better understanding of the collective strength of their team or association, and everyone leaves armed with practical ways to foster team culture when they return to the office. Company after company report how Larry’s approach has permeated their culture and engagement long after the workshops, leading to a lift in engagement and personal commitment.

Note: this talk can be expanded into a 90- 180-minute workshop with multiple points of interaction, tailored to the client’s needs.