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Denise Withers Award-winning storyteller, coach & consultant.
Vancouver, Canada Area
I combine 35 years of storytelling and design thinking to make change easier.
After spending 20 years making documentaries for Discovery Channel, I earned an MSc in engagement and narrative design. For the next five years, I led innovation initiatives at Canada's leading business school.
Since then, I've helped 100+ clients combine storytelling and design thinking to create powerful stories and strategies that influence behaviour, inform policy and inspire innovation.
Recently, I worked with National Geographic photographers to take their conservation non-profit from start-up to superpower, doubling their revenue, reach and impact in less than a year.
I've taught at half a dozen universities, published with SSIR online and started 4 innovation labs. You can find my…
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Social Innovation
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Strategic Consulting
Innovation Consulting
Experience Design
Social Change
Creative Strategy
Stakeholder Engagement
Narrative
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DW$4.17/min per minute(1)Strategic StorytellingDenise Withers • Vancouver, Canada AreaCreated 12 years ago in Skills & Management / LeadershipResearch, design, test and produce strategic stories. My approach, called story design, combines design thinking and storytelling to clarify and bring your preferred future to life. It produces strategic stories that help people experience change in a safe and fun way that empowers and engages them in your quest.Denise Withers Vancouver, Canada Area(1)
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DW$4.17/min per minute(1)Story CoachingDenise Withers • Vancouver, Canada AreaCreated 12 years ago in Skills & Management / CoachingCustom coaching to help leaders learn to design stories that mobilize hidden potential in people and resources. Develops story-based expertise in strategic analysis, planning and communications. Also builds critical thinking and problem-solving skills.Denise Withers Vancouver, Canada Area(1)
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DW$4.17/min per minute(1)Story Design for Innovation & ChangeDenise Withers • Vancouver, Canada AreaCreated 12 years ago in Skills & Management / LeadershipCombine storytelling and design thinking to research, develop, test and share new kinds of solutions to complex problems. By designing your project as a story, you make it easier to inform, influence and inspire others to support your work.Denise Withers Vancouver, Canada Area(1)
Storytelling
Social Innovation
Published Author
Strategic Consulting
Innovation Consulting
Experience Design
Social Change
Creative Strategy
Stakeholder Engagement
Narrative
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