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Course: Storytelling insights for better services

Learn how to use storytelling elements to improve how people will experience your service.

This course a collaboration between a professional Storyteller and a Service Design specialist.

Romain is a storyteller and copy writer who has helped startups, political parties and corporate organizations tell their stories.

Romain Pittet

Daniele is a service designer and author who has published two books and multiple courses on Service Design.

Daniele Catalanotto

A course that brings storytelling knowledge into the service design world

Discover the power of storytelling for service design

In this online course you'll learn what storytelling is and why it such a powerful tool to captivate the human mind.

Improve your service with storytelling components

You'll learn how to:
  1. Use problems of your service as opportunities
  2. Create rhythm in your service experience
  3. Use all senses to enhance your service
  4. Define the role of your service to clarify the relationship with your users

What you won't learn in this course

This course helps you to use ideas and elements from the storytelling world to improve your service. But this course doesn't help you tell the story of your service.

This course doesn't:
  1. Make you a storyteller
  2. Help you to write better content
  3. Create a fancy story to attract customers

The course package

This online course teaches you the basics of storytelling and gives you the practical tools and templates to bring change in your service experience already today.

Get practical tools you can implement today

The course comes with 5 practical tools and templates that you can use to bring change to your service already today.

Get the key references to continue your journey

We share with you selected ressources and a list of storytellers to follow in order to continue your journey in the world of storytelling.

The practical tools

With this course you'll get access to custom tools.

Service Problems Canvas

This canvas is a tool that helps you to prioritize problems in your user experience and turn them into opportunities.

Service Senses Canvas

This canvas helps you to take into consideration all five senses when you create your service.

Service Roles Canvas

This canvas help you to define the relationship your service creates with your users. It helps to set better expectations and avoid customer frustrations.

Service Rhythm Canvas

This canvas helps you to use rhythm in order to make your service more memorable to your users. The canvas combines learnings from behavioral economics, psychology, storytelling and Service Design.

The course table of content

Introduction

What you'll learn
    How you'll learn it
      What you won't learn
        Your coaches
          Why we created this course

            1. What is storytelling and why it matters?

            Introduction
              What is storytelling
                The effects of storytelling
                  Recommended video: The magical science of storytelling
                    Storytelling in business
                      Recommended video: Every Story is the Same
                        What are the elements that make a great story
                          Quiz

                            2. Problems makes great stories and services

                            Introduction
                              Every story has a problem
                                Friction makes services better
                                  Video: are playgrounds too safe?
                                    Mistakes make people more likable
                                      Recommended reading: Pratfall Effect
                                        🛠 Tool: The Problems Map
                                          A little exercise
                                            Preview
                                            Quiz

                                              3. Sensorial information make great stories and services

                                              Introduction
                                                A story talks to the senses
                                                  Sensorial information impacts our mood
                                                    Recommended video: The BMW sound designers. BMW quality.
                                                      Services use senses too
                                                        Recommended article: Multisensory Design: The Empathy-Based Approach To Workplace Wellness
                                                          🛠 Tool: Service Sensory Map
                                                            A little exercice
                                                              Preview
                                                              Quiz

                                                                4. Roles make great stories and services

                                                                Introduction
                                                                  A story uses roles or archetypes
                                                                    The professional world has roles too
                                                                      🛠 Tool: Service Roles Cards
                                                                        🛠 Tool: Service Personality test
                                                                          A little exercice
                                                                            Preview
                                                                            Quiz

                                                                              5. Rhythm makes great stories and services

                                                                              Introduction
                                                                                A story has emotional rhythm
                                                                                  Life has emotional rhythm too
                                                                                    Services have an emotional rhythm too
                                                                                      Recommended book: The Inzovu Curve Booklet
                                                                                        The importance the extremes and happy ends
                                                                                          🛠 Tool: Service Rhythm Map
                                                                                            Little exercice
                                                                                              Preview
                                                                                              Quiz

                                                                                                Going further

                                                                                                Bravo!
                                                                                                  3 resources on storytelling
                                                                                                    3 storytellers to follow
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                                                                                                          A little thank you note