Building trust through telling stories is one of the most powerful communication strategies you can use to build community and strengthen relationships. In this episode, storytelling consultant and speaker, Katie Quesada shares her tips to help you tell your best stories!

Katie is an acclaimed speaker and consultant who is deeply passionate about the art of storytelling. Katie has recently worked with top brands like SpaceX, United Healthcare, American Eagle Outfitters (and more!) to ignite their story for more effective communication, high trust within teams, and increased sales. Katie and her husband Danny live with their two daughters in Orange, CA. They spent two years living in a 180 square foot tiny home and believe that stories are better than stuff.

SHOW NOTES:

• To learn more about Katie, visit her website here: https://www.katiequesada.com/
• Have a question about storytelling you'd like us to answer? Contact us at lindsey@homeplacecreativeco.com and let us know so that we can answer it in a future episode!
• Learn more about Meg & Kyle at https://www.homeplacecreativeco.com/

We're trying something new here on the podcast and bringing you a recast of Meg's Tell Your Stories Workshop, so you can take the tools she shares and add them to your storytelling tool box. This episode focuses on storytelling for your brand.

Have a question or concern about storytelling you'd like us to answer? Contact us at lindsey@homeplacecreativeco.com and let us know so that we can answer it in a future episode!

About jesikah: jesikah maria ross has three speeds: listening, making, and sharing. she’s an artist, an academic, and experienced media producer. jesikah is out to make a difference and believes that wit, grit and imagination can take us where we need to go. jesikah knows how to mobilize people around a shared interest and create processes that lead to community change. she’s done it with large institutions, small non-profits and independent media makers. jesikah has built a career of consulting, training and project management for participatory media projects with a path and a plan that changes how we collect, tell and share the stories of our communities.

We talked with jesikah about how she uses storytelling projects to mobilize communities. She shares valuable insight on how to create and sustain community participatory work (work with the communities we serve) and shares her own stories from doing this work. She also provides excellent resources and guidelines for storytellers who aim to empower others to tell their stories!

SHOW NOTES:

• Learn more about jesikah's work here: ⁠https://www.jesikahmariaross.com/⁠

• Hire Meg for a workshop or keynote by contacting lindsey@homeplacecreativeco.com or connecting via her website at [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠drmegadams.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠]⁠
• Learn more about Storytelling Training with Homeplace Creative via their website at [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠homeplacecreativeco.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] or contact kyle@homeplacecreativeco.com
• Connect with Meg across social at @drmegadams and Kyle at kyle@homeplacecreativeco.com