“Something the industry
has never seen before.
Kudos to you.”
– K.CARTER
MICROSOFT
“Fantastic!”
– L. HELLER, PRESIDENT,
BUZZTONE MARKETING
“Awesome problem-solving, team-building workshop.”
– S. GRANO, CLINICAL DIRECTOR,
VIAQUEST
“You should do a TED Talk!”
– ZOOM PARTICIPANT,
CLEVELAND, OH
Watch Our 2-Minute Overview Video
About Your Facilitator
Jordan B. Gorfinkel (“Gorf”) is a veteran Editor of the Batman franchise at DC Comics. As President of Avalanche Comics Entertainment, Gorf has produced for and/or consulted with teams at Microsoft, Seagate, Alibaba, Paramount, Hasbro and more. Gorf’s guidance and creativity have contributed to more than $1.4B in results.
About Your Facilitator
Jordan B. Gorfinkel (“Gorf”) is a veteran Editor of the Batman franchise at DC Comics. As President of Avalanche Comics Entertainment, Gorf has produced for and/or consulted with teams at Microsoft, Seagate, Alibaba, Paramount, Hasbro and more. Gorf’s guidance and creativity have contributed to more than $1.4B in results.
Bring the Superhero
Way of Thinking
to Your Business
Storytelling is a proven approach to building connection, enhancing communication, and engaging an audience in an entertaining way. This one-of-a-kind workshop applies Jordan B. Gorfinkel’s Batman experience and expertise to help team members communicate more effectively and advance their goals through the “comic(s) relief” of visual storytelling.
Bring the Superhero
Way of Thinking
to Your Business
Storytelling is a proven approach to building connection, enhancing communication, and engaging an audience in an entertaining way. This one-of-a-kind workshop applies Jordan B. Gorfinkel’s Batman experience and expertise to help team members communicate more effectively and advance their goals through the “comic(s) relief” of visual storytelling.
Clear, Concise, Creative
In this highly interactive, hands-on, and fun workshop, Gorf leverages his decades of experience as a visual storytelling designer and editor to guide participants to the “superhero way of thinking” that will enable them to communicate in a more clear, concise and creative manner.
Participants will collaborate in a team (or teams) to develop their story, then storyboard and draw an original cartoon that is relevant to their organizational roles and contributes to the business—in the process unleashing their hidden superpower: better communication.
No drawing skill required. Really. Stick figures and handwriting work well. Simple is better!
What Participants Will Learn
- How to home-in on core messages
- The four stages of clear, concise and creative communication through storytelling
- Techniques for simplifying complex topics and ideas and communicating them effectively and understandably — for any audience and industry
- Visual thinking
- Critical thinking
- How to “cut through all the noise”
What Participants Will Learn
- How to home-in on core messages
- The four stages of clear, concise and creative communication through storytelling
- Techniques for simplifying complex topics and ideas and communicating them effectively and understandably — for any audience and industry
- Visual thinking
- Critical thinking
- How to “cut through all the noise”
Who Should Attend
Established business teams (leadership teams, small business units, teams within corporate functions/departments), project teams, and newly formed groups that can benefit from initial or renewed team building and sharpening their communication skills.
Who Should Attend
Established business teams (leadership teams, small business units, teams within corporate functions/departments), project teams, and newly formed groups that can benefit from initial or renewed team building and sharpening their communication skills.
Workshop Design
Introduction (5 minutes)
- Facilitator introduction
- Workshop purpose & goals
Storytelling Bootcamp (10 minutes)
- Learn Super Storytelling fundamentals
Scripting (30 minutes)
- Pair with teammate to brainstorm, write script, and review with facilitator
Design Bootcamp (15 minutes)
- Learn the tools and best practices of storyboarding and drawing comics for the purpose of translating script into visual storytelling
Designing (45 minutes)
- Draw comics that fulfill goals
Conclusion (15 minutes)
- Share comics and workshop takeaways
Bonus Takeaway
Following the workshop, Gorf will produce a comic book collection consisting of the comics produced by the team members during the workshop, and prepare a toolkit consisting of the workshop summary and best practices for communicating with stories.
Consulting Services
Gorf is available on a consultancy basis, to apply the Super Storytelling method to your project or company. Please inquire for further details.
