Success Through Persuasive Storytelling
3 - 4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Master practical storytelling frameworks to inspire confidence, influence decisions and become the communicator everyone listens to.
Success Through Persuasive Storytelling
3 - 4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Master practical storytelling frameworks to inspire confidence, influence decisions and become the communicator everyone listens to.
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Course overview
Turn each idea into a story that wins buy-in, inspires customers & drives action
Learn storytelling systems proven for any occasion. 🪜
Identify your strengths to create, deliver and refine your first story 🎬
Start building a portfolio of stories to draw upon. 📚
If your success depends on moving others to act, you’ll find tools here to transform how you communicate.
Who is this course for
01
Product Managers who want leadership to back bold ideas and align teams with ease.
02
Marketing & Sales Leaders eager to win strategy approval, inspire customers, and persuade clients.
03
Engineering Managers who must convince execs and non-technical stakeholders with clear, simple stories.
After taking this course you'll...
Influence with confidence.
Present without anxiety, whether in a small meeting or on a big stage.
Win buy-in faster.
Use structured storytelling—whether convincing your leadership, inspiring customers, or closing a deal.
Build a flywheel
Collect and refine personal stories you can repurpose for any audience into a story bank.
Sharpen your persuasion
Recognize—and apply—the techniques world-class speakers use daily.
What’s included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Sri Srikrishna & Bikash Chowdhury in a real-time, interactive format.
Personalized feedback
Receive feedback on your stories from peers and instructors.
Community of peers
to learn, share, and stay accountable.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Course syllabus
4 live sessions • 32 lessons • 4 projects
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
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Meet your instructors
Sri Srikrishna
Entrepreneur, author, professor
Over the past twenty years I’ve built multiple businesses—from a $75M new product line in 18 months to a bootstrapped global leader in wireless stereo.
Professor at Northeastern. Mentor to founders and consultant to growing firms, I’ve hundreds to become persuasive storytellers.
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David Brade
Amanda Humphrey
Roby Paul Kurien
Abhinav V.
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Success Through Persuasive Storytelling
Fall 2025 Cohort 1
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Course schedule
4-6 hours per week
Weekly Workshop
We will meet once a week for four weeks
5PM-7PM PST
- Session 1: Storytelling & You - What is a story and stories in your life
- Session 2: The Science of Stories - concepts and why they work
- Session 3: Scripting & Toolbox - applying what you've learnt
- Session 4: Delivering Your Project - review, rework, practice
Personal Project
2 hours per week
You will work on one primary storytelling project throughout the class. You'll begin with an introductory storytelling exercise. Subsequently each week you'll work on the identified talk/presentation/story continuously refining towards a final presentation.
Weekly Discussion
1 hour per week
Each week, we'll have one discussion board to review takeaways from pre-readings and learnings from previous session. Separately you will also provide peer feedback on others' work during live meetings and in-between classes.
2 Bonus Session (optional)
1PM EST
Optional office hours follow the 1st and 3rd workshops.
- AMA with Sri & Bikash
- Peer networking session in week 1
Building a bank of your stories
As you prepare to become a better storyteller, you need to have a bank of stories that you can draw upon for any occasion. Such a bank of stories, will not only build your confidence but allow you to use the same story or variations of it on different occasions. Use this worksheet to create a bank of stories that you can tap into when you need!
photo: suzy hazelwood via pexels
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Story as a Powerful Opening for Your Data Presentation: A Breakdown
There are a variety of ways to make the opening of your presentation impactful. Storytelling when done well, is one of the best ways to do it. And it can be done in under 2-3 minutes as you'll see in this breakdown of a data presentation.
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Why this Investment Pays Off
Reduces missed opportunities
Closing just one deal, winning one idea, or landing one promotion will repay this investment many times over.
Active learning, not passive watching
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
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