Storytelling for Customer Success and Client Services
Summary
Behind every great customer experience is a well-told story. This workshop is designed for client-facing professionals who want to build stronger relationships, improve retention, and turn satisfied customers into advocates—using the power of storytelling. Whether you’re onboarding a new client, navigating a challenge, or showcasing impact, you’ll learn how to frame your communications in ways that build trust, add clarity, and create emotional resonance. Through interactive exercises and real-life examples, you’ll practice shaping your team’s value into stories that stick, and learn how to make your customers more likely to stick around, too.
Learning Outcomes
Understand how storytelling builds trust and deepens client relationships
Shift from transactional communication to relationship-driven narratives
Use storytelling to frame onboarding, training, support, and check-in conversations
Position your team’s value through story—not just service metrics
Handle challenges or friction points using stories that foster empathy and transparency
Develop success stories and case examples that turn results into retention
Practice tailoring stories for different client personas or stages in the customer journey
Use narrative techniques to make dashboards, data, and reports more persuasive
Identify and elevate customer stories that can be used for marketing, sales, or renewal conversations
Take away templates and structures for proactive storytelling across your team
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sessions have been delivered to thousands of people across general audiences and specialized teams. Past participants include professionals with job titles like policy analyst, marketing advisor, salesperson, C-level executive, communications manager, data analyst, engineer, journalist, grant writer, digital strategist, documentary filmmaker, museum curator, entrepreneur, and many more.
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Past clients include a variety of organizations from every major sector of the economy, including every level of government.
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Pricing depends on many factors, including format, content, timing, location, and number of participants.
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• Sessions delivered online or in person
• Teaching materials (yes, even keynotes come with written resources!)
• Pre-session consultation and post-session follow-up
• Francophone-friendly instruction (participants may speak in the Official Language of their choice)
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Yes, all the time!
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All material is designed and delivered by award-winning facilitators.
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Group size has ranged from as small as three to as large as hundreds. There are different ideal sizes depending on your desired format and content.
For workshops, groups of 10-15 tend to work best, but smaller or larger groups can be accommodated.
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Bookings are generally made at least one month in advance, but shorter timelines can be accommodated.
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Yes, StoryCorp has dealt with many complex procurement, contracting, and security requirements.
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