Boot Camp Workshop: Effective Story-Telling

Thursday, March 12th  |   7 - 8:30 pm   |   Hillell Beit Midrash, 80 Brown Street

This session focuses on storytelling as a critical capability and teaches simple, broadly applicable techniques for communicating complex ideas into coherent narratives. As a participant, you’ll leave with your own template for a basic, individually tailored story-form “elevator pitch” – a simple structure that will serve as a simple plank in your communications about your project.

RSVP Required - Max 20 Students. Send request to Alan_Harlam@brown.edu

About the Speakers:

Gretchen Anderson is a Senior Search Consultant at On-Ramps. Prior to joining On-Ramps, Gretchen was a consultant in the New York office of Katzenbach Partners, a strategy and organization consulting firm, where she served as Chair of the Non-Profit Advisory Board. Under her leadership, the Board developed and executed the firm’s strategy for engagement with non-profit organizations.

Originally from Massachusetts, Gretchen graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont and completed a doctorate in American literature at Stanford University. Her studies at Stanford were partly funded by a grant from the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and she has remained actively involved with that Institute, leading an independent project to help establish the network of alumni graduates. She volunteers as a mentor for local teens through the New York Women’s Foundation, and for women re-entering the workforce through Bottomless Closet.


Amy Gallo is the Director of Operations for Marshall Goldsmith Partners, a leadership development firm in New York City. Prior to joining Marshall Goldsmith Partners, she was a consultant at Katzenbach Partners, a strategy and organization consulting firm. During her eight years there, she served clients in a wide range of industries, including pharmaceutical, professional services and healthcare. Amy has expertise in change management, process improvement/planning and transforming organizational cultures. She was also deeply involved in the firm’s research and thinking on the informal organization and authored a high profile report on the topic, which was featured in Fortune Magazine.

Amy joined Katzenbach Partners from the non-profit world where she worked with the HIV Prevention Project, a needle exchange program in San Francisco. Prior to that, Amy lived in Moscow, Russia, while conducting research on the Russian government’s response to HIV/AIDS. She has a BA in Sociology and Women’s Studies from Yale University. Amy works from her home in Pawtucket.

Upcoming Events:

March 15th - Peer Critique
April 1st - Boot Camp: Measuring Impact
April 7th - Peer Critique

Please contact Alan Harlam, Director of Social Entrepreneurship, for more information Alan_Harlam@brown.edu