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D A V I D L E C O U R S f o r A T H E N S 2 0 1 5
Great Designers 

Lead with Story
Can I Tell You

a Story?
You Are Already
Storytellers
Agenda
Why Lead with Story
What 3 Stories To Tell
How To Tell Your Stories
Agenda
Why Lead with Story
What 3 Stories To Tell
How To Tell Your Stories
Homework
About
Me
About 

My Firm
Whom I’ve
Helped
Written Bio
Video Bio
Self-Intro
Interviews
Networking
Social
Media
Speaking
Website
Video
Direct Mail
Estimates

Networking
Social
Media
Speaking
Case Studies
Project Sheets
Website
Monograph

Interviews
Publicity

Social Media
Testimonials
Today’s

Format
lecoursdesign.com/ldc
Why lead
with story?
Leaders
Tell Stories
WHY
“People that 

tell stories rule
the world.”


–Plato
WHY
Any Architects
or Designers
Come to Mind?
WHY
3
LOGOS
ETHOS
PATHOS
3 Problems Solved
by Story
1. You Will Retire or Die
2. Recruit & Retain Talent
3. You Are a Commodity
?
Agenda
Why Lead with Story

What 3 Stories To Tell

How To Tell Your Stories
What Three
Stories to
Tell?
Story Defined:
Account of how and

why life changes
WHAT
Story
Structure
WHAT
Homework
SETUP
CONFLICT
TURNING POINT
OUTCOME
4
3
2
1 YOUR POINT
5
WHAT
SETUP1
CONFLICT2
“Something must be at stake
that convinces the audience
that a great deal will be lost if
the hero doesn’t obtain his
goal. If nothing is at risk, then
it’s not interesting.”


–Robert McKee
TURNING POINT
3
OUTCOME
4
YOUR POINT
5
SETUP
CONFLICT
TURNING POINT
OUTCOME
4
3
2
1 YOUR POINT
5
WHAT
About
Me
About 

My Firm
Whom I’ve
Helped
About Me
WHAT
POINT
Not Just What, 

But Why
People do
business
with people
they know.
About Me
About 

My Firm
Whom I’ve
Helped
Challenge Plot
Rags to Riches
What I’ve
Learned
Challenge
Plot
Rags to
Riches Plot
What I’ve
Learned Plot
About 

My Firm
WHAT
About Me
About 

My Firm
Whom I’ve
Helped
Founding Story
Purpose Story
Vision Story
Whom I’ve
Helped
WHAT
About Me
About 

My Firm
Whom I’ve
Helped
Value of Design
Building Challenges
Trust Your Designer
Timing
Agenda
Why Lead with Story
What 3 Stories To Tell
How To Tell Your Stories
How to 

tell your
stories
How to write
your stories
HOW
About Me
Story Development
HOW
SETUP
CONFLICT
TURNING POINT
OUTCOME
4
3
2
1 YOUR POINT
5
Start with the point.
HOW
Point: why I do what I do
Outcome: my new way
Setup: me, KAA, work
Conflict: fired
Turning Point: pain
How to tell
your stories
HOW
Show
Vulnerability
HOW
It is Not
Weakness
HOW
Power of
Going First
HOW
Homework
Speak
Human
HOW
“There is nothing like telling
your story in person. The more
time we spend in front of
screens, the more we crave
human contact.”


–Arianna Huffington
Make It
Sticky
HOW
Energy &
Passion
HOW
Share
Emotion
HOW
2 Ears
1 Mouth
HOW
Be
interested
before
interesting
Training
Your Staff
HOW
Where?
HOW
About Me
About 

My Firm
Whom I’ve
Helped
Written Bio
Video Bio
Self-Intro
Interviews
Networking
Social Media
Speaking
Website
Video
Direct Mail
Proposal

Networking
Social Media
Speaking
Case Studies
Project Sheets
Website
Monograph

Interviews
Publicity

Social Media
Testimonials
?
Next Steps
HOW
Share What
You Learned
HOW
Homework
Promote
Yourself

to CSO
Hunting for
Stories
Homework
The New
Tool
Conclusion
Why lead
with story?
What three
stories to
tell?
How to 

tell your
stories?
Tell me a fact and I’ll
learn. Tell me a truth
and I’ll believe. But tell
me a story and it will 

live in my heart forever. 
— Indian Proverb
I Haven’t
Always Been
David Lecours
www.leadersofdesign.com
D A V I D L E C O U R S f o r A T H E N S 2 0 1 5
Great Designers 

Lead with Story

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Great Designers Lead With Story