https://www.simmermonstorycoaching.com/home daily 1.0 2021-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/1634674461005-6TUEAMZRGIH5UYXIHF5U/nyu+teaching.png Home - Storytelling for Business I offer 1:1 coaching and group workshops for people looking to tighten their storytelling skills in the workplace. I can teach you how to talk like a real, actual person who knows that the words "leverage," "impact," "brand story" and "visionary" are corporate camouflage for people that don't know what they're talking about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/1634675700164-FHKM2TKASSW2AILIZW9B/class+show.png Home - Storytelling for Performance I also offer 1:1 coaching and group workshops to comedians and performers looking to strengthen their comedic storytelling skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/1634679256992-C27567UPI6C859JZHL49/Jeff%252BSimmermon%252Bonstage%252Bat%252BThe%252BNest%252Bby%252BJoe%252BOrecchio.jpg Home - About Me I worked as the director of digital communications for Time Warner Cable - a Fortune 150 company - for five years. And I've spent the last 12 years performing standup in bars and clubs in New York City for some of the toughest audiences in the world. Nobody else in my field has this combo of corporate and creative experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/1633467181455-SB7L3ICG28N0JPRJOVYW/testimonials.jpg Home - People like my work! 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You could work in a highly technical field and have a difficult time keeping an audience's interest because every detail feels relevant but you get lost in a spiral every time you present at work. Or maybe your team wastes time trying to communicate internally because it’s hard to get buy-in when nobody involved knows how to say what they really mean. Businesses are neck-deep in data and information, but that data’s useless unless it’s communicated clearly and put into action. I can teach you how to use the principles of storytelling to convert data into actionable insight. I can work with a single person to develop a single story, or offer ongoing coaching to strengthen skills - and also lead group workshops to make sure your whole team grows together. Every organization is different, and I’ll work with you ahead of time to ensure that we address your particular challenges. If you know what you're talking about but aren't sure how to talk about it, I'm in your corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/e88759b9-2119-4fd8-a520-4f6944dd9926/nyu+teaching.png Storytelling for Business - Learn to be funny at work without getting in trouble! We all know that dude at work (it's always a dude) who took an improv class once and loves 'Cards Against Humanity' too much and says "geez, you can't say anything fun anymore without getting canceled" even though nobody was even talking about that in the first place. He's wrong about this, of course. A well-placed laugh in a talk or presentation keeps the audience engaged like nothing else. But it can be intimidating to make jokes in a professional environment when you're new at it, and nobody wants to earn a trip to HR. And nobody wants to be that dude either. I can teach you to write and deliver jokes and funny stories that will keep your workplace audience engaged and HR out of your business. Or I can just write them for you. All humor involves risk but I can teach you how to mitigate that risk and reap those sweet rewards. Contact me here to inquire about 1:1 coaching or a workshop tailored to your business' needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/365b6cee-da85-4975-93ec-0660324e2541/IDB_logo.png Storytelling for Business https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/3ae09cf0-d597-45fa-a019-836ee34666be/InVision-Communications-logo.jpg Storytelling for Business https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/4dfefda5-7083-446a-a026-cefaf48ea426/nyu_logo.jpg Storytelling for Business https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/64dad24c-96db-49b0-82a5-c8117460b59e/CGI+logo.png Storytelling for Business https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/89e671c2-42de-4084-9f1d-173732c79308/SALT+at+MECA.png Storytelling for Business https://www.simmermonstorycoaching.com/storytelling-for-performance daily 0.75 2021-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/d741f267-c851-4a3e-bd00-48ba20156ee9/Jeff+Simmermon+performing+2+by+Joe+Orecchio.jpg Storytelling for Performance - Storytelling for Performance If you're a comedian who wants to develop stories are more memorable than 5-10 minutes of setups and punchlines, I'm your guy. If you're a storyteller who isn't sure if the audience is silent because they're thoughtfully engaged or because they're totally bored, I can show you how to maximize your laughs. My performing clients have appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," "The Daily Show," Comedy Central's "This Is Not Happening," and "Ramy" on Hulu. I work with performers at all levels, from complete beginners to nationally touring headliners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/0318e7c2-f164-4bad-b0c6-95e973daa501/Screen+Shot+2021-10-21+at+5.18.48+PM.png Storytelling for Performance - PRIVATE COACHING One-on-one coaching can be focused, efficient, and conform to meet your needs completely. Maybe the story you want to develop doesn't map specifically to a group workshop. Or you want to keep new material under wraps for a little while so you can drop it hard and leave a crater later. It could be that you know you want to make something awful into something inspiring and funny and you're understandably shy. Maybe your story is bigger than you thought and you're trying to make sense of it and the jokes are good but man, it's dragging in between the punchlines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/79051851-0080-4387-aae7-65bc6298859a/Screen+Shot+2021-10-21+at+5.28.26+PM.png Storytelling for Performance - GROUP WORKSHOPS You learn a lot when you share with other people. Getting notes from a group, sharing your input and developing a shared language for a story fast-forwards your development - and at a lonely, difficult time it's a lot of fun! Join my mailing list here and you'll get announcements as soon as the next round of workshops is open. Now that the world is learning online, you can take the class from London, Australia and McMurdo Station if you want! https://www.simmermonstorycoaching.com/testimonials daily 0.75 2021-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/37923cd9-7b50-441a-ae77-d96b7b3ef585/alleyne.jpeg Testimonials - Adrian Alleyne, Director of Digital Marketing, CGI The business world is in desperate need of content that doesn’t suck; so we’re in desperate need of someone like Jeff. Jeff has a rare ability not just to connect with an audience, but also to teach people like us to connect through principles of storytelling. Empathy is a hard thing to manufacture, but if you plumb the depths of an idea well, you can find it there – usually in droves. Jeff worked with our team of highly-skilled technical minds to strip away the jargon and processes of our field (IT) to help us find the empathy and truth of a story. And he did so in a really genuine way. It’s been great to feel like we’ve been able to co-create with Jeff, and there’s a lo-fi/analog kind of vibe behind his process with us that was really effective for our team – it made it feel really personal (in the best way) despite it being an entirely online event. Thanks for working with us, Jeff. Looking forward to doing so again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/f91b35ab-3138-49cc-82eb-89b95ba27a2b/ro_reddick.jpg Testimonials - Ro Reddick, New York University We brought Jeff in to lead a series of storytelling workshops for the 12 students in our Creative Career Design Fellowship. Our goal with the workshops was to build the student’s communication skills so that they would become better at sharing their strengths and differentiating qualities as artists. Jeff was able to successfully translate that goal into an actionable lesson plan built around his framework for storytelling. The curriculum balanced lecture, group work, and 1:1 feedback that allowed each student to apply their learnings and receive developmental feedback. We found Jeff to be professional, open, and communicative during the planning process, incorporating our feedback into his curriculum. The students loved his workshops. In the end of program assessment, the students rated Jeff’s work as one of the top three most valuable activities during the semester long program. The workshops were engaging, well structured -- and fun! We wouldn’t hesitate to bring Jeff back in the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/a7a66935-098c-4783-86f1-cd8856d98c25/annie_tan.jpg Testimonials - Annie Tan Annie is a special ed teacher in New York Public Schools and a passionate storyteller. She took one of my more recent performance workshops. When I started in Jeff's class I really wanted to stop being so serious, get out of my own head as a storyteller, and bring joy into my storytelling. I got really valuable input on what makes a story a great story, which will be useful for all storytellers, seasoned or not, and real tips on how to bring humor and lightness into my stories. I felt the difference immediately in the story I ended up telling for the showcase. Two months after taking Jeff's class, I used part of the story we workshopped in class for another story for a special showcase with The Moth and which ended up on the Moth Radio Hour on NPR! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/94c95db5-6bbd-4c86-9f8a-df2e50c4b3c2/andie_grace.jpg Testimonials - Andie Grace, Burning Man Jeff and I worked together at the beginning of my new role in storytelling and content production at Burning Man. Now that the coronavirus has ended mass gathering events, stories are more important than ever to keep our cultural community connected around the world. I've been a writer and communications professional for more than 20 years, but in just one session, Jeff gave me an entirely new framework for thinking about storytelling strategically, in the specific context of our nonprofit's needs. I'd always thought that one must have a natural talent for storytelling to be good at it, but Jeff's theories and approach accelerated my understanding of the structure of a successful story, and how storytelling strategy can be implemented for a culture-bearing organization such as ours. I'd recommend Jeff's trainings for any business or individual seeking deeper awareness of how a well-told story moves and motivates the listener into understanding—and action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/115ffe87-ada9-4bdc-86a5-6e83729037c9/Screen+Shot+2021-10-22+at+5.27.19+PM.png Testimonials - Gastor Almonte Gastor was one of my recent performing students. His story, as developed in class, has appeared on Ari Shaffir’s “This Is Not Happening," airing on December 16th, 2016. You can see his story here. I’d been performing stand-up for a few years, and was starting to get into storytelling. I felt comfortable with the stage aspect but I wanted more help with the structure. I wanted to know how to consistently put together the funny moments in my life into story format. Jeff taught me the value in, and the process of, finding what’s driving a story forward, and how to use that information to help you create a well-crafted tale. But more so, he gave me the tools to be able to do that with any of the funny things that happen in my life. Want to win a Moth, tighten a closing bit for your set, or just be more entertaining at your dinner parties? You need to see Jeff. https://www.simmermonstorycoaching.com/about-me daily 0.75 2021-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154c1e0440a652b91906de2/ff3f549e-14b0-43b4-a739-898e9d4ae79e/Screen+Shot+2021-10-22+at+6.49.08+PM.png About Me - I worked as the director of digital communications for a Time Warner Cable - a Fortune 150 company - for five years. And I've spent the last 12 years performing standup in bars and clubs in New York City for some of the toughest audiences in the world. 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