We are wired to love and remember great stories, so what better way to reach our desired learning or training goals and thrive than by improving our ability to design and tell stories that stick and videos that help us learn. Richard Fleming is an award winning filmmaker and storyteller who is utterly, utterly obsessed with stories and learning. He hails from Denver, Colorado  where he spearheads Sage Media, a social emotional learning design firm that specialises in creating learning videos that drive learning outcomes. In this conversation we pear behind the scenes to understand how Richard thinks about stories for learning, the process he follows, the structure and characteristics of a good story and the implementation of stories and learning films in learning design. 

We cover 

• Why great stories are memorable 
• A framework for developing better learning stories 
• Which training or learning design scenarios suit storytelling and which don’t 
• What we are doing wrong when it comes to designing stories for learning 
• Tidbits on character development 
• Our brains response to feeling emotions and encoding a memory versus static information 
• Best non fictions books that are inspiring Richard 
• Films to watch to help you understand what a great story does 
• Marketing learning programs 
• And more! 

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