HiveEngage – Your Story is Your Brand: An Introduction to Values-Based Storytelling |

Join us at this HiveEngage session with HiveMind Expert Robert Symondon. This interactive 1-hour session is designed to explore values-based storytelling and how it can be used to communicate your principles, build trust, and influence others effectively.

During the session, you’ll not only hear practical insights from Robert’s extensive experience but also have the opportunity to actively engage in exercises that help you identify and articulate your own stories. By the end of the workshop, you’ll understand how personal stories – rooted in your core values – can make a lasting impression, strengthen relationships, and inspire action in both personal and professional contexts.

Stories – whether shared in person or during presentations – are far more memorable than facts or data alone, especially when they evoke strong emotions. They help shape how others perceive you and the impact you leave behind.

HiveEngage – Your Story is Your Brand: An Introduction to Values-Based Storytelling
Tuesday, 10 February 2026 · 11:00am – 12:00pm
Time zone: Europe/London
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/nba-vqit-kpk
Or dial: ‪(GB) +44 20 3937 3139‬ PIN: ‪819 768 625‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/nba-vqit-kpk?pin=6478505096111

What to Expect:

In this session, you’ll have the chance to:

Share your experience of a time when you achieved a positive outcome by holding your ground on something you believed in, aligned with your principles or core values.
Receive feedback from participants on how your story resonates and the emotions it evokes.
Reflect on when and how to use your story (or others like it) to build relationships.
Explore how values-based storytelling can influence behaviour within teams and organisations.

Please come prepared:

Cameras on throughout
Silence your applications
Bring your full selves
Pen and paper

About the speaker:

Robert discovered the power of storytelling through interviewing salespeople at Tessella and organising over 200 case studies into a widely used Case Studies Library which was enthusiastically adopted by the whole sales organisation across 10 different geographies.

He studied Maths and Philosophy at Bristol before going on to study a PGCE in maths teaching, and an MBA with the Open University. Robert has held roles at Newton and Neueda, specialising in knowledge and training consultancy.

LinkedIn: Robert Symondon