After the Intro to Story-based Strategy (SBS) Training, participants leave energized and with a list of questions.
Not vague questions. Specific ones:
"What tools can help me clarify my audience and build interventions that target them more effectively?"
"How do I get my team to care about narrative — not just metrics?"
"How do we break the mostly reactive organizing to visionary narrative strategy building?"
If you have similar questions and want to be in deeper reflection and learning together, join our in-person Story-based Strategy Advanced Training, our AT!"
The AT is a 5-day deep-dive into Story-based Strategy concepts and tools. This training is for those who have completed other SBS trainings or have been in partnership with us and wish to grow their skills and leadership in both organizing and narrative strategy.
What will you learn:
Tools to improve your current narrative strategy
Frameworks to identify what's blocking your vision and imagination
A way to facilitate this with your own team, rather than hiring an outside consultant.
The SBS AT is an in-person experience that combines tool workshops, campaign simulations, relationship building, and practices of radical imagination to deepen understanding and build meaning.
Day 1- Connect with Story-based strategist from the US and around the world
Day 2- Learn deeper SBS theory and troubleshoot SBS Tools
Day 3- Campaign Simulations using SBS
Day 4- Case studies and Integrate SBS into your work
Day 5- SBS Q&A and Networking
Alumni of the SBS Advanced Trainings leave feeling capable of facilitating SBS tools within their own organizations or work, and formulating narrative strategies.
The Intro Training to Story-based Strategy (SBS) or other type of CSS engagement is strongly encouraged and will be prioritized for this Advanced Training.
WHEN: Monday, October 5, 2025 to Friday, October 9, 2025
WHERE: In-person (!) Northern California
Accessibility:
Find our Accessibility Guidelines here.
*Depending on interest and needs this training may be facilitated bilingually, in Spanish and English, and provide simultaneous interpretation.*
Please help us improve our accessibility to these spaces - let us know what we can do better!
Tuition:
In alignment with our commitment to make our gatherings accessible, we offer our trainings on a sliding scale. The full tuition for this training is based on your organization's budget and will cover lodging and all meals throughout the training. We are asking all participants to stay on site for health safety protocols and relationship-building purposes. The tuition won’t cover transportation (mileage, flights, etc.) to and from the training - we will ask participants to coordinate and separately pay for their transportation. This financial contribution will partly help us compensate our trainers and pay for lodging and food. We may be able to offer limited scholarships. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds!
Options:
Level 1 - Redistribution: $2,500
If an organization is paying for your participation and has an annual budget of $1M or more.
If you’re an individual paying for your participation and some of the following may apply to you: your salary is over $100K; you have inherited or expect to inherit wealth; you do not need to work in order to meet your basic needs; you do not have any debt.
Level 2 - Sustainability: $2,000
If an organization is paying for your participation and has an annual budget between $500,000 - $1M.
If you’re an individual paying for your participation and some of the following may apply to you: you consistently cover your basic needs + some extras; your salary is over $70K; you have some debt that you’re able to make regular payments on; you have higher education degree(s); you have family with assets such as a home.
Level 3 - Access: $1,500
If an organization is paying for your participation and meets the following criteria: A) Has an annual budget below $500,000 AND B) Is majority owned or governed by people who are: of color, immigrants, disabled, LGBTQIA2+, working class, and/or poor.
If you’re an individual paying for your own participation and some of the following may apply to you: you consistently cover your basic needs + occasional extras; your salary is between $50-70K; you have some debt that you’re able to make regular payments on: you have higher education degree(s); you have family with assets such as a home or retirement fund
Level 4 - Solidarity: $1,000 or less (we are able to offer 5 scholarships/financial support based on needs)
If you’re an individual paying for your own participation and some of the following may apply to you: you struggle to consistently meet basic living expenses; your salary is below $50K or you are unemployed; your income supports people other than yourself; you do not have savings.
A reminder that these are guidelines and are not rigid categories. We recognize that some individuals and groups might not fit exactly into one of these. We invite you to select your training tuition based on your own assessment of your resource access. If you have any questions and/or need support, please contact us to trainings@storybasedstrategy.org
*These guidelines were inspired by organizations like A Bookkeeping Cooperative and AORTA. We appreciate their vision and intentionality on access justice.