The Power of Storytelling
in Your Presentations
Make the client the hero.
Your presentation isn’t just about showcasing your design genius it’s about inviting the client into their own success story. When they can see themselves living in the space you’re describing, you’ve already won them over emotionally before the budget even hits the table.
Use narrative arcs
Every great design presentation follows a rhythm: a beginning (the problem), a middle (the process), and an end (the transformation). Framing your work this way turns a list of specifications into a journey. Clients remember the story of how their workspace evolved far more vividly than they remember square footage or fabric codes.
Tie design details to human emotion.
Color, texture, and light aren’t just technical elements; they’re emotional cues. When you explain that soft blues calm a reception area or warm lighting makes a café more welcoming, you’re speaking the language of feeling, not just functioning. That’s what turns design into experience.
When you weave story, structure, and emotion together, you’re not merely presenting a design—you’re shaping perception. As Plato said, “Those who tell the stories rule the world.” In our world of design, those who tell the right story rule the room.
Consistency
Wisdom and Knowledge – photo by Ellen Kalish Ravenbeard Wildlife Center
Your life’s work
Envisioning Possibilities – Yout Career
“The greatest thing is, at any moment to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.” Max De Pree
Image – Global Services in Education
Thinking Community
There is a vitality a life force…
Promises
mage by Kenya Aguirre from Pixabay
Creativity
Four creativity tools. Picture by Geralt Pixabay
AWE
Envisioning Possibilities AWE - AWE a book by dacher keltner "In Awe, Dacher Keltner presents a radical investigation and deeply personal inquiry into this elusive emotion. Revealing new research into how awe transforms our brains and bodies, alongside an...







That makes a lot of sense! Stopping by from the UBC.
A good story can do alot of selling.