Story Theater Retreat, Coaching, Colorado Springs, 4 people
  • The Story Theater Retreat is an opportunity for you to focus on your own personal development and expand your presentation skills and performance abilities.
  • It’s a time to look inward so that you can project outward.
  • You'll be joined by three other business professionals who bring a serious need and desire to improve their speaking skills.
  • You will rediscover yourself in the retreat – the true and authentic self that gets squashed and quashed in your busy world.
  • As you release this more congruent and authentic level of expression, you will feel your inner confidence and power grow, and you will learn and incorporate fascinating new presentation and storytelling skills. 
  • Let go of expectation. Step out of your box.. Stand in your power.
  • In the intimate and safe environment of The Peak View Studio in our home, my wife Deborah Merriman and I will   nurture and supported you as you stretch into your full potential.
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Over 800 graduates in over 80 retreats since 1996 including:

  • CEO's, executives, VP's, directors
  • teachers and coaches
  • trainers and training directors
  • accountants and engineers
  • entrepreneurs and business owners
  • professional speakers
  • Olympic athletes
  • adventurers
  • Fundraising professionals
  • University presidents, professors and administrators
  • non-profit and association professionals
  • authors
You will prepare one story to work on in the retreat.  During the retreat, you will perform it two times. We'll be working on:

  • storytelling form and structure - the writing of the story
  • making one clear and memorable point
  • branding your message with a Phrase That Pays
  • how to portray dramatic moments
  • expanding your emotional range
  • improving eye contact
  • where, when and how to get more laughs
  • staging and movement
  • proper us of the dramatic pause
  • using body language to convey emotion
  • opening and closing your story
  • developing a commanding presence and poise
  • overcoming nervousness
  • setting the correct intention


You will be videotaped and both my feedback and that of the other students will be captured on video for your review.

On the first full day, you will present the “before” version of the story. I’ll then coach you for about 45 minutes. That evening you’ll go back to your hotel room and review the video. You’ll see exactly how the story improved with my coaching and what you need to work on before you perform the story the next day.

On the next day, you’ll perform the “after” version of the story. The difference will be dramatic. You’ll be amazed at how much you, and everyone else, have improved overnight.  Every participant says that the video is one of the most powerful learning tools they’ve ever experienced.

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About Us


Doug Stevenson is the Guru of storytelling in business and the founder and president of Story Theater International, a speaking, training and consulting company based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His company trains thousands of professionals and executives each year, for clients that include Microsoft, Amgen, Bayer, Caterpillar, Oracle, State Farm Insurance, Hewlett Packard, Maytag, Super 8 Motels and others.

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Story Theater International
2504 Shalimar Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80915

1-800-573-6196 or 1-719-573-6195