THE ABT MINI-COURSE

A Five Day Journey into the ABT

  • Goal: Uncover the one sentence ABT narrative core of whatever project you are working on.
  • Duration:  One week program 
  • Number of participants:  12
  • Time commitment: 3 hours
  • Central Unit:  You will work only with your 1 sentence ABT (5 drafts during the week).
  • Philosophy:  S+R = I  (Simplicity + Repetition=Intuition)
  • Top 3 Benefits:
    • ABT Tools
    • Narrative Intuition
    • Social Entrainment

S + R = I

Simplicity plus Repetition equals the building of narrative Intuition.

It’s the repetition.  You’ll submit 5 drafts over the 5 days.

By Friday you’ll be able to look back at all the Monday drafts (including yours) and see the arcs of improvement from first draft to polished draft.    

NARRATIVE CORE

By the end of the week, you’ll have a 1-sentence ABT that is the clear narrative core of your message. The ABT can be used as a company mission statement, the outline for a presentation, the core argument for a grant proposal, your marketing message, an elevator pitch, or a way to get your entire team on the same page.

Most importantly, by going through the process, you’ll be on the road to gaining narrative intuition for all your communication and uncovering more narrative cores for yourself in the future.

SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

SAT–  Draft #1 due

MON – One hour lecture (11:00 am PDT), Draft #2 due after class

TUE –  Draft #3 due, written notes to you

WED –  One hour lecture (11:00 am PDT), Draft #4 due after class

THU –  15 minute individual session, Draft #5 due

FRI – 90 minute mini-symposium (11:00 am PDT), everyone gets 5 minutes to present their ABT

NOTE: Don’t freak out, each draft is only one sentence (your ABT).

Sign Up

We don’t currently have a round of the Mini-Course scheduled that’s open to the public. Sign up to our waitlist here to be informed when the next public round is open.

To book the Mini-Course for your organization, email us randyolsonproductions@gmail.com.