Testimonial:
"Colin quickly won us over by engaging the group in his own compelling storytelling and breaking down for us how to tell our own stories in our ways.
He has a magnetic energy about him, and he made the whole experience a delight to be a part of and to learn from...I came away with new practical insights I could use in my personal and professional life.
I would highly recommend and would do more classes with Colin in a heartbeat.​​
The Story Spark Method
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Igniting storytelling for business impact ​​​
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The Story Spark Method is a signature coaching and training process designed for leaders, creatives, and teams who want to discover, shape, and share meaningful stories that truly connect and inspire action.
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Drawing on decades of insights from theatre, communication strategy, and embodiment practice, this method blends creative storytelling with clear business outcomes, helping your stories come alive with presence, clarity, and purpose.
Ignite your story. Embody your message. Create impact.
What you’ll experience.
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Presence & Embodiment: Cultivate breath, movement, and body awareness to deepen your connection with your story.
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Discover Your Story: Unearth authentic, personal narratives that matter.
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Shape Your Narrative: Use proven story structures to craft clear, compelling stories.
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Connect & Inspire: Build emotional resonance that moves audiences to act.
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Perform with Confidence: Embody your story through rehearsal, play, and presence.
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"Just the right amount of content. Relevant, engaging and ready to be moved into practice almost instantly."
- Michael
Who benefits most?
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Leaders & managers communicating vision and change
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Coaches, facilitators, and trainers wanting deeper client connection
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Creative teams seeking shared narratives and innovation
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Speakers and presenters aiming for authentic stage presence
How it works.
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The Story Spark Method adapts flexibly to your needs, from one-on-one coaching and team workshops to masterclasses and keynote presentations. Every engagement integrates embodied learning and storytelling craft to unlock fresh insight and impact.
Why storytelling + embodiment?
Storytelling is connection, and connection happens best when your voice, body, and message are aligned. The Story Spark Method empowers you to:
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Overcome hesitation and fear
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Increase emotional impact and clarity
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Build trust and rapport with your audience
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Unlock creativity and authentic presence
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Become a confident storyteller in life and business
Workshop Training & Facilitation - Customised & Bespoke Experiences - Public Speaking
Colin Skelton is an experienced creativity facilitator, theatre-maker, storyteller and design thinker who has spent decades working with the art of storytelling.
He has designed and facilitated numerous storytelling trainings, both in-person and online, with corporates, universities, and other organisations in South Africa and internationally.
Colin brings a unique approach to his storytelling work. With a rigorous and deep understanding of applied storytelling, Colin activates the learnings through story examples, guided story coaching, and applied theatre techniques to bring your stories to life.
Paul - CEO, Synergy Global Consulting, Johannesburg
Colin was asked to build our storytelling muscle as a company and as individuals. Colin designed a process that allowed for creativity, fun and most importantly the identification of what we are all about as a business. It cleared up some conceptual blockages we had and has provided a positive frame for our ability to reach out into the network, have something to say, and receive wisdom and insight with open minds and hearts.
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Colin was the facilitator at an all-day workshop on the subject of Storytelling. Colin has an infectious teaching style and you can see he knows his subject matter inside and out. Colin provided a safe environment for us attendees to stretch our abilities and learn new skills in a constructive manner. I'd definitely attend a workshop he's facilitating again.
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Horia - Online participant
Thank you for the great presentation and performance you shared with us yesterday! I felt totally lifted up & joyful during and after the session. It was like a new Joe Dispenza interactive seminar!:)
Steven - Experience Designer,
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Tine - Service Designer, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
What a treat to have you deliver this course...In my experience, you made it really easy for people - including myself - to open up and contribute throughout the day. Your ability to encourage individuals to step out of their comfort zone and explore new territory was remarkable. I found you balanced the theoretical input with the practical output really well. You didn't only talk about how to tell stories, and how to use different tools and methods, you went ahead and told us stories, showcasing their different effects. What a great way of creating memorable experiences!
Darren Graham - Director,
Joint Prosperity
Colin is known for applying creativity and a growth mindset to business challenges. His value is facilitating new thinking to new problems to achieve breakthroughs and impact. Colin brings new ideas, creativity, art and fun to the learning process. His facilitation skills keep his audience energised and engaged in creative problem solving.
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Carrie - Client Service Director, Mscsports, Johannesburg
We had the pleasure of having Colin Skelton facilitate a company workshop and the day was more interactive and successful than we had ever imagined.
Not only is Colin energetic, warm and engaging – his story-telling methods assisted us in driving a few messages home for our team as well as assisted us in unpacking and finding solutions for challenges we are facing as a business.
He is so entertaining and ensured that this workshop will remain relevant and memorable for our team for a long time to come! He was well suited to our environment and as a very diverse group of people, he related extremely well.
We are very grateful for his contribution to our workshop which focussed on revisiting our company values & USP. We hope we can welcome him back into our space very soon!
Michael - Online Participant
​Just the right amount of content, relevant, engaging and ready to be moved into practice almost instantly.
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