workshops
Whether in life, or business, your communication skills can help you succeed—or hold you back. In any business role or function, you must be able to express your ideas in ways that build connections, motivate, and inspire teamwork and action.
I offer a variety of workshops including Storytelling, Team Building (Culture Building), Public Speaking, and Leadership Training through storytelling.
The workshops range from half day, full day, and weekend retreats. Contact me and together we can customize the best workshop for your organization.
I have recently worked with :
Corporations
Apple, Chase Bank, Etsy, Airbnb, Pinterest, Novartis, ADP, Equinox Holdings Inc., Healthline.com, Bombass, Hydrow, Sir Kensington's, MakerBot, Abbott Global, Droga5, Deloitte, Edelman, Fleishman Hillard
Organizations, Non-Profits, and Civic Groups/Centers
United Nations, UNICEF, The American Lung Association, The Humane Society of the United States, PEN America, Orbis International, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, American Institute for Stuttering, Witness.org, Breakthrough Global Human Rights Organization, First Person Arts – Philadelphia, The Center for Discovery – New York State, AHRC New York City - A Family Governed Organization, Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Center for Worship and Faith - NYC, LWT Advancing Women in Leadership, Hoboken Library, New Canaan Library, Hoboken Business Alliance
Educational Entities and Higher Education
The American Museum of Natural History in New York City, New York University, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations, Pace University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Mercy College, Brooklyn College, CUNY Grad School of Journalism, CUNY National Science Foundations (NSF) Corps Program, Mills College (Oakland, California)
Media
New York Times, UNICEF Broadcast and Communications Division
Unions
Writers Guild of America East, IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada)
Workshop Testimonials:
Adam Wade led an extremely well-done presentation for my company about how storytelling can enhance our overall communications efforts. Aside from sharing his own excellent and well-crafted stories, Adam provided the attendees with a number of important tools for telling their own stories. Critically, he leads with a lot of empathy, as some in the audience were better at this than others. However, through his positive reinforcements and helpful comments, he kept people engaged and learning. By the end of the day, Adam had helped a number of my colleagues become far better storytellers – and also helped them want to learn and do this more! His personality created an atmosphere where people felt comfortable in peeling back a few layers and sharing their own unique experiences in a safe place. I would recommend him for groups of both senior and junior executives.
— Pat Fitzgibbons, SVP, Communications,
M&T Bank/Wilmington Trust
Adam led a fantastic storytelling workshop for our global NGO in 2021 as part of our efforts to equip more staff across the organization with the skills they need to share our work and impact with donors and other stakeholders in compelling ways. His humor and down-to-earth demeanor made staff feel comfortable to open up and share their own stories so that he could elucidate universal themes of what makes a good story, which could then be applied in a professional setting. In addition to it being a great learning experience for staff, it was also a positive team-building experience, a factor that earned Adam a nice note from our CEO after the workshop. Beyond the great content, Adam was tremendously easy to work with and was undaunted by the prospect of delivering the workshop three separate times to accommodate the many time zones we work across. Adam's accolades speak for themselves, just like his powerful stories, and for those of us with the opportunity to learn from him, we're lucky that his teaching abilities are as strong as his storytelling skills.
— Kristin Taylor, Vice President of Global Communications and Marketing, Orbis International