M i k e T r u p i a n o
Testimonials
Workshops & one-on-one
“In Mike's workshop, he facilitates a safe, inviting, and fun environment in which to learn what makes stories work well. I had such a great time and I expect to use the skills I learned in his workshop not just for storytelling, but also for writing scholarship applications and pitching future projects to investors!”
Jesse Pinho
USC Screenwriting MFA
“I have recently had meetings with very high-level managers from one of our suppliers. All of them were US and UK native- speakers and I had to support our upper-level management in these meetings with the right preparation. Your course fully prepared me for that challenge.”
Martin Hecht
Business Development
Manager Software CE, SILICA
(an Avnet Company)
“Mike is an intuitive and yet analytic teacher. He challenged me and brought me to the next level!“
Sascha Oberfeld
Head of Environment / Head of Safety Knowledge Management & Learning / Strahlenschutzbeauftragter bei Schindler Deutschland AG & Co. KG
“Mike does a wonderful job making everyone feel comfortable, recognized and valued and gives on-point feedback. I’m a huge fan of his storytelling.”
Dyane Neiman
Founder of The Bear, Berlin’s preeminent storytelling show
“Working with Mike helped me to take third place in my Toastmasters regional contest!! This is story-therapy! Mike uses his coaching skills to go to the heart of the matter - finding what matters to your heart within your story. Superficial ramblings are allowed in the service of humour and pace authenticity is the thing, and style and purpose.”
Wendy Buckley
Toastmaster & Leadership Consultant
Der Storytelling-Workshop von Mike, im Rahmen der interkulturellen Wochen in Göppingen, war für mich sehr wertvoll und praxisnah. Mike hat mich mit Fragen und Anregungen zum Nachdenken gebracht und mir dadurch geholfen meine Geschichte weiterzuentwickeln. Mike bietet seine Ideen an ohne diese aufzudrängen und motiviert dazu die eigenen Ideen zu konkretisieren. Er gibt sowohl Einsteigern als auch Fortgeschrittenen wertvolle Impulse. Mike trat äußerst kompetent, motivierend und gleichzeitig sehr zugänglich auf, was eine offene und produktive Lernatmosphäre geschaffen hat. Nicht zuletzt hat der Workshop großen Spaß gemacht, so dass ich bereits zweimal daran teilgenommen habe!
Andrea Schyma (Märchen- und Geschichtenerzählerin)
”I honestly believe your input steered my story into a new, better direction. And made me a better storyteller. I was very hesitant to make it all about the humour aspect of my religious experiences, but as I worked your suggestions into my revised story - it all started to really click. I changed my body language, My depictions and incorporated my natural comic self into the performance (which had a lot more punch than my original version)."
Deepti Anupindi
Comedian, engineer
Vielen Dank für einen wirklich schönen, interessanten Abend mit tollen Menschen und spannenden Lebensgeschichten im Irish Pub in Göppingen.
Durch Mike's Anregungen und manchmal auch Nachfragen, wird man durch die eigene Geschichte getragen und hat auch danach die Möglichkeit zu reflektieren.
Doris Siwet
“Mike gives really, really clear feedback. He nails it and is really souverän. I came to realize what an art form storytelling is.”
Katja Tannert
Actress & writer
Mike’s workshops are fun and extremely inspiring. He listens to your story and then he asks questions, and suddenly you realize: there’s much more to your story than you had thought at first. Say, the prompt is a little vague and you decide on some anecdote that happened years ago and you say, yeah, it’ll do. You tell your story and then Mike comes in with his questions and suddenly you’re deep into whatever was going on in your life at that time. Another participant called it ‘story therapy’. He doesn’t give you advice – unless you specifically ask for it. For me, that meant, I have the space to develop my story in whatever way I wish. Then, the next session, you can repeat, no problem, and find out how your story works with this different approach you have come up with. A true workshop spirit, I highly recommend it. This guy knows what he’s doing!”
Eva
Therapist & Toastmaster
Contact me here for teaching & workshops
themiketrupiano(at)gmail(dot)com
