Say It in Six!

Organizations and teams large and small have tapped into the power of storytelling by inviting Larry Smith, founder of the Six-Word Memoir® project, to lead employees through an engaging, interactive presentation that’s instantly effective for internal team-building. After sharing background on the Six-Word Memoir project and reasons for its success, Smith leads the audience through personal “Six-Word Memoirs” and “Six-Word Company Mission” exercises. Everyone participates, everyone gains a better understanding of the collective strength of their team or association, and everyone leaves armed with practical ways to foster team culture when they return to the office.

Company after company report how Larry’s approach has permeated their culture and engagement long after the workshops, leading to a lift in engagement and personal commitment.

NOTE: This talk can be expanded into a 90- 180-minute workshop with multiple points of interaction, tailored to your needs.

Called “on a quest to spark self-expression in everyone” by Oprah Magazine, Larry Smith is the founder of the Six-Word Memoir® project, a bestselling series of books, board game, live event program, and a global movement taking place in classrooms, conferences, corporate settings, and almost anywhere people gather.

Larry has worked with teams at Levi’s, Netflix, JPMorgan Chase, SNAP, Dell, Shutterfly, ESPN, the Zen Hospice Project, Mid-Ohio Food Bank, Dress For Success, as well as philanthropies, and schools to help spark creativity, refine focus, and connect more deeply with each other and their organization's overall mission. *Everyone* will leave with a tool that can immediately and effectively implement into their life at work, at home, and at play.

Company after company report how Larry’s approach has permeated their culture long after the workshops have ended, leading to a lift in engagement, creativity, and personal commitment.

Prior to launching the Six-Word Memoir project, Larry was a writer and editor for Men’s Journal, ESPN Magazine, Yahoo Internet Life, and a founding editor of P.O.V. and Might magazines. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Popular Science, Men’s Health, Salon, Slate, Wired, and Buzzfeed. His most recent book is "A Terrible, Horrible, No Good Year: Six-Word Memoirs on the Pandemic by Students, Teacher, and Parents." In a parallel but real universe, Larry is also "The Real Larry" from TV's "Orange Is the New Black," based on the book by Piper Kerman.

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GOOD WORDS ABOUT LARRY & "SAY IT IN SIX"

It’s incredible what Larry Smith can do to connect and energize a team in just a few hours. Larry’s six-word tool helped us get to know each in new, surprising, and inspiring ways. His unique approach had us buzzing, laughing, and bonded.”
—Allison Dew, Chief Marketing Officer, Dell Technologies

Larry’s talk for the Chase corporate culture team was such a great way to kickoff my team’s brainstorming in the days that followed. His engagement through the process—even impromptu work on his deck as he took the temperature of the room—made us all feel special. The next morning we had a string of unsolicited emails where people were recapping their experience in six words – so cool to see then and memorable to experience in the moment.
—Stewart B. Mondry, Assistant Vice President, JPMorganChase

Larry did a series of back-to-back Six-Word Memoir workshops for our employees to help our team members connect with their passion for the company and their stories of how they ‘Live in Levi’s’ every day. We were quickly oversubscribed for the available slots, and the workshops were a great success. Larry’s approach permeated our culture and engagement long after the workshops. Folks loved sharing their stories with colleagues, and we saw a lift in engagement and
personal commitment.
— Kelly McGinnis, SVP & Chief Communications Officer, Levi Strauss & Co.

We brought in Larry to run a Six-Word Memoir workshop for our team over Zoom. Larry was a pleasure to work with from the get go, he was super flexible with the content and in customizing the session for our team, and was engaging as a presenter and facilitator. We really appreciated having Larry run our session as it was a bright spot during this crazy (pandemic) time.
— Cindy Toh, Director, Strategy and Operations at Dropbox

In person:
• Microphone: An over the ear mic is ideal, but any kind but hand-held is fine.
• I like to run a video (while people are walking in, before we officially get started) and then PowerPoint (as I talk) from my Macbook. I’ll have the adaptor for a Mac-to-projector with me. The video and my presentation both require sound.
• I’d like to arrive 30 minutes early to set up the A/V.

Zoom:
Ability to be share my screen, start a Poll, and have people go into breakout rooms (optionally)