tell stories.Move people.

GatherRound is a presentation and storytelling training company for established and aspiring leaders. We believe your ideas are the most powerful force on the planet, and it’s about time they got the respect they deserve.

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information is abundant.Meaning is scarce.

A figure tangled in streams of paper beside a desk of charts and screens.

Presentations are how ideas move in business. They’re how strategies become clear, decisions get made and leaders create belief in something that doesn’t exist yet.

Somewhere along the way, we turned one of the most human acts into a file. Now everything gets a deck. Different stakes. Different audiences. Different ideas. Same rectangles.

But information isn’t meaning. Meaning has to be made, by understanding your audience, choosing what matters and finding the story that can carry the idea. There are no shortcuts to belief. But we knew how to do this long before slides. We knew it around the fire.

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The Campfire Method helps you show up in the moment with even more power. With even more authenticity.
Jim RoachExecutive Director, TCU Neeley Executive Education

three ways toGather round.

A lone figure center stage in two spotlights. one leader, one moment

Presentation Sprint

Six weeks of one-on-one coaching for a high-stakes presentation.

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A crowd of people drawn toward a magnet. one team, one direction

Campfire Method Workshop

A hands-on day that gives a leadership team one story to rally around.

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An open book releasing a flock of birds. one company, one story

Enterprise Storytelling

A shared capability for how important ideas travel through your organization.

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It’s a new way of thinking. We possess all the information we need. We just needed the tools.
PresidentPacific Builders
Eric Harris leading a storytelling session for a full room.

a training companyWith conviction.

Since 2015, GatherRound has been on a mission to return modern business to the essence of storytelling. Our programs are built on The Campfire Method and delivered by certified GatherRound Guides.

Founder Eric Harris wrote the book on it: The Campfire Method: There’s a Braver Presenter in You.

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Life After Decks

fresh fromThe fire.

A Long Walk for a Shortcut

Because some friction is load-bearing

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Presentations Are Haunted

At least the ghosts mean well.

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A Sport With No Scoreboard

What are you grading yourself against?

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