Education

Harvard Business School Online

Business/Corporate Communications

Podcasts

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781: What a Story Telling Strategist Does With Matt Zaun, Matt Zaun, LLC [Main T4C Episode]

Matt Zaun is a story strategist and the founder and CEO of Matt Zaun LLC, a company that specializes in workshops, executive coaching and professional development. It provides clients with actionable tools for storytelling strategies. Before founding his company, Matt spent a decade working in politics, and has worked with..

Career Path

Interview Highlights

“The question should be what different experiences happen in our life. We need to uncover where’s the story in this so that I can use for the future to inspire someone to action.”

Best Career Advice

“I would put more of a focus on psychology. I think that whether anyone listening is going into sales or marketing or politics or education, or, I mean pick, pick and industry, I think really understanding psychology is extremely important.”

Career Challenge

“I had a start-up years ago, and it was for multiple years and things were going great. And at one point we had 15 employees and it was cranking. And in the region that we were in, we really positioned ourselves or our growth. And we were talking to a, VC’s and Silicon Valley’s. So there were venture capitalists, very interested in our startup from an investing perspective. And we grew too fast, too quick, and didn’t have the resources to keep up.”

Skills

Public Speaking, Leadership, Public Relations, Community Outreach, Storytelling, Strategic Planning, Sales, Public Policy, Nonprofits, Fundraising, Customer Service