Story Institute Vision
We will inspire you to imagine, enhance, and grow your stories personally and professionally while helping you share your successes in print, online, and in person.
Story Institute Mission
Though Integrity, Ingenuity, Inspiration, Influence, Impact, and Excellence,
We will:
* Evoke emotion within our customers that make connections to our communities.
* Engage our customers, their families, and clients in active tales that connect their emotions to past knowledge and experiences.
* Empower our partners to use their new knowledge while growing their families, organizations, and stories into a world of their own.
Story Institute Entities
Story Institute - Imagine your Stories Again - Story, Poetry, and Contests for the writer in most of us.
Timeless Tales - Enhance Your Stories Now - Candy Wrappers, Family topics, home décor, kid fun for the now.
MySkillCenter - Grow Your Stories for the Future - Personal and Professional Enrichment within HR, People Skills, Manager/Leader, Career Pathing, Measurement.
Our Team
John E. Murray, III, educator, existentialist, executive, has grown into the world of one-liners, corporate america, and, yes, romantic poetry. Early influences blossomed from stories of belief, imagination, and excellence by Richard Bach, Walt Disney, Mark Twain, and James Baldwin. He has lived on a quiter Beale Street, swam in the bumpy Rock River instead of the mighty Mississippi, worked at the place where magic resides, and met the modern existentialist himself. He has taught literature, writing, technology application, and professional development at post secondary, collegiate, and corporate institutions. John is the creator of multiple, award winning verses, novels, business books, and the growing, EIII storytelling model. He currently resides in the Nashville, TN area with his wife, Teri, and two children, Kellie and Megan.
Teri A. Murray, a creative former project manager and educational consultant, I now focus my project management skills on running a home, raising 2 little girls and writing about our family’s many adventures. Living in 3 states and traveling to over 11 in the last 4 years with the kids in the backseat, I specialize in creative problem solving, navigation (aka backseat driving), strategy, health and nutrition and scheduler extroardinare. While we are fully relocated and settled, we’re always up for a weekend getaway!
Skyler Wolf Jones is a master at creating unique learning experiences. His ability to take “boring” topics and make them fun and engaging is unmatched. He has developed complete leadership packages, thought provoking break-out sessions, team building activities, all types of customer service skill courses, and a variety of technical trainings. By building comprehensive learning events through instructional design philosophies, Skyler allows companies to have a rich learning experience that can be delivered by all levels of facilitators. He is the creator of “Incorporate Poetry”, a book that inspires different thought processes, encourages creativity, and grows commitment to excellence.
