Business Services

Storytelling Movement’s deep expertise and experience in communication course creation, business entrepreneurship, and organizational development will elevate thinking, actions, and emotions with strategic communication for sustained business growth.

We offer strategic professional and organizational development program design, delivery, and evaluation:

  • Course-Creation

  • Coaching & Learning Community

  • Workshops

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I help experts tell stories, entrepreneurs create courses, and students master influence. Ask me how to join our Storytelling Movement Community.

Ryan McPherson

Badges: Ryan is an Futur Business Bootcamp Alum, Adobe Creative Campus Faculty Fellow, ACUE Faculty Fellow, QM (Quality Matters) Peer Reviewer, and SITI Alum.

Media Bio

Ryan McPherson founded Storytelling Movement LLC to help entrepreneurs, executives, and educators elevate thinking, actions, and emotions for transformative communication and sustained business growth. Ryan is an award-winning Professor of Practice and Faculty Champion at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

With over 18 years of experience, Ryan has created and delivered over 23 university communication courses and served as a consultant, coach, and presenter for over 10,000 participants. He has improved over 20,000 presentations since 2004. 

A past Adobe Max and Innovations in Online Learning speaker, Ryan holds a master's degree in Organizational Development and Instructional Communication from Texas State University and has completed over 10,000 hours of higher education course creation and design training. Ryan is a Futur Business Bootcamp Alum, Adobe Creative Campus Faculty Fellow, ACUE Faculty Fellow, QM Peer Reviewer, Ed Technology Integrations Alum, Corporate Communication Training Alum, and Strategies for Inclusive Teaching Institute Alum.

Selected Press and Public Presentations

Sample Areas of Expertise

For Entrepreneurs, Executives, and Educators

Over 23 University Communication Courses Created & Delivered With Topics Including:

  • Leveraging Artificial Intelligence Across Contexts / Entrepreneurship / Business Coaching

  • Adult Learning/ Instructional Design / Persuasion / Integrated Marketing Communication

  • Organizational Development / Corporate Communication Training

  • Public and Presentational Speaking / Speech Writing/ Oral Storytelling  / Podcasting

  • Interpersonal / Human Communication / Social Media

  • Intercultural Communication / Negotiation/ Conflict Management 

  • Small-Group / Mass Media / Public Relations

  • Rhetorical Communication Analysis / Applied Language and Communication Theory

Full Course List

The University of Texas at San Antonio

  • COM 4813 - Special Topics: Podcasting

  • COM 4813 - Special Topics: AI and Personal Branding

  • COM 4533 - Public Relations Planning and Campaigns

  • COM 3893/MGT 3123- Organizational Communication (Online)

  • COM 3553 - Intercultural Communication (Online)

  • COM 3523 - Public Relations (Online)

  • COM 3253 - Rhetorical Communication Analysis (Online)

  • COM 3243 - Persuasion (Online)

  • COM 3083 - Language and Communication Theory (Online)

  • COM 3023 - Foundations (Online)

  • COM 2343 - Intro To Mass Communication (Online)

  • COM 2113 - Public Speaking (Online)

  • COM 1053 - Business Communication (Hybrid)

  • COM 1043 - Introduction To Communication (Face to Face)

Texas State University at San Marcos

  • COMM 1310 - Fundamentals of Human Communication (Online)

University of Phoenix- San Antonio

  • General Education 101 - Introduction to Adult Learning (Hybrid)

  • Communication 110 - Presentational Speaking (Hybrid)

  • Communication 200 - Interpersonal and Small Group Communication (Hybrid)

Devry San Antonio

  • English 112 - Advanced Composition and Argumentation (Hybrid)

Saylor Foundation

  • BUS 210 - Corporate Communication – (Online) - (NCCRS Award 2013)

  • COMM 104 - Writing for Mass Media (Online)

  • COMM 102 - Small Group Communication – (Online)

  • BUS 403 - Negotiations and Conflict Management - (Online)

Professional Highlights At A Glance

  • Adobe Max Speaker; Founded Storytelling Movement in 2014

  • Created and delivered over 23 distinct university courses across formats since 2004

  • Graduate of Futur Pro Business Bootcamp & Texas State Corporate Communication Training Programs

  • Founded UTSA Content Creators; Raised scholarship funds, produced, and chaired StorySLAM! at UTSA since 2012; Founded and advised three communication student organizations at UTSA

  • Earned 4 OER (Open Educational Resource) Grant Teaching Awards; Delivered over 9 OER courses; Edited 4 OER texts; Saved students over $200,000 in textbook costs each year.

  • Earned titles like UTSA Faculty Champion; ACUE Faculty Fellow, Adobe Creative Cloud Faculty Fellow; Certified Quality Matters Peer Reviewer

  • Served as President of several local nonprofits; University Faculty Peer Mentor Team Leader; Created “Friends of Communication”; Produced conferences

  • Completed over 10,000 contact hours of intensive professional development opportunities and full courses focused on elevating instruction in higher education

  • Improved over 20,000 presentations