Karla Starr

Workshops!

Buckle in, friend! I can help your people.

I started mixing LEARN THIS with FUN in a situation when it was 100% necessary: as a middle school math teacher with Teach for America. Since then, I’ve been fortunate enough to work with some of the world’s best writers and communicators.

When you get, give. When you learn, teach.

Maya Angelou

No one else on planet earth has my data storytelling and communication teaching chops: I’m an award-winning science writer and the bestselling coauthor of Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers. (My writing and brainstorming partner, Chip Heath, also wrote Switch and Made to Stick.)

I bring deep experience as a teacher to:

Live Workshops
Virtual Workshops
Speaking

Topics

Making Numbers Count

The classic workshop! See sample materials here.

Using AI to Turbocharge Your Communication Skills

The robots are going to take over anyway. Why not see how they can help us in the meantime?

Chip Heath and I spent years researching and writing Making Numbers Count. We workshopped to build a framework for the book. We analyzed and researched fast, functional methods. I gave workshops. And then, ChatGPT came along.

Instead of spending hours doing the math, strategizing, and researching data visualization methods, you can use AI prompts to supercharge the process. Want to know which tools and how to use them? I’ve got you.

Using AI to Maximize Productivity

The robots are going to take over anyway. Why not see how they can help your bottom line in the meantime?

Odds are, you don’t need to hire someone else for your communications team: you just need to teach your team how to use Perplexity, Claude, and ChatGPT how to do what they do best.

Finding Your Company’s Story

We live in fascinating times. You’re doing something unique. But so often, people in organizations don’t have the perspective to see what outsiders would find interesting.

As a trained researcher with a background in behavioral science and a former ghostwriter, I can help you find the research and stories that will truthfully bolster your narrative.

I’ve collaborated with and ghostwritten for countless organizations, including writing the white paper celebrating Hilton’s centennial.

I’ve helped:

  • Strategists and management to craft messages that resonate between departments
  • Financial planners to discuss plans for clients
  • Ad agencies
  • Small business groups and marketing mavens to perfect their messaging
  • Entrepreneurs and nonprofits pitching VCs and investors
  • Sales teams
  • Educational organizations transforming their communication strategies and devising new benchmark standards
  • Communications, marketing, and PR departments

Testimonials

Absolutely superb. We had a blast while saving an untold number of hours, getting solutions we didn’t realize that we needed.
Nigel Glennie
Nigel GlennieEcolab
Every organization needs this workshop. Helpful doesn’t begin to cover it…
Chloe Johnson
Chloe JohnsonSquare
Fantastic—I couldn’t believe how many insights were packed in.
Sue York
Sue YorkAustralian Research Society

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Includes:

  • 90-minute workshop, in 15 Loom videos
  • 35-page Making Numbers Count workbook
  • Private password-protected webpage for participants, featuring links to the deck, workbook, reading guides, and extra PDFs

Includes:

  • 90-minute workshop
  • 35-page Making Numbers Count workbook
  • Private password-protected webpage for participants, featuring links to the deck, workbook, reading guides, and extra PDFs
  • Follow-up 1-hour consulting session

Includes:

  • Discovery session with clients to pinpoint messaging pain points
  • 2 workshops, 90 minutes each (same day or staggered)
  • 35-page Making Numbers Count workbook
  • Private password-protected webpage for participants, featuring links to the deck, workbook, reading guides, and extra PDFs
  • Follow-up session

Includes:

  • 30-minute call to outline workshop
  • 60 to 120 minute workshop (can be split into 2 sessions)
  • Exclusive Making Numbers Count 35-page workbook
  • Private password-protected webpage for participants, featuring links to the deck, workbook, reading guides, and extra PDFs

Includes:

  • Preliminary discovery calls with client
  • Workshop, ranging from 90 minutes to 4 hours (can be split up into 2-3 sessions)
  • Exclusive Making Numbers Count workbook
  • Bonus flowchart and customized style guide
  • Private password-protected webpage for participants, featuring links to the deck, workbook, reading guides, and extra PDFs
  • Book signing
  • 2 follow-up sessions

I offer a few slots of special pricing for small businesses and nonprofits each year.

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