Karis Gill

“After another rejection, I was sitting at my desk at 3am thinking, what are we doing wrong? So I tore up our pitch and rewrote it from scratch, this time using story. I’d always thought storytelling was fluffy. But this pitch hit differently. The room was electrified – they just got it. Why had no-one taught me how to use story properly? This was the first of many wins. Within a year, sales calls were closing at record rates and our tiny team of two had grown to 13.”

Karis Gill is a multi-award-winning founder and storytelling strategist who built Social Stories Club from £500 into a multi-six-figure sustainable gifting company, secured major funding, grew her team to 13 people and achieved 85% conversion rates on sales calls using the same storytelling principles she now teaches. She has delivered more than 150 workshops and keynotes for corporates, accelerators, universities, and conferences, helping to use story to accelerate growth.

In most business decisions, emotion comes first and logic follows. Karis explains what happens in the brain when we hear a story and how small changes in structure can make pitches, sales calls, and presentations far more persuasive. We get storytelling entirely wrong in business by stripping stories of emotion and forgetting there is a real person on the other end.

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More About Karis Gill

Karis Gill’s work blends neuroscience with lived founder experience. Audiences will learn what actually happens in your brain when you hear a story, and how structured storytelling makes ideas memorable and actionable, leaving audiences saying, “how come no-one has told me this before?”

Karis highlights that we are always selling, whether we are raising funding, hiring the right candidates, signing on clients, or forming strategic partnerships. When it comes to storytelling for sales, it’s not just about telling more stories, but telling the right stories, strategically, that drives people to take action.

She is the creator of the Three Stories for Sales™ Framework and the Magnetic Story Method, systems developed through years of building and selling her own businesses, closing six-figure deals, and turning confused messaging into clear communication that attracts clients. Teams leave with a repeatable framework they can use across pitches, sales calls, and content.

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If you want your audience to stop sounding like everyone else and start selling through stories that stick, Karis Gill is the speaker to book.

Karis Gill | Storytelling Workshops

Karis’s workshops consistently receive five-star feedback. They combine real examples, interactive challenges, and live experiments that show, in real time, how much stronger a message becomes when it follows clear storytelling rules. She works with corporate sales and marketing teams, leadership groups, founders, and mission-led organisations who want clearer messaging and stronger results.

People are often shocked by how much better a message sounds and feels when it’s structured properly and delivered with the right principles.

It clicks fast. Suddenly they can hear why their current messaging is getting a mediocre response, why only their founder liked their latest LinkedIn post, and what to change to get confident yeses on their next sales call.

Participants leave seeing storytelling as a practical sales skill, with clear frameworks, strategies they can use immediately, and a plan to apply storytelling across pitches, sales calls, LinkedIn, and marketing.

Karis Gill | Talk Topics

How to Grow Your Business Using Story Strategically: Everyone says, “Tell more stories.” No-one tells you which stories to tell, or how to use them to grow your business. In this keynote, Karis shows founders, leaders, and teams how to use storytelling across their whole business to attract clients, engage their team, and build momentum.

You will learn how to:

– Find stories hidden in everyday business moments
– Explain your offer clearly in marketing, networking, and sales conversations
– Different areas in business story can be used strategically
– Share your vision so your team feels motivated and aligned
– Turn complex ideas into messages people remember

Ideal for founders, leaders, and teams who want clearer communication, stronger engagement, and steady, sustainable growth.

Stories That Sell – Strategic Storytelling That Wins Hearts and Drives Growth: The best sales teams in the world are hiring storytellers because story changes how people decide. In this session, Karis introduces her Three Stories for Sales™ Framework and shows leaders, founders, and sales teams how to turn their experience into stories that clients understand, trust, and act on.

You will learn how to:

– Build your Hero Story so people understand who you are and why your work matters
– Craft a Process Story that takes clients on the emotional journey from problem to solution
– Create Conversion Stories that prove your value through real results
– Replace feature-heavy selling with conversations that feel natural
– Handle objections using story instead of pressure
– Build trust faster in meetings, calls, and presentations

The Power of Storytelling For Creating Positive Social Impact In Business: Most impact organisations are doing extraordinary work, but telling their story in a way that wins funding, customers, and partnerships is much harder. In this keynote, Karis shares science-backed storytelling strategies drawn from building Social Stories Club, helping social enterprises, charities, and purpose-driven businesses communicate their impact so people understand it, feel it, and act on it.

You will learn how to:

– Win funding with clear, story-led pitches
– Turn dry reports and statistics into stories people remember
– Inspire customers and partners to support your mission
– Share your impact with confidence, clarity, and credibility

Karis Gill | Clients

Social Enterprise Awards, PwC, Barclays, The University of Stirling, Allia, Social Enterprise Scotland, Startup Grind, Royal Academy of Engineering.

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Karis is also in the Great British Speakers Top Ten Sales Speakers for 2026!

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Testimonials

Everyone should book this incredible person to open or close their events. Karis is such an amazing Pocket Rocket that makes you feel brave and bold enough to share your story with the world in a heartfelt and compelling way.
Celia Hodgson OBE, CEO Hey Girls

Karis was invited as a speaker to a webinar session on storytelling within the unmtchd. collective, my brand membership community and she DELIVERED! We all listened to her speaking, engaging, sharing amazing stories and educating all at the same time. Karis has enormous energy and she captivates the audience fully. What an experience!
Oana Leonte, CEO Unmtchd

I would highly recommend Karis Gill as a facilitator and presenter. The quality of the content, the expertise, and the supportive learning environment all combined to make for an unforgettable experience.
Christina Starko, The University of Edinburgh

One of the best presentations I remember and delivered so brilliantly.
Mark Logan OBE, Former COO Skyscanner