Reviews

Love Gail! She’s clever, funny, witty all wrapped up into a professional writer’s package. Would work with her time and again!

I brought Gail in to serve as story coach, writer/editor and day-to-day manager of an internal UX storytelling initiative. Gail’s encouraging attitude, strong interpersonal skills and professionalism had a lasting impact by inspiring my colleagues to write about the value of what they do, and gave them confidence to do more writing and broaden their storytelling efforts through applying to speak at conferences.

We saw a mountain of talent both as a performer and a writer …

What started out as a specific silo/task based contractor agreement has expanded to a strategic role thanks to Gail’s expertise and enthusiasm. She has a great knack of immersing herself into the client’s personality and voice and her interviewing skills are particularly commendable.

Gail is a very collaborative strategic thinker while delivering on the day-to-day tasks. Through her creative marketing copy, she has articulated the brands’ promises for both internal and external needs for the client and partners. Gail is a chameleon with her brand voices and a great go-to when arming a measurable results-driven team.

Gail Thomas is the go-to writer for award show scripts. She does her research, she is funny, she is fast and she is accurate. Gail often works directly with the talent — corporate executives, celebrities or honorees — and through that contact replicates their “voice” beautifully in the scripts she writes.

Gail wrote the script for our conference emcee and did a fabulous job. She was able to work with him to make sure he was well-prepared and felt comfortable in what he was saying.

She’s good.

Gail is a terrific actress who adds a lot to the words. She definitely makes whatever script we’ve handed to her better. She’s super-funny and a true pro in the booth.

Gail helps her students help themselves. Her storytelling intuitions are incredible. The environment she creates is empathetic and supportive. She helps everyone refine and amplify their own voice.

Gail has been an invaluable sounding board for me! From generating ideas, to editing and honing my stories, she is my go-to coach.

Gail Thomas is a masterful teacher. She is smart, sensitive, open-minded and inspiring. I learned more in two days with Gail that I have in entire semesters. Highly recommend it. If you want to become a better storyteller, do yourself a favor and put yourself in her able hands. She will give you the tools and the courage you need.

This class was fun, educational, and entertaining! Gail brings years of experience to the class in a safe and insightful way. The storytelling tools given to us were helpful and her feedback was spot-on, up-beat and positive. You can tell that teaching and storytelling are a real passion for Gail! She is an awesome instructor!

I consulted with Gail to develop stories for business. She is a wonderful teacher. She is very fun, personable and able to get the best from every person. Her knowledge and expertise in storytelling, branding and strategic communication was a great value for me. I didn’t have any idea on how to create a story (because I’m very analytical and straight to the point). But, then thanks to Gail, I was able to create four new stories – starting from scratch.

Gail, thank you for helping us gain more confidence by tapping into our vulnerability. I loved your class and it was a great use of my weekend.

Dear Gail, I meant to give you a hug when we parted tonight but didn’t have a chance. Your class means SO much to me. I lack structure, details, and self-confidence and you give me all and much more. I am still distances away from where I want to be, but you are pointing me to the right path I am looking forward to going down even after the classes end and even all by myself. It feels like a healer and a second chance, and you are so kind—I can’t thank you enough.

Gail Thomas, makes a terrific Almighty. In lab coat and glasses, she’s perfected an ernest deadpan, marked by the occasional sly grin of pride.

Some of the best theatre I’ve seen.

That’s what theatre is (Referring to As You Like It production in Washington Square Park. Gail as Rosalind)

Gail’s stories are always incredible. She truly has mastered the ability of taking the most difficult moments and finding their beauty.

Everyone loved the final product, with speakers commenting on how well it was written. Gail took special care to tailor each speech to each speaker, honoree, while giving attention to the placement of that speech or moment in the entire evening. The words had a smooth natural flow, and the script had beginning, middle and end. It was warm, funny and inviting. 

Gail is an excellent foster mom! After my time on the streets, she made me feel right at home.

My team gives GAIL a big hand of applause – they truly appreciated her teaching skills and her ability to create a warm and inviting place to learn.  It’s been a great journey and we are excited to take these new tools into our work – to better serve our communities – THANK YOU GAIL!!!!!!  You and your organizations would be will served to partner with her. –

To help prepare my opening statement for an upcoming trial, I worked with Gail as a storytelling coach. We had a lovely session. Gail listened very carefully to every word and every single suggestion was amazing. Her insight was invaluable.

Gail Thomas is an instinctive and practiced story genius. She can help coax a brilliant story out of anyone. She is a teacher, story coach, and story wizard. She has a brilliant understanding of story structure. But more importantly, she has the uncanny ability to help draw out stories from students or clients that are authentic, vulnerable, relevant, and relatable.  I am a better teacher, storyteller, and person after studying with Gail.

Gail has a way of coaxing out of even the most reticent students inspired and passionate performances. Gail’s insightful comments and compassionate interaction enabled each student to create stories that later engaged and occupied audiences. Our [high school]  students left her workshop inspired and uplifted, and we are all so grateful for her willingness to work with us. Student comments included:“She’s really cool to work with and she improved my public speaking skills.” “Gail showed me how to relax so that I actually liked performing on stage!”“I may seem confident now but I wasn’t always like that…” From Gail’s session, I took away that anyone can tell a story, just go up on stage and own it!!! I recommend Gail to you without reservation.

Thank you for everything, Gail!! All of the founders you worked with said such wonderful things about you :). Looking forward to staying in touch. Your work is so meaningful and inspiring!

The Story Studio was an outstanding partner to us in late 2019. We reached out to them to help us with a storytelling night wherein 10 founders would tell a story about failure in their lives as entrepreneurs. Gail worked with each founder to craft, hone and practice their story. It was a phenomenal event that inspired everyone who attended.

Gail is great! She was my first storytelling instructor and I loved her so much that I continued learning with her. She has a very pedagogical approach that helps you to seamlessly acquire the basics of storytelling. Gail really creates a welcoming atmosphere that helps students to leave any shyness behind and put their story out there for the world to listen.

Gail Thomas is a superb teacher and storyteller! With patience, humor and clear instruction, Gail has helped me to find my voice, identify themes and finally craft powerful stories that are meaningful to me and my audience. As a beginner, I could not imagine a better experience in our small storytelling classes, where I have felt safe to take risks and receive feedback from Gail and my classmates. It has been a gift to work with Gail.

Gail, It was such a pleasure working with you and thank you for your time and help crafting my story. I had many people come up and reach out to me so I guess it must have resonated! I look forward to being in touch and we will definitely work together again.

I highly recommend Gail Thomas multi talented writing abilities, offering her expert skills to our organization, benefiting our website content, a storytelling workshop and personal coaching. Versatility is one of her strong suits, as well as the ability to focus on meaningful heartfelt stories that move people emotionally.

I was looking for a way to connect our Unique Value Proposition (UVP) to genuine emotions and tell relevant stories during client engagements to demonstrate how we can grow their businesses. I reached out to Gail, and I’m glad I did!

Gail and I had a few 1:1 pre-workshop sessions so I could fully understand “why” storytelling and how it connects to our business. Specifically, I wanted to know how to join this storytelling style to our value proposition: driving client business outcomes. We worked on several key themes and strategies to prepare for our leadership team’s two-day workshop. Gail is a pro. We hosted 14 leaders during the workshop, and she kept everyone VERY engaged.

We worked through the components of a story, and she broke the storytelling elements into understandable, digestible segments. By the day’s end, each team member was tasked with building their own story through collaborative work with a partner.

All I can say is WOW; this was more than a ‘how to tell a story” workshop. It was a platform for all of the leaders to become connected, at the deepest level, through their stories. It served as an authentic team-building experience.I can’t thank Gail enough for her time, and I have since started referring Gail to clients to share this wonderful experience!