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Story School

A live, six-month program where hidden experts become known authorities with storytelling, thought leadership and sales.

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Where you are and where you're going

The Authority Ladder

Most women who are brilliant at what they do sit at the bottom of this ladder. No one ever showed them it exists, let alone how to climb it. Story School moves you up two rungs in six months.

Where you are now

Rungs 1–3

Hidden, Hesitant, Professional

You feel cringe and draft then delete. You post when you can stomach it. Or your content looks polished and competent, with no real point of view, and you stay the best-kept secret in your field.

Where you're going

Rungs 5–6

The Voice, The Thought Leader

Known for a point of view that is yours. Peers quote you, strangers tell their friends to follow you, and the rooms where your clients gather invite you in. You stop pitching, and clients come to you.

Rungs 1–3, where most brilliant women get stuck Rungs 4–6, where Story School takes you in six months

From Professional to Thought Leader

Stephanie's story

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What's inside

What's included in Story School

1

Self-paced and live

Self-Paced and LIVE Training

Move through the on-demand training on storytelling, thought leadership, and sales content whenever it fits your week. Then join the live sessions where Ashley teaches new skills and you build your own content alongside her.

2

Live, every month

Monthly Coaching Calls

Get on a live call with Ashley each month. Bring your content, your messaging, or a launch you're working on, and leave with direct feedback and a clear next move.

3

Accountability

The Private Community

A private room of women running expert-led businesses. This is where you grow into the expert you've always dreamed of being online, alongside other women doing the same.

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What you'll learn

The three kinds of content
that grow your business

Story School trains you on the three kinds of content every expert business needs. You learn each one, and how they work together.

Storytelling Thought Leadership Sales Content YOUR CONTENT

Storytelling

Connection content that makes the right person feel something.

Thought Leadership

Your point of view, so peers and media start to seek you out.

Sales Content

Content that turns the right person into a client.

The Story School training portal on desktop, tablet, and phone
Ashley Renders creating content

Self-paced and live

Self-Paced and LIVE Training

Move through the training on storytelling, thought leadership, and sales content at your own pace, then build alongside Ashley in the live sessions.

Inside the training you will:

  • ✓Tell stories that connect, so the right people stop and pay attention
  • ✓Build the thought leadership that makes peers and media seek you out
  • ✓Write sales content that turns followers into paying clients

You walk away with a content system you can run on your own, long after the six months are done.

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Ashley Renders coaching at Camp Resonate

Monthly calls

Monthly Coaching Calls

Every month you get on a live call with Ashley to work on your storytelling, your messaging, and your business strategy.

On these calls you will:

  • ✓Get direct, tailored feedback on your stories and your content
  • ✓Troubleshoot messaging that isn't landing and content that isn't converting
  • ✓Leave with a clear next move you can act on that week

With coaching every month, you always know what to adjust to make your storytelling sell.

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The Story School community at Camp Resonate

Accountability

The Story School Community

A private room of women running expert-led businesses, most of them somewhere between 100K and 500K and ready to grow.

Inside the community you will:

  • ✓Get feedback on your storytelling from peers who reflect your ideal client
  • ✓Ask business questions between calls and get support fast
  • ✓Learn from the wins and the misses of women a few steps ahead of you

This is where you refine your message, test your ideas, and grow with people who get it.

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Real results

Success stories from real clients

Bri

Kaitlyn

Laura Jean

Kristi

Ashley Renders at the podcast microphone

Your coach

Meet Ashley Renders

Ashley spent a decade in journalism, documentary, and feature film. She executive produced a film that earned two Oscar nominations. Now she teaches business owners how to put their own stories into the world.

She has taught hundreds of entrepreneurs to grow with storytelling, and she built her own company to multiple six figures in 18 months using the exact work she teaches inside Story School.

Her clients build story-rich businesses, brands made of real human stories that turn into content that sells. These are the strategies experts use to become the name people think of first.

She spent years learning the craft of storytelling in business so you do not have to. Inside Story School, she shows you how to do the same.

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Bonus, this round only

A live AI editing bonus, starting tomorrow

When you join now, you get into a live training on editing your videos with Descript and Claude. You learn to cut a talking-head reel fast, set up an editing flow that runs on its own, and build an AI that writes in your own voice.

Training starts tomorrow, so join before then to be in the room.

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Enrollment

Choose your path

Story School is a six-month program. Two ways to join, same everything.

Story School Monthly

$861 /mo

6 monthly payments

The full program. The training, monthly coaching with Ashley, and the private community.

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Best value

Paid in Full

$4,494

Save 15%

Everything in Story School, paid once. You save 15% on the full six months.

Pay in full

Your story is your business.

When your story is clear, your marketing gets clear, and that is what turns content into clients.

In their words

Real results from real clients

These are Story School clients, in their own words.

Isabel Mena shares that for the first time she posted every single day this week, reels and carousels, during a season of growth
Gabriela Goetelen lists a wild month: an embassy reception, launching her community to a full house in four days, two live events, her first community call, and a visual that hit 15,000 views
Bridget shares her September wins, from launching two CEU workshops to securing a multi six figure remote dream role
Anita shares she has grown from 3,420 to almost 14,000 YouTube subscribers and had a video reach 100,000 views
Kristi Kutzera celebrates her first five figure month after finding her niche, raising her prices, and creating her own products

FAQ

Everything you need to know
about Story School

Story School is for women running expert-led businesses, most of them between 100K and 500K, who want to create content that truly connects. Whether you already work with clients or you're ready to grow your reach, this is where you learn to tell stories that feel like you, build community, and drive sales.

You get full access to the self-paced training on storytelling, thought leadership, and sales content, live group coaching calls every month on Thursdays at 2:30 PM EST, and the private Story School community for daily feedback and support. You also get the AI training to build your storytelling voice inside Claude.

Story School is a six-month experience. That gives you time to learn, apply, and refine your storytelling with coaching and community support the whole way through.

Yes. Every live coaching call is recorded and uploaded to the community, so you can watch or rewatch whenever it fits your schedule.

Yes. The training is built for you to move through at your own pace, with live coaching and community feedback to support you as you apply it.

Live group coaching calls happen on Thursdays at 2:30 PM EST. This is where you get personalized feedback on your stories, your content, and your messaging.

Yes. You can pay in full or choose the monthly plan. Paying in full saves you 15% on the full six months.

Your invitation

Enter your creator era

Picture your business six months from now, two rungs up the ladder. The right people find you, and opening your phone to post finally feels like you.

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