Meet Morgan Marie
I’ve been curious about people and their stories for as long as I can remember.
As a kid, I asked so many questions that I earned the nickname Curious George. I wanted to know why people did what they did, how they got where they were going and, probably most of all, the story behind it all.
That curiosity eventually took me across the country and into a career that, looking back, has always revolved around the same thing: people, communication and connection.
I earned my BA in Public Relations and later my Master’s in Communication & Leadership from Gonzaga University, where I continued studying something I had already been fascinated by since I was 18: the way stories shape how we understand ourselves, each other and the world around us.
Then journalism gave me a front-row seat to storytelling every single day.
As a local news reporter with KHQ in Spokane, Washington, I learned how to ask better questions, listen closely and find the heart of a story quickly. There were days I would arrive at a breaking news scene, have 30 seconds to gather what I could and then turn around and deliver a live report with about a minute and a half to tell a complete story. It was some of the best communication training I could have asked for because it taught me that more information doesn’t always make a message better. You have to know what matters, who you’re speaking to and what they need from you in that moment.
My career has taken me beyond the newsroom and into radio studios, classrooms, businesses, conference rooms and stages. I’ve been a radio host, an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University, a marketer, a speaker and a consultant. The rooms have changed, but the thread running through all of them hasn’t.
I am fascinated by what happens when we feel seen by another person.
today, I’m Morgan Marie, The Storytelling Coach
I work with leaders, entrepreneurs, teams and people with something meaningful to say who want to communicate it in a way that connects with others.
Sometimes that means helping someone find the story at the center of a keynote. Sometimes it means helping a business communicate what it does without sounding like everyone else. Sometimes it means walking into a room full of people and creating the kind of conversation that makes everyone leave feeling a little more connected to the people around them, to their work and to themselves.
Because the longer I do this work, the more convinced I become that storytelling isn’t just about becoming a better speaker.
It’s about connection.
We are living in a time when it has never been easier to communicate with more people, and yet so many of us feel disconnected.
I’m deeply interested in that tension, especially in leadership, business and the rooms where people are expected to have the answers. My graduate work explored loneliness in leadership, and years later I keep coming back to the same question: How do we use the way we communicate to make people feel less alone?
Stories are one of the best answers I’ve found.
A good story doesn’t require a stage, a microphone or a perfectly polished ending.
Some of the best stories happen across a dinner table, in a meeting, during a sales conversation, on a walk with a friend or in the middle of an ordinary Tuesday. They remind us that someone else has been there too, help us make sense of where we’ve been and give us language for where we might be going next.
That’s the work I get to do now.
I help people notice the stories they’re already living, understand the ones worth telling and learn how to share them with intention.
And yes, I still ask a lot of questions!
My work blends strategy with heart because the stories we believe are the stories we will live.
Let’s work together
I believe everyone has a story and it’s my job to help you find yours. Submit this form and I’ll be in touch!