BetterStory Studio™
A Live Story and Visibility Lab
May 20 | Charlotte, NC | Karaoke Room at The Hamilton
Dinner.
A mic.
real-time refinement.
The first Studio sold out for a reason. And so did the 2nd - but even faster!
People left with:
BetterStory Studio™ is a live working room for ambitious professionals, founders, speakers, and creatives who want to practice, pressure-test, and strengthen the story they are carrying into bigger rooms.
You do not come to sit back and absorb theory.
You come to hear yourself more clearly, refine your message in real time, and leave with language that lands.
What Makes This Room Different
Most rooms give you ideas.
This room gives you reps.
BetterStory Studio™ is a curated live lab for people who want their voice to sound more like their authority.
You can join as a participant or as an observer inside the room. Either way, you will leave with sharper language, stronger discernment, and a clearer sense of how to talk about your work, your value, and what is next.
This is where visibility gets practiced, not “just discussed.”
What You'll Experience
A live working room
This is an active, facilitated experience designed to help people refine their message in real time.
Coaching moments on the mic
Watch real people test their language, strengthen their delivery, and sharpen their story live.
A teaching segment with Kristi Straw
Practical insight on story, visibility, authority, and the language that moves opportunities forward.
Guest expert spotlight
Each Studio includes an outside voice who brings an added lens on influence, communication, and visibility.
May 20th Guest Expert:
Cara Truitt, Producer, TEDx Sugar Creek Women
Braggy Boardwalk™
A guided feedback ritual where attendees receive specific, usable language about how they show up. These are words you can use in your bio, your content, your pitch, and your next introduction.
Professional event photography
The Studio is documented in real time, including on-mic moments, so you leave with visual proof that you were in the room.
Meaningful connection
You will be in the room with thoughtful, ambitious people who care about growth, credibility, and momentum.
Event details -
vip
visibility
pass
*** SOLD OUT!! ***
VIP Visibility Pass
Limited seats available
VIP is for the people who want to step into the work vs only watching it.
Your VIP ticket includes a guaranteed Live Lab Moment with Kristi, where you will practice and refine your message in front of the room.
Bring:
Kristi will coach you live to:
You will leave with words you can use immediately.
VIP includes:
If your words affect revenue, promotion, platform, or perception, VIP is the move.
If you’ve never experienced live story coaching, this will change how you show up.
Event details -
general
admission
General Admission
General Admission is for the person who wants to experience the room, learn from the live coaching, and walk away sharper without taking the mic.
You will leave with:
General Admission includes:
No pressure to take the mic.
Plenty of value will still be gained!
may 20 | CHARLOTTE, NC
pricing details
$65 - general admission
$150 - vip visibility pass
VIP iS SOLD OUT!
Date: May 20th
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: Karaoke Room at The Hamilton
820 Hamilton Street, Charlotte
Parking: Validated
Food: Heavy appetizers included
Drinks: Full cash bar available
Dress: Come as you are, or as your next chapter
we create rare rooms™
rare rooms™
Why BetterStory Studio™ Exists
BetterStory Studio™ exists to give people a place to practice that work - live.
This is rehearsal for the rooms that count.
a creative collision
Where Charlotte’s most ambitious thinkers meet over good food, bold storytelling, and unexpected visibility breakthroughs in the iconic Karaoke Room at The Hamilton.
The Studio Effect:
A guided experience designed to sharpen your story, strengthen your presence, and give you language you can use in your career, your pitch, or your next big move tomorrow morning.
Reserve your seat now.
Because most people stay quiet in the moments that matter most.
Because your next opportunity depends on how well you tell your story.
Because no one teaches us how to do this - at work, in business, or in life.
Because visibility is capital.
And language is the vehicle.
Better Story Studio™ fills that gap with a creative, strategic, experimental experience designed to make your voice grounded & powerful.
Installation #1 sold out because charlotte has never had a room like this.
Installation #2 sold out because the proof was undeniable.
Installation #3 goes even deeper.
You don’t leave “hyped.”
Hype fades.
You leave equipped.
Clearer.
More concise.
More convincing.
More fully expressed.
You will feel the difference the next time someone asks what you do.
HEY,
I’m
kristi!
Kristi Straw is an executive strategist, leadership experience designer, and the creator of trust-rich rooms that help people communicate with more clarity, authority, and traction.
For more than two decades, she has helped leaders, founders, and high-capacity professionals find the language that opens doors, strengthens positioning, and moves opportunities forward.
BetterStory Studio™ is the most playful, visible version of that work: a live room where people get braver, clearer, and more fully expressed.
Your story is already inside you.
You don’t need to be louder, or braver, or more polished.
You just need the right room — the kind that reflects you back to yourself, clearly and confidently.
Better Story Studio was built for that moment.
A place where your voice lands.
Your ideas sharpen.
Your next chapter starts making sense.
Come eat, learn, laugh, and rise with us.
You’re one decision away from stepping into the room that will change your year … and your life.