Nathan Baugh

World Builders

Founder / Writer

Senior Consultant

Clemson University

Tutor

Teach For America

Accelerate Fellow

Consultant → writer. I study the best storytellers ever and share with you what I learn. Writing fiction and writing to 77K storytellers every Saturday. Join us 👇

Founder

Roast my potential book covers. 

What do you like? What don't you like? Which would get you to pick it up off the shelf?

Ghostwriter. Exploring the art and science of storytelling. Debut fantasy novel this fall. Building something new.

A few years ago, I went to a $15 open mic in Austin. First comedy show I’d seen.

Dude gets on stage. The crowd goes nuts. It’s Shane Gillis, one of the most popular comedians in the world.

He pulls out a notebook and a pen, grabs the mic, and starts telling jokes.

When the crowd gives one of those loud, genuine laughs, he jots down a note. When the crowd looks at each other, confused, he jots down a note. When the crowd stares at him, expecting more, he jots down a note.

You get the idea. He’s testing jokes. Making a note of what’s connecting and, even more importantly, what’s not.

Then, I imagine, he cuts or changes the parts that don’t connect. Tests them again another night. And repeats the process until the joke, his story, is tight and compelling throughout.

He made me realize:

This is how you can treat Storytelling, too.

Your story is flexible. You can constantly test, get feedback, improve, repeat. Like Shane, what you’re looking for is moments of connection:

- Your boss starts nodding along.
- Someone leans forward in their chair.
- Your beta reader leaves a great comment.
- There’s a spark of interest in your partner’s eye.

You get the idea. You’re searching for that visceral reaction in your audience. When you see it, you double down.

Stories are iterative.

I've created 2 new landing pages over the last 6 months. One converts horribly while the other converts incredibly well. Some weird stats:

- The horrible converting one is priced at $99.
- The incredibly well converting one is priced at $499.

The obvious answer is an audience mismatch -- people expect story related stuff from me, not 'grow your writing business.'

Sure that matters but let's be real not a <1% to 18%+ jump.

So what's the difference?

Very simply -- I ran the second LP through 🇺🇦 Eddie Shleyner's entire Transformational Landing Pages training... and haven't put that effort into the first.

One idea that -- in my opinion -- made the biggest difference:

Fascinations

Eddie says a fascination is "any sentence designed to conjure intense curiosity and compel action, in that order."

Capture the attention, then direct it.

I loved the idea. Loved the entire course.

Eddie's running a crazy BFCM sale. From $999 to $249.

This is my affiliate code, which I'm proud to share: https://lnkd.in/gbKDPAqr

Hands down the most effective course I've taken all year. If you'd like your landing pages to convert more people, it is a no brainer.

PS. Here's the LP that actually converts: https://lnkd.in/gZwScNBr

LinkedIn constantly shocks me how helpful people are. So many people took time to share great feedback on the covers for my novel.

Thank you thank you thank you.

To keep up w the project - just monthly notes - plop your email here for the waitlist: https://lnkd.in/gTeaFfwE

Western University

As the Administrative Assistant, I work closely with the Manager of Administration and Finance (MAF) to support the efficient functioning of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. My role involves providing high-level administrative support to the Director of Continuing Medical Education (CME), the Co-Chairs of Research, and vital departmental committees. I also assist with organizing educational events and managing department communications. 

Key Responsibilities:
- Administrative Support for CME & Research Programs: Coordinate the scheduling and preparation of agendas, minutes, and logistical support for meetings, academic events, and Grand Rounds. Organize guest speakers, including travel arrangements and honorariums.
Event Coordination: Manage the planning and execution of major academic events such as the annual Southwestern Ontario Obstetrics & Gynaecology Update (HH Allen Day) and Research Day. Manage venue booking, registration, tech support, catering, financial and sponsor coordination.
Website & Newsletter Management: Maintained some aspects of the department's website content and worked towards producing monthly newsletters with academic updates.
- Acuity STAR & Reporting:  Aware of data entry and reporting in the Acuity STAR system for faculty contributions to research, teaching, and service. Assisted with promotion and tenure processes by ensuring the accuracy of academic records. An enjoyable, extensive portion of my role early on. 
-Collaboration: Worked closely with Program Assistants to support exams, teaching activities, and event logistics. Collaborated with Schulich's CME office for program accreditation, such as scholarships and events.
Scope & Decision Making:
Operated independently to handle routine administrative matters and escalate as needed. Balanced multiple priorities through deep work to meet compliance with departmental processes.

Administrative Assistant CME, Research

As an Administrative Assistant for the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at SSMD, I provided comprehensive administrative support to ensure the smooth operation of academic programs, events, and faculty activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Calendar & Correspondence Management: Managed schedules, meetings, and correspondence for the Chair-Chief and Manager of Administration & Finance (MAF), ensuring effective coordination and priority handling of appointments and communications.

Event Planning & Coordination: Organized key academic events, including guest speaker sessions, research days, and departmental social events. I handled logistics such as catering, accommodations, and travel arrangements for participants to ensure seamless event execution.

Committee Support: Prepared agendas, took minutes, and coordinated logistics for departmental committees. I managed the documentation process for faculty appointments, promotions, and reappointments, ensuring timely completion and adherence to departmental guidelines.

On-Call Schedule Oversight: Maintained and updated on-call schedules for clinicians and residents, resolved scheduling conflicts, and collaborated with hospital staff to ensure smooth on-call operations.

Website & Newsletter Maintenance: Regularly updated the department’s website and drafted monthly newsletters, ensuring accurate information dissemination to faculty, staff, and residents.

Administrative Support for Programs: Assisted in proctoring exams, preparing exam materials, setting up teaching activities, and downloading evaluation data, ensuring the smooth operation of academic programs.

Through this role, I developed strong organizational, communication, and event management skills, supporting faculty and clinicians in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment.

Department Administrative Assistant

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)

Adapted my management and organizational skills with my recent administrative training to progressively maintain day-to-day tasks of scheduling and staffing within a hospital framework.

Working in healthcare is not easy. In the past year, I have transitioned into a second department that is more of a temperament incubator- The ER. The Medicine Dept manages a high volume of staffing roles across the two hospitals, University and Victoria. 

The skills I matured into while in medicine are invaluable and they have carried me well into the smaller but more temperamental environment. 
-Ability to adapt to changing information and scheduling as a part-time staff
-Mitigating social engagement and working styles -Understanding the affects of environmental stimuli on my psyche to advocate for varying learning methods. 
-Profound customer service and relationship-building
-Improving digital organizational system 
-High level of problem-solving skills 
-High level of managing emotional intelligence, professionalism and teamwork ability
-High level of reviewing all data to ensure it is concise, detailed and uniform to the team's method. 
-Time Management is a learning style to manage against co-working spaces
-Detailed and keyword-focused systematic routine for shared documents
-Assessing work culture with management strategies and actions 
-Managing personal observations and individual perspectives within a high-intensity environment
-Learning to use wisdom, self-talk and ingenuity in a way that highlights my strengths to foster mentorship and to be heard and seen. 

The takeaway I hold now the ability to purposefully balancing my work environment and personal health.

Staffing Clerk

Through my own workplace experience while working in Medicine Dept. I reached out to the office of Inclusion, Diversity and Social Justice for encouragement and more involvement within the organization.I was curious about the department, this courageous act fostered a growing relationship with the leaders there. Through a series of collaborative conversations, and continuing dialogue, I was thought of for a new endeavour. 
The skills I took away or further developed from this vendor application process were the following: 
- strategic researching companies and persons for key elements
-time management in reviewing information, and deciphering key points after processing large documents. 
- Illuminating the candidates in the role sought to quantify their experiences against the company environment and expectations. 
- learning to ask for financial compensation for my time and knowledge
- Identifying key questions to assess candidates that highlighted a blindspot for both the person, company and role's environment.
- Speaking on analytical areas in regard to pinpointing the values and strategies required for candidates in the role
 -Acutely providing technical support on utilizing the database, and navigational help in the digital framework used to process this application.

The takeaway from this experience was the validity of possessing a plethora of knowledge and experience to inform towards DEI change and progression within varying environments. I am eagerly interested in working in this space as it is in alignment with my value system. It is a adaptive gateway to work in Learning and Development, another area of interest that naturally utilizes my strengths.

Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Consultant

Adrinkrahene (AD) Curation & Publishing House

Progressively detailing the tools of business acumen to support digital publishing and art curation as an entrepreneur. This season is on creating content, managing my art collective, learning R&D and using technology for a global contextual output.
The milestones I have made in the past year with my business make me profoundly proud. 
- Completed courses with Paro:  Using Technology in your Business & Pitch it Like a Pro. 
- Involvement with monthly business networking Zoom calls 
-Actively improving writing skills, learning more about the publishing industry from fellow writers and honing a new voice through the critical input received within my Paro writing group, "Writer's Patch".
- Building on business relationship skills by co-managing a circle with a tenured businesswoman to pursue personal and business growth and opportunities while supporting and working together in aligned business industries, where we are the service. 
- Understanding well the entrepreneurial process of managing personal and business financial aspects through the tasks required for establishing and upkeeping documents, applications, budgeting and forecasting. 
- Honing business writing skills by documenting minutes using business application tools to manage tasks, and documents and inputting organized timelines for applications and content.
- Managing the art collective by connecting, supporting and learning from and with my Ghanaian artist friends' educational (Masters in Art)and artist journey in showcasing, defending, and creating Ghanaian modern art.

Freelance Communications Consultant

PARO Centre For Women's Enterprise

Anchored my business with my recent Web Development program knowledge. Through my Paro connections, I joined a writing/publishing group and became a member of a circle with other like-minded businesswomen, where I am the treasurer. I took the time to migrate programming languages from my coursework to the foundational platforms for my publishing and curation business. I created my own art collective and created a database to communicate and grow our content. I used project management tools and undertook various analytics to create functioning networking groups in business, writing and art.

Business Development Specialist

Currently, as a Department Administrative Assistant at Western University, I leverage my refined organizational and communication skills to manage departmental functions and support diverse teams. My role includes facilitating key meetings, championing department events, and ensuring seamless day-to-day operations.

My recent experience as a Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Consultant has enriched my competencies with strategic research and time management, crucial for fostering inclusive environments. At the core, my mission is to empower and advocate within our organization, driven by a commitment to excellence and collaboration.

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