Making the complex human.

There's a human story inside every complicated thing. Most people walk right past it. I find it. I help you tell it.

Ed Buchanan

Complexity isn't the problem. Distance is. The gap between what you know and what your audience can feel is always a story problem. And story problems have solutions.

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OLC Innovate 2026 · OLC Accelerate 2024–2025 · NACE 2024

4.88/5
across 117 session evaluations · OLC March 2026
Ed Buchanan speaking
"I teach production and social media, but had not really connected all of the storytelling concepts to my own lecture videos."
Session evaluation, OLC Innovate 2026
"I left with clear takeaways about how to keep learners more emotionally and cognitively engaged in our content."
Session evaluation, OLC Innovate 2026