One-day intensive · Registration open
The IPAR Story Lab™
A high-level, one-day professional development intensive designed for leaders operating at the intersection of information, public systems, and community communication.
Thursday, November 19, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Downtown Chicago
The lab at a glance
- Date
- Thursday, November 19, 2026
- Hours
- 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Format
- Live, in-person working studio
- Location
- Downtown Chicago
- Cohort
- Strictly limited to 10–16 participants
- Tuition
- $499
- Included
- Catered networking lunch
- Toolkit
- The official IPAR Story Toolkit™
01 — The curriculum
Four modules, one toolkit
The curriculum uses the official IPAR Story Toolkit™ to build four foundational operational competencies — the four moves of the method, worked on your own project.
Issue
Establishing focus
Ground public communication in hard data, information, or personal lived experience to isolate a specific community condition or question — without early bias.
Policy
Documenting context
Map the complex municipal systems, legislative rules, administrative codes, and budgets that historically shape local community realities.
Analysis
Structural meaning-making
Navigate public datasets and civic databases to extract long-term community implications and patterns responsibly.
Resources
Designing for public utility
Translate heavy research findings into actionable public assets, civic resource maps, and clear paths forward.
02 — The lab day
A live, collaborative working studio
The intensive is strictly limited to 10–16 participants to ensure direct, hands-on project development. The hours are structured as a live, collaborative working studio.
9:00 – 10:30 AM
Module 1: Issue Narrative Lab
Grounding your focus in information
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Module 2: Policy & Context Mapping
Situating your issue in systems
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Catered Networking Lunch
Included with registration
1:00 – 2:30 PM
Module 3: Critical Analysis & Data Review
Interpreting structural meaning
2:45 – 4:00 PM
Module 4: Resource Design & Publication Prep
Aligning narratives with civic utility
03 — The cohort
Curated for leaders who translate
01
Public health professionals & PIOs
Tasked with translating complex health metrics into trusted community action.
02
Policy analysts, researchers, & nonprofit leaders
Who need their findings and grant data interpreted clearly, responsibly, and with absolute community relevance.
03
Journalists & investigative reporters
Looking to move past reactive, quick-hit headlines toward permanent, structural documentation.
04 — Verifiable outcomes
Every leader leaves with
01
A completed IPAR Strategy Blueprint
A finalized, structurally sound communication framework tailored directly to your organization’s target data or civic issue.
02
The physical strategy workbook
A tangible toolkit containing language templates, analytical framework infrastructure, and the IPAR Public Accountability Self-Check to reuse across all future organizational communications.
03
An exhibition residency
Direct professional editorial review, a publication credit in One Purpose Journal, and a presentation slot at our high-visibility Fall Research Poster Symposium.
05 — Registration
Register individually or as an organization
The IPAR Story Lab™ is a small, in-person working cohort designed for professionals who want to bridge the gap between complex issues, structural policies, deep analysis, and actionable resources to communicate with profound civic impact.
Individual registration
Reserve your seat
Registration is open for the Thursday, November 19, 2026 cohort. Tuition is $499. Seats are strictly limited to 10–16 participants, and requests are reviewed as they arrive.
Institutional registration
Paying by invoice or purchase order
Universities, government agencies, schools, healthcare organizations, nonprofits, and businesses that require an invoice or purchase order may register through our Institutional Registration process rather than paying online.
After submitting your request, JPEOLOGY, LLC will issue an invoice and coordinate your organization’s registration.
November 19, 2026 · Downtown Chicago