Narrative
Sprints
Clarify your message.
Sharpen your visuals.
Deliver a powerful story.
[Repeat.]
The Problem
Most high-potential, deep-tech, and hard-science ideas are buried under complexity, jargon, or incoherent pitch decks.
Investors say “too early” when they really mean “I don’t get it.”
Stakeholders disengage because the value isn’t clear.
Teams waste time aligning around a story that was never fully defined.
If you can’t make your idea obvious to others, you don’t have a communications problem. You have a narrative problem.
“If they don’t get it, they won’t fund it.”
The Fix
Our Narrative Sprints are rapid, focused, co-design engagements designed for science and tech innovators who need to communicate more powerfully with greater clarity.
Over five days, we work together to:
[Re] Frame Your Core Narrative – Define the problem, vision, and value in a way that resonates with non-experts, funders, or decision-makers.
Prototype Your Visual Story – Design the key diagrams, flows, or visuals that carry the weight of your message.
Rehearse and Refine – Pressure-test the story with feedback, revise for clarity, and prep you for delivery.
Who It’s For
Researchers under pressure to make their work visible and fundable.
Science and deep-tech founders struggling to shape their story for investors.
Think tanks with deep content but poor external traction
Communications leaders stuck translating complexity into clarity
This is not for people who want a new logo or a copy deck. This is for people who need to make their idea land visually, structurally, and strategically.
What You Get
A clear and credible Strategic Narrative Brief
2–3 key visuals or frames that anchor your story
Visuals can be graphics, infographics, images, slides, motion graphics, wordmarks, icons, and conceptual designs. We’ll determine together which visuals are best for your story.
A feedback-tested, audience-ready story you can pitch, present, or publish
You can bring this into a deck, a website, a white paper, and a stakeholder meeting. The core story should be clear and consistent throughout every channel. If it feels repetitive to you, it’s working.
Why Not Just Use AI?
If all you need is a draft, AI can give you 20 of them. That’s not clarity.
This sprint is for when the stakes are higher, when you need the story to work, not just exist. Here’s what AI can’t do…
It can’t diagnose what’s unclear to your audience.
It can’t prioritize which story to tell based on context and timing.
It can’t translate ambiguity into a coherent visual strategy.
It can’t coach you through delivery, alignment, or buy-in.
AI is fast, but speed doesn’t reduce confusion. This sprint is designed to cut through the noise and shape a narrative people trust.
How It Works
Day 1: Kickoff call and materials review
Day 2/3: Strategic narrative development
Day 4: Visual and story prototype
Day 5: Feedback session and refinement
All work is remote, focused, and collaborative.
Pricing
Starts at $7,800 USD
Project scope and pricing are finalized after a short discovery call. Most sprints don’t increase in price unless you have a unique, specific need. We’ll send you a final quote after our call and a link to make a deposit payment.
50% deposit to confirm your sprint on the calendar.
50% balance for access to download your files and images.
Schedule Your Discovery Call
If you’re preparing to fund, publish, launch, or align your team around a high-stakes idea, this sprint is designed to accelerate that process while improving accuracy.
Use the link below to schedule a quick conversation. We’ll see if the sprint fits your current needs. (Only 2 sprint slots available per month)
About Your Facilitator
Nic DiPalma is a narrative designer, UX strategist, and founder of SpacetimeLabs. He’s helped organizations like NASA, the National Science Foundation, PBS, and IBM translate complex research and innovation into breakthrough storytelling and experience design.
What Others Say
“Nic is a visionary.”
— Michael Wong, Founder & CEO, DayBlink
“Nic delivers it. Every time.”
— Morris Packer, Head of Operations, Nima Energy
“He is the ultimate team player”
— Andrew Evans, Fractional Product Leader
“He is an awesome designer, a dedicated team member, and a great listener.”
— Chris Tonjes, CIO, DC Dept. of Employment Services
“Nic is not only a brilliant and inspired design talent,… He's also a hell of a lot of fun to work with.”
— Benjamin Rosenbaum, Writer, Game Designer