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Storytelling is 1+1=3 Master it with Massimedia

The future belongs to those who know how to tell it

Learn to tell yours NOW

Storytelling is 1+1=3 Master it NOW!

The future belongs to those who know how to tell it

Learn to tell yours NOW

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Professional Training Services

For Business, NGOs & Institutions

Traditional consulting produces 70% implementation failure not because of analytical inadequacy, but from translation failure. Organizations receive insights they cannot internalize, methodologies they cannot operationalize, and strategies they cannot communicate. The consulting industry faces a credibility crisis of translation: it is a dramatic issue, and one of storytelling.

Massimedia exists to solve precisely this issue, starting from the recognition that Strategic Storytelling is not a service offering, but the foundational methodology determining the sustainable impact of any intervention. Strategic Storytelling works as the master framework through which interventions are strategically developed to consequentially increase ROIs.

Massimedia specializes in digital communication strategy research and development, combining strategic storytelling consulting with cutting-edge visual literacy training. Our practice-based methodology transforms how organizations communicate in today’s digital age.

At Massimedia, Strategic Storytelling is articulated upon rigorous academic research and structured for practical implementation through our practice-based methodology. Strategic Storytelling is articulated as a comprehensive and impact-driven set of consulting activities across three specific lines, Problem-Solving, Future-Thinking and Organizational Culture.

Training and consulting in Strategic Storytelling is enhanced upon the transformative potential of the visual form to structure and enhance offered delivery. Strategic Storytelling pillars the visual language to work as the master framework of all Massimedia’s consulting offering, to make change real, impactful and visible.

For 25+ years, Massimedia has put the visual form at the centre of its hands-on training and professional consulting. As an academic professor and professional photographer, Massimiliano has been advancing proprietary consulting frameworks to uniquely leverage what represents 90+% of all digital data. The visual is today’s form of communication: not only it is the language of the digital, but neurosciences have consistently proved that it is the engine of our brain. In short, the visual language is the communication form to absolutely master.

Partnering with Massimedia thus means accessing a rare synthesis: PhD-level strategic thinking arranged as field-tested implementation. Academic excellence tested by street-smart pragmatism. Global perspectives integrated with local insights.

At Massimedia, storytelling doesn’t just inform, but uses strategic depth, creative audacity and the visual form to transform how your organization works, solves problems and gets ready for any possible future. Massimedia is your partner to make your organization’s communication thrive, by making it, showing it and mastering it.

Your Trainer

25+ Years Of Global Expertise In Visual Communication & Strategic Storytelling

I am Massimiliano and I am a senior communication strategist using storytelling to support transformation and innovation processes. I founded MASSIMEDIA in 2002 as the online lab for my activities as academic lecturer and professional consultant.

When I started, cameras still used film much more than pixels, and you would communicate on newspapers and magazines, and not on social media. With the digital revolution, I continued my research and consulting consistently incorporating new tools, using AI to enhance my client’s results.

As Associate Professor at the University of Westminster (UK), I ideated and produced the mobile app MIA – The Meta-Image App – to combine training with consulting to produce impactful media change via visual storytelling.

Alongside my university career, I have tailored communication solutions for a wide array of international institutions and partners, with clients ranging from UN agencies to national governments, as well as from private enterprises to third sector global players. I remain fully committed to turn high-level academic research into sensible solutions for my clients.

In short, I solve communication problems for international partners, be it the business world, political institutions, or Third sector actors. My aim is always one and one alone: to solve my client’s problem and maximise their ROI.

Your Trainings

Strategic Storytelling | Future Thinking | Problem Solving & More

Strategic Storytelling

A wide array of dedicated and highly focused courses exploring Business / Third Sector / Institutional Storytelling are integrated with dedicated visual communication skills development. The proprietary App MIA is available as a self-managed further development toolkit

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Creative Problem-Solving

Result-driven sensible approaches to ideation, idea research and creative idea development that make participants experience the full cycle of creation, from idea to its implementation. Developed as both an intensive training & consulting as well as a recurrent activity with advanced scenario planning and simulation exercises

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Team's Cultures & Company's Identity

Research and development of the Team’s cultures and the comprehensive Company’s Identity with specific attention to shared (implicit vs. explicit) values using the Lego Serious Play method and my framework YESS

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Future Thinking

Tailored hands-on activities to make participants research and develop fully refined ‘visions’ of their future, via scenario planning and simulation exercises, using the Lego Serious Play method (LSP), and/or the Foresight methodology

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Massimedia's YESS

YESS (Your Enterprise's Strategic Storytelling) is a structured intervention methodology to diagnose, assess and enhance communication dynamics within your team, and the enterprise at large, to establish Storytelling as the strategic asset

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The Fusari's Difference

Academic Research Meets Practical Implementation

Consequential training with consulting • Integration of theory with practice • Visual literacy mastery for strategic impact • Hands-on activities on scenarios & simulations • Soft skills development to learn hard skills • A comprehensive and in-depth experiencing of today’s evolving cultures, from creativity to the visual and AI-enhanced storytelling

Academic Foundation • PhD Strategic Storytelling, University of Exeter • PhD Visual Anthropology, University of Venice • MA Anthropology of Media, SOAS London • Full Professor, H-FARM College • Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster

Market Validation • €1.8M in competitive research grants • 100+ organizational transformations • 30+ years of consistent results

Innovation Leadership • Creator: MIA – The Meta-Image App • Founder: The Visual Storytelling Academy • Pioneer: Visual Literacy & AI-Enhanced Creative Training • AI for Creativity methodology: Combining human storytelling with artificial intelligence • Thought Leader: Future of Strategic Communication

Clients' Success Stories

Change via Impactful Communication & Professional Development

I had the pleasure of attending the “Storytelling, Image and Strategy” course. His practical and engaging approach brought real value to my work. I improved my skills in digital storytelling and communication, learned how to better organize visual content using mind maps and storyboards, and developed stronger narrative and pitching techniques

A due anni di distanza, constato con soddisfazione i risultati ottenuti grazie al percorso intrapreso con il professor Fusari nel corso di 4 weekend in Storytelling Immagine Strategia. Oggi riesco a decodificare con chiarezza e precisione la struttura comunicativa di un messaggio, intervenendo in maniera mirata sia sulla forma che sul contenuto, con l’obiettivo di massimizzare l’efficacia della comunicazione

Il percorso formativo con il professor Fusari durante il corso di Visual Storytelling si è rivelato fondamentale con alcuni vertici PwC. Un progetto durato 3 giorni tra interviste a stakeholders e analisi, mi sono personalmente occupato della costruzione della narrativa e di come far passare al meglio il messaggio. Risultato ottenuto: presentazione di sole tre slides con meno di 70 parole di testo riassumendo tre giorni di lavoro, ricevendo il premio al miglior storytelling

Le ore trascorse in formazione con Massimiliano sono state non solo piacevoli e coinvolgenti, ma anche sfidanti e dense di contenuti. Tanto che ho deciso di proseguire questo percorso con una formazione più strutturata e approfondita, sempre con lui, per consolidare ulteriormente pratiche e prospettive del “ben pensare” e del “ben comunicare”

When I took a course on storytelling, I was struck by the depth and unusualness of Massimiliano's approach. He teaches not only storytelling strategy, but also the meanings that we want to convey, how to hook an interlocutor, investor, client. I would like to recommend it to everyone because this course really gives you the opportunity to look at communication from a new perspective which could really improve your business and personal life

Lavorerai con un professore universitario con 20 anni di esperienza in consulenza professionale che ti trasmetterà la passione e la dedizione per lo storytelling dal primo minuto in aula e che userà tutte le sue energie per tenere l’attenzione e stimolare la partecipazione di tutti.. Come è successo a me, dimenticherai tutto quello che credevi di sapere sullo storytelling, per un approccio creativo e di ragionamento che non usiamo nel lavoro come nella vita quotidiana

Between June 2012 and June 2015 Massimiliano Fusari collaborated several times with me as a trainer, when I was Director of the Diplomatic Institute of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome (Italy). During his consultancy, Massimiliano critically assessed the visual medium in today’s global cultures, and convincingly established the centrality of storytelling as a strategic format of communication for the International Relations field, and specifically so, for diplomats. He successfully argued to prospective diplomats the relevance of the visual medium in today’s forms of political communication

Grazie all'acquisizione di nozioni teoriche e, soprattutto, alla pratica con casi reali durante le lezioni, ho potuto costruire passo dopo passo una mentalità solida per strutturare uno storytelling efficace, dalla precisa individuazione della target audience alla pianificazione di una strategia verbale e visiva per ottimizzare la comunicazione. Le conoscenze apprese durante il corso sono incredibilmente versatili, sia nel contesto lavorativo che personale

I would like to enthusiastically recommend Professor Max Fusari for his teaching in the Global Executive MBA module on Marketing Strategy. I experienced firsthand the depth of his expertise, the effectiveness of his instruction, and the lasting impact of the skills and tools he imparts. Professor Fusari's unique emphasis on visual storytelling and digital marketing concepts has impacted my professional activities. His comprehensive coverage of digital marketing concepts provided practical insights that are directly applicable to contemporary business challenges. I wholeheartedly endorse Professor Fusari as an exceptional educator in the field of marketing strategy and visual storytelling

DISRUPTIVE - Divertente, coinvolgente, porta con sé un metodo, l’individuazione di un focus e pochi semplici steps di immediata applicazione nel proprio ambito professionale. Si sperimenta personalmente ed in team quanto sia complesso e stimolante il lavoro che la comunicazione visiva comporta e dopo se ne verificano i risultati, portando a casa uno schema di lavoro semplice da memorizzare e veloce da recuperare per l’applicazione in ogni ambito lavorativo e personale

Dr. Fusari researched and produced a comprehensive series of bespoke workshops to develop participants’ theoretical competencies and their practical skillsets in digital media, visual storytelling and strategic communication. The consulting combined articulated theoretical research with sensible hands-on sessions to make participants practice real-life examples and case studies through simulation and role playing. All activities aimed at advancing participants’ gender awareness and promoting gender mainstreaming for State institutions, social stakeholders and private partners of the Government of Kosovo

Ho partecipato con piacere e onore ad una giornata di formazione con il Prof. Fusari con alcuni colleghi Wealth Manager vincitori di un Contest Azimut. Il tema trattato in aula è stato lo “Storytelling visivo” e devo dire che è stata una sorpresa e una conferma su un tema fondamentale e sostanziale per la professione del consulente finanziario attuale e futuro

Devo dire che le mie aspettative erano alte, ma il corso è riuscito a superarle in modo sorprendente. Ho già iniziato a utilizzare alcune delle tecniche che ho imparato nel mio marketing e ho notato un miglioramento significativo nell'interesse e nell'engagement del mio pubblico

Sono state 3 giornate per me molto faticose, dove ho dovuto destrutturare tutte le mie convinzioni e ricominciare a reimpostare dalla basi, dove l’interpretazione lascia lo spazio all’ #IOVEDO. Ne esco rafforzato con dei Pitch già pronti all’uso e con una cassetta degli attrezzi più completa (abbiamo lavorato su ritmo e storyboard) ed organizzata

Throughout the duration of this Digital Catapult acceleration programme he not only advised startups around their product and business development via 1-on-1 sessions, but also ran general hands-on workshops for the cohort. I was impressed by Massimiliano's constant proactivity - he would always seek to improve and tailor his innovation support so it would really contribute towards startups journey to growth

He proved to me the power that strategic communication has in transforming not only lives, but entire communities from Morocco to Afghanistan (he speaks both Arabic and Persian). Massimiliano has been a mentor, a couch and a brilliant strategist. I gained a deeper understanding of how storytelling might be impactful in shaping cultural and political change. This helped me in refining my consultancy in alignment with my own personal story and what I want to say about me

Dr. Fusari spares no effort when it comes to engaging his students. He spreads the love of creativity and imagination coupled with realistic strategy and the knowledge to build a successful product, venture, idea. It was a great experience to be taught and mentored by him during my studies

Professor Massimiliano is one of the BEST professors I have ever met. I took the Creativity for digital media and communication major. When we learned to be creative in the media area, he gave us step by step suggestions. From the basic mind map to combining different visions of thoughts. He provided various examples and personal advice to students

I worked closely with Massimiliano in 2021 and 2022 as part of DiploFoundation’s online courses and the Master in Contemporary Diplomacy. He conceptualised and delivered the training on visual storytelling and visual communication, as specifically tailored to institutional and diplomatic activities. He excelled in bringing current and highly relevant examples to the discussion, making complex topics easy to understand, and successfully engaging participants in a number of exercises

Massimiliano joined DiploFoundation faculty in 2021, bringing his unique skills, knowledge, experience, and teaching style to communications training, focusing on the role of the visual in today's politics. He helped students improve their communication and presentation skills in an online environment. The practice-led workshop addressed the political and diplomatic forms of communication and asked the students to apply theory to practice

Massimiliano brought creativity, commitment and a playful spirit to his teaching and research at the University of Westminster. He was always willing to take on challenges and teach new things and played a key role in establishing our MA in Digital and Interactive Storytelling. He also took on a popular Year 2 module on creativity and made it even more popular with students from across the university

Massimiliano played an important role, contributing to both our Digital Media: Development and Production and Digital Media: Marketing and Distribution courses. He is an excellent teacher and highly popular with postgraduate students. He approached the task of managing and teaching our modules with huge enthusiasm and creativity and motivated our students to produce some excellent work

I was initially introduced to Massimiliano by Digital Catapult, as I was looking for a mentor for an innovative AR/VR client. From the very first introductory call, I found Massimilano to be a very capable, thorough, experienced and passionate mentor, with a real flair for storytelling. He took time to prepare the session, and was also easily able to "change tack" and be flexible, picking up on what was being said and giving some great guidance and examples of how to present in a more engaging way

My team connected with Massimiliano when we were selected for the UK's leading immersive accelerator programme with Digital Catapult. Our startup Overview Ark leverages multiple visual mediums, and Massimiliano a mentor and teacher on the program, helped us to concisely develop our brand aesthetics and techniques. Thank you!

Massimiliano was invited by the Council of Europe’s European Youth Centre Budapest to run a workshop for the participants of the study session “Fighting for a Greener Digital Future." Massimiliano is an engaging and enthusiastic speaker and pays attention to using interactive methods. His input combined theoretical and practical information in a well-balanced manner. The team of organisers and participants were highly satisfied with his contribution

If you are looking for an extremely professional trainer, able to energize the most inactive crowd, with little interest on the training agenda, distrustful of the benefit of the training purpose and outcomes, well, look no further, Dr. Fusari, is your trainer. As the Project Team Leader, I am asked by my project beneficiaries, time and again: "Is he coming back?" In the field of the consultancy service and working on gender equality issues, regrettably, we do not witness such accolade very often

Dr Massimiliano Fusari is an expert digital visual storyteller who opens up new ways of seeing and revealing the world around us through the image. He is professional, creative and engaging, with the ability to inspire through his work. He was invited to give a presentation on digital visual storytelling at the headquarters of the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. This followed a successful mission teaching at the ILO's 'Gender Academy' attended by gender experts, NGOs and civil society organizations from around the world. The Geneva presentation proved to be extremely popular!

Massimiliano taught me the incredibly fascinating creativity module at Westminster University - throughout this time, Mass was able to captivate the entire room in his lectures with his eloquence, energy and humour! He inspired the students and enlightened them with the fascinating debates around creativity, and was brilliant at stimulating debate and enthusing the audience. I highly recommend Massimiliano for any role as he is hugely dedicated and contagiously enthusiastic!

Over the last decade or so, I have been crossing Massimiliano’s photographic paths both in their theoretical and practical dimensions. I feel absolutely confident in assessing his qualities as a persistent, curious and always pro-active photojournalist who is perfectly at ease in almost any corner of the Middle-East. I also appreciate the rather heterodox perspective of his theoretical research and the way he dissects the photograph to explore the trans-media component of today’s visual cultures

Massimiliano was contracted as a Voter Education Officer because of his in depth knowledge of the regional culture, behaviour and understanding. Due to international personnel's shortage at the time, he was assigned to deal with completely different scope of works - procurement and logistics. His understanding, fast adjustment and strong dedication to effectively complete assigned task proved him as skilled professional able to manage procurement and logistics for the whole Iranian mission

A single storytelling session in Professor Fusari’s class at H-FARM College transformed my perspective towards everything. Professor Fusari's class is more than an educational encounter; it's a journey into the heart of what it means to truly understand and connect with the world around us. As I continue my academic journey, I carry with me the invaluable lesson that stories are everywhere, in every data point, every historical event, every scientific discovery

I contracted Massimiliano for a commissioned work for the Italian National Broadcast Service, RAI. We used his photographic reportage on China for the opening theme of a TV show. He submitted to us a splendid selection of beautifully shot and carefully edited photographs we then mounted with no problem at all. He proved to be extremely professional and always receptive to our requirements, thus making the collaboration a very positive and smooth experience

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1+1=3!

Transform Your Organization With Strategic Storytelling, NOW!

The decision isn’t whether to invest in strategic storytelling: it’s whether to lead or follow. Your competitors are already moving. The question is: will you get there first?

Claim Your Strategic Discovery Session 30 minutes that could redefine your market position

In this complimentary session, we’ll: • Diagnose at least one major communication gap costing you market share • Identify untapped opportunities for immediate wins • Design a customized transformation roadmap • Deliver actionable insights you can implement NOW

Storytelling is 1+1=3 Master it with Massimedia

The future belongs to those who know how to tell itLearn to tell yours NOW

Storytelling is 1+1=3 Master it NOW!

The future belongs to those who know how to tell itLearn to tell yours NOW

Training for

Professional Training Services

For Business, NGOs & Institutions

Your Trainer

25+ Years Of Global Expertise In Visual Communication & Strategic Storytelling

Your Trainings

Strategic Storytelling | Future Thinking | Problem Solving & More

The Fusari's Difference

Academic Research Meets Practical Implementation

Clients' Success Stories

Change via Impactful Communication & Professional Development

Make itShow itMaster 1+1=3!

Transform Your Organization With Strategic Storytelling, NOW!

The future belongs to those who know how to tell it

Learn to tell yours NOW

The future belongs to those who know how to tell it

Learn to tell yours NOW

Make it
Show it
Master
1+1=3!