Tag: building community

  • Others – Learn from Them!

    Others – Learn from Them!

    When someone asks me for advice on how to get started with storytelling, I always answer, “Two things:” 1) “Tell as much and as often as you can” – you learn about yourself, about stories you like, about how to be in front of people…and 2) “Listen as much and…

  • Kaleidoscope Coffee & Stories

    Kaleidoscope Coffee & Stories

    Kaleidoscope Coffee is all about connections and creating connections. Today’s is a guest blog by my friend, storyteller Cassie Cushing of Kaleidoscope Coffee & Stories.  She’s a gifted a storyteller, an energetic and creative producer of small mutli-arts events, and she roasted-and-brewed me the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had!…

  • Andalusia – Stories That Connect Us

    Andalusia – Stories That Connect Us

    The year was 711 CE. A Berber army under Arab leadership crossed the Straits of Gibraltar from Morocco for yet more raids on the last of the Visigothic kingdoms in Spain. The invaders took the capital city, Toledo… And so began a 700-year presence of Islam in Europe – and…

  • 5 Reasons Why We Need Storytelling in Schools [Part 1 of At Least 2]

    5 Reasons Why We Need Storytelling in Schools [Part 1 of At Least 2]

    This wonderful blog about why poetry is NEEDED in schools has been circulating on the internet.  It’s true, I love it, I agree with it. …And all the way through reading it, I kept wanting to replace the word “poetry” with “storytelling.” So I did.