Tag: workshops
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Working in Wisconsin, Wondering When…
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…I’ll catch up with my A-Z blog posts…! I know. It’s probably cheating. But this is my W post. [Still need to do V, and X (which is today’s letter)…they will come…] I was continuing my research on story slams while at the Northlands Storytelling Confabulation in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin…
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6 Ways TEACHING Storytelling Helps One be a Better Storyteller
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The Set-Up I recently had a whirlwind gig: Designing and giving a one-hour training to 350 museum volunteers, to equip them to tell pre-selected traditional stories as part of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s upcoming “Mythic Creatures” exhibit.
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Would You Tell a Story at an “Interfaith Event?”
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[This article originally appeared in Pam Faro’s Story Tracks February 2015 newsletter.] Imagine this… You are invited to tell a story – for pay, even! – at an occasion described as an “interfaith event.” What would you tell? Do you have a story that springs to mind? Several? None? Would you…
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Storytelling – and World Cup Soccer!
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I’ve been watching wa-a-a-ay too much soccer lately… Well, no, not too much soccer! I love “the beautiful game,” and actually never get to watch enough of it, since my kids grew up and my soccer mom days are mostly just great memories now – and I love watching the…
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On the National Storytelling Network Blog: New Workshop on Interfaith Storytelling
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You probably had to be there… Raising a quizzical eyebrow, she speaks with feigned ignorance and asks the oh-so-pregnant-with-meaning question: “Now, Pam…What are you a Master of?” I take my cue…spread open my hands, raise eyes upward, and with a voice exuding a beatific awareness of the numinous, I answer…
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Week…Just 1 Until the Rocky Mountain Storytelling Conference
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The Rocky Mountain Storytelling 2014 Conference is one week away! Storytelling conferences are always a fantastic opportunity to connect, to learn from others (previous blog post!), to learn by doing, to network – and of course to have fun! Rocky Mountain Storytelling holds its annual Colorado conference, “Storytelling: Craft & Connection,” next…
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Upper Elementary School Grades (4-6)
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I’m afraid I’m out of time, and so I’m kind of cheating for “U”… I’ll be at a school most of the day, leading workshops with 4th, 5th and 6th graders,
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Others – Learn from Them!
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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…