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- About Me:
- When Marni Gillard gave students the freedom to combine authentic writing and storytelling, her upstate NY classroom community thrived. After 18 years of teaching, she left her fulltime classroom to teach storytelling to learners of every age. She published Storyteller, Storyteacher: Discovering the Power of Storytelling for Teaching and Living (Stenhouse, 1995) to help others claim the storyteller within. Earlier (as Marni Schwartz), she wrote numerous articles about writing and storytelling for such magazines as English Journal, Language Arts, and Learning. She also co-edited Give a Listen: Stories of Storytelling in School (NCTE).
Marni created The Story Studio in upstate NY to help adults find stories for life's journey. Her recording, Without a Splash: Diving into Childhood Memories, includes models to help tellers of all ages shape memoir tales. Marni has told stories with Alzheimer patients, prisoners, and pilgrims. Her new book Storytell Your Life is near completion.
Each year Marni invites Storytelling Coach Doug Lipman to her Schenectady Studio and gathers tellers to come learn the art of coaching and get help on their stories, questions, projects, and skills.
One of her favorite newer projects is coaching interfaith youth storytellers, watching them discover the seeds of peace in stories and in themselves. This summer, at the National Storytelling Network's YES Special Interest Group's Pre-Conference (August 6, Gatlinburg, TN) she'll offer the keynote address and a workshop on creating an environment of appreciation and risk-taking for young tellers. Reach her for workshops and performances and info on the Doug Lipman gatherings at www.marnigillard.com
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Thank you for being part of our 2008 Youth, Educators, and Storytellers Alliance Pre-Conference. Pictures are up on the YES! profile on Professional Storyteller to reminisce and celebrate the success.
Until we tell again,
Rachel Hedman
It is great to see many of our LANES friends here. One more way to keep the fire burning throughout the year.
See you in Warwick
Learnin' Vernon
I've been away a bit from here at P.S., so I scanned the recently added members & am delighted to see you have joined.
Thank you both for mentioning the coming YES pre-conference & also for being our keynote speaker. I know you will do a great job of it.
Your new book sounds exciting, too, & I'm sure it fits you perfectly. I look forward to it also.
Oh, sure - most always . . . mattera fac, they're callin to me as I write this -- oh, wait - shoot, it's th' dang weeds again! Time to go mow.
Have a great festival, tell'em flours I say, "Hey!" -
We'll do this again, ok?
Best,
Tom T
I was browsing through the members list and your bio caught my eye.
I always gravitate towards tellers who have spent a lot of time in the classroom. I still get back in as often as possible, but usually just as storyteller or storytelling workshop leader.
Good luck!
Barry Gray, Nelson, BC, Canada
Welcome to the neatest site on the net for storytellers. You will just love it... at least I think you will. great groups lots of good discussions on lots of important topics for storytellers.
Jump in the water is fine. good stuff in the forums.. groups and there are even some funny videos. check out peoples sites and pages too. See you in Gatlinburg..
Buck
What an impact you've made, and what an influence you've been for so many students, both in and out of school, in your teaching and telling career - what an inspiration to the younger teachers out there, too - and even to some older ones like myself. Thank you for modeling what a teacher/teller/writer CAN do, and thank you for doing it.
Kudos to Rachel and DJM for encouraging you to join us - the site is an excellent one for a number of reasons, which I'm sure you're presently discovering for yourself.
I'm delighted to have you join us, look forward to your sharing with us,
wish you continued fulfillment and success along the way, hope to get to see you this summer and, again, send warm greetings and Welcome!
Tom Taylor
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