March 2010 Blog Posts (18)

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Yes, I know this Spring Equinox missive is late. I was in Warwick, Rhode Island at “Sharing the Fire,” the New England region’s annual storytelling conference, when the moment of transformation (1:32 EDT) arrived. In what has been a long, dark winter of sorrow and loss, spring could not have come too soon.



In fact, at 1:32 EDT I was 20 minutes into my workshop on “Framing Stories as Advocacy” and quite possibly at the very moment where the woman said, “I didn’t… Continue

Help me find : PROOF THAT STORYTELLING IS BENEFICIAL; academic,

educational, entertainment, medically...any possible way!



Dearest Storytellers



At a recent conference in Scotland one of the things we hit upon is the

lack of gathered evidence that storytelling is incredibly beneficial to

communities, individuals, education systems etc. We all know that it is a

valuable tool for emotional literacy, literacy, development and

community building, but all… Continue

Once upon a many times, there lived a young woman. As the world turned so did her days. Days of sunshine, days of rain, days of loud and

soft, clear and calm, thunder and lightening. She was a strong young woman who

loved the circle of days, of seasons, and never questioned the workings of the

world.

Out walking one day, she went further away from her home than usual. She trod a path, which took…

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Hello Story Fiends



I am just back from a lovely gathering of tellers in Scotland at the wonderful Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. We discussed much and much of what we discussed was that there isn't enough of a profile for storytelling online, about what is happening etc. Professional Storyteller is the great antidote to this, so I thought I would post our discussions from that two day conference on here for your perusal.



It is an exciting time to be a… Continue

Last Friday week I was telling Tudor tales at the King of Hearts Art Centre in Norwich. A fantastic Tudor building and sadly the only venue to reguarly put on storytelling events in the City. To learn something of this building simply click here....

Dave the Yarnsmith

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Hello all,

Just two quick things to ask:

1. I've posted a new video about the upcoming marketing workshops in Arizona and California. I've already had one artist say that just this video has helped them think more about their own work. Come take a look at http://www.outsideinstorytelling.com It's in the big blue box right there at the start of the page.

2. We are looking at the future of these…

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I am not only a storyteller, but also a photographer and I am lucky in that I have recently been asked to photograph some goose eggs, this one illustrated by Barbara Newton. I would like to offer those who enjoy stories and art to take a look at the other eggs at: http://www.openfields.org/Eggs2010/anon1.htm and find the stories in each egg.…

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More bookings?

Hey southern California, I am coming your way.



Thanks to some great legwork/communications from California-based storyteller James Nelson-Lucas, we're able to bring the one-day "Outside In" marketing workshop to California on Saturday May 15, 2010. Wow!



More coming soon. For now, you can get details and registration information at http://www.outsideinstorytelling.com and click on the…

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'TELL IT AGAIN!' FAMILY STORYTELLING EVENT

"Tell It Again!", family storytelling event, Saturday April 17, 2010, 1p.m. to 3 p.m.- at Southwestern Christian University (Patrick Building), Bethany, Oklahoma will feature three well known Oklahoma author-storytellers. Molly Lemmons, Kathryn Thurman and Jim Etter.



Molly Lemmons, aka"Molly Lou Belle with Tales to Tell!", of Mustang, is well known and loved around the state of Oklahoma and beyond for her charming stories of the way…

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Florida Storycamp starts March 25 with Dianne leading a workshop and goes through the weekend. I hope to meet some of you there. Great events for the whole weekend you can check it out at www.flstory.org ; Very excited. Drop me a note if you'll be there always love to meet and share with the storytelling family.

March 10,1876 on this day, Alexander Graham Bell called “Mr. Watson, come

here. I want you.”

Aleck then wrote his father “The day is coming when telegraph wiresyes"">…

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Storytelling events come in all shapes and sizes. This was a bit more home party.



We had a great time Saturday night at a storytelling house-concert held at the home of Dwight and Sandy Oglesby in Paradise Valley, Arizona, a northern suburb of Phoenix. (In the picture- Sandy is on the right standing next to Liz Warren.)



Sandy had announced the…

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Mini Marketing Camp Presented by Storyteller.net and hosted by South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute Welcome. Registration for the April 24, 2010 event is now open. Please watch this video to learn more.…

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Hey all,

I am doing a live radio interview
talking about storytelling
and the DaddyTeller book
on Monday, March 8
at 7:05 in the morning.

You can listen live
"serving all of Orange County and
Northern New Jersey" on the
station at 1110(am).

They also stream live, so
you can hear it at
http://www.wtbq.com , too.

Tune in if you'd like.

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GREETINGS, I hope your telling is going well. I tend to use games and recreation to teach storytelling to children and adults, and don't mind sharing my games. Here is our game for March--Game #3

STOP LETTER ROUND ROBIN

LEARNING GOAL: Improving basic telling skills plus quick thinking.

GAME OBJECTIVE: Pass an unusual, disjointed, but complete story around the circle.

# OF PARTICIPANTS: 3-20

FORMATION: seated circle

LEADER'S ROLE: begin the story and… Continue

Last week I was invited to tell to veterans and their families at a local US Army Reserve Armory. I ran a mini workshop and told a couple stories but the faces of my listeners told stories all their own. Many folks were struggling just to put food on the table while their husbands or wives were on active duty. Others were facing the challenge of readjusting once they returned home.…

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