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Look This Way!: Techniques for Directing Audience Attention
By Steve Daut © 2019 This is a workshop about techniques gleaned from my (admittedly schizophrenic) career in magic, stand-up comedy, improv, playwriting and, of course, storytelling. Perhaps you are new to storytelling and…
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Finding Gold in the Personal Story Shaping Process
In the early 1930’s a temple in Thailand was torn down and a large stucco statue of the Buddha was moved to a warehouse where it sat for many years. Finally, a new temple…
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Coaching Lessons from 1916
By Doug Lipman Do you know the classic children’s book published in 1916, Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher? I quickly fell in love with this book and its author, who has written a…
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A short note about walking as the source of stories and poems
Presenter: Loren Niemi First, this is a fun workshop. You actually walk around the hotel, outside, and the neighborhood, which can be a nice break from sitting in rooms. Some folks have walked…
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The Magic of Words: Basic Storytelling Performance and Composition Skills
Presenter: Heather Forest Saturday 10:30 am-Noon Room: Wampanoag Come to my workshop if you are a beginning or burgeoning storyteller who enjoys exploring the intricacies of the creative process. We will journey together…
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Play with your Story — the Power of PechaKucha!
by Bill Derry & Nina Lesiga ©2019 A PechaKucha* is a unique visual storytelling format, pronounced Puh-CHA’-ka-CHA’. A Pecha-Kucha Night is a community forum centered on succinct 400 second stories to bring creative minds together for a night…
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SAND TRAY STORY MAKING PLAYSHOP
Clare Vadeboncoeur © 2019 It is so exciting for me to take something I love and share it with others. I have had a passion for miniatures as long as I can remember….
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Science: Tell It Like A Story
Fran Stallings © 2019 What do you mean, you do storytelling – and science?” These two fields are not an oxymoron, like “genuine copy,” “giant shrimp,” or “child-proof.” I feel privileged to have pursued…
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The Music in the Words
Chris Kastle © 2019 The number one question people ask me about my songs is whether I write the words or the music first. For me, it is the words—always the words. The…
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When Our Stories Transform
Jim Brulé © 2019 Years ago I was telling one of my favorite stories (“The Dead Fiancee”) when a completely unexpected thing happened. At the very end of the story, the protagonist offers…
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