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It’s Your Story – Tell It!
© Rona Leventhal, 2018 STF Presenter Thanks to venues like The Moth, Mass Mouth and other “story Slam” series, even our regional and national conferences, personal storytelling has moved like a wave across the storytelling…
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Voice as Instrument: Rhythm, Pattern and Music in Storytelling
© Heather Forest, STF Presenter Since early childhood, I have always enjoyed playing my favorite instrument, the voice. My kindergarten teacher tactfully wrote home that my impromptu and frequent outbursts of song were disruptive to…
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Getting “Them” To Listen
© Mark Binder, 2018 STF Presenter There is a moment in storytelling when the audience leans in and every word and gesture is gold. And then there are the times when you’re telling stories to a cinderblock wall. These…
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Dear Gingerbread Man
© Eshu Bumpus, 2018 STF Presenter Eshu loves to reimagine old stories, playing with genre, time, setting, and the identities and motivations of the characters. Want a sample? Here’s a letter he’s written to an…
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Authentic Movement while Storytelling
©Linda Marchisio, 2018 Sharing the Fire Presenter You don’t have to be a dancer to add movement to your storytelling. Body language is a natural form of communication. We use it every day in our…
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The Challenge
© by Jay O’Callahan, 2018 STF Intensive Presenter Suppose someone said to you, “Bethlehem Steel is closing after more than a century. It built the New York skyline. It was one of the…
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Sex, Death, and Violence – a Peek Behind the Curtain
© By Dorothy Cleveland and Barbara Schutzgruber, 2018 STF Presenters Many of the workshop proposals we come up with are based on conversations we have with fellow tellers at storytelling conferences. “Sex, Death, and Violence…
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TALK STORY TELEVISION
© By Jeff Gere, 2018 STF Presenter (Originally Published October 2002 in The Museletter) Like it or not, television is the most pervasive form of storytelling on the planet. Commercial television uses humanity’s love for stories to…
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AUTHENTIC INTERACTION
© By Judith Black, STF Workshop Presenter Much more than a chant or collective rhythm, authentic interactivity is the magic that elevates storytelling into a unique communal experience. The teller is present, relating completely through…
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Keynote Presenter Announced for Sharing the Fire 2018
Keynote and Friday Performer – Tim Tingle, award-winning audiencestoryteller and author, will share insights into authenticity –insights gained as an Oklahoma Choctaw whose ancestorswalked the Trail of Tears. Tim tells the tales in the tradition ofhis elders, with respect, truthfulness, and generosity. Read More
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