Thank you for your interest in the J.J. Reneaux Emerging Artist Award. Unfortunately, the application period closed at midnight Central time Monday, September 13, 2021. The award announcement will be made by December 31, 2021. All submissions and recommendation letters must be in the NSN office by midnight Central time Monday, September 13, 2021. The …
November Story Lab – Everyone Loves Smokey Bear Pete Griffin, Author & Storyteller & SIO Board Member In 1984, a study was conducted. Members of the public were given the phrase “Remember, only YOU…” and asked to finish the sentence. An astounding 95 percent were able to correctly add, “…can prevent forest fires.” The Smokey …
Storytelling in Organizations Lessons Learned: Best Practices for Virtual Keynotes Julienne B. Ryan – J. Ryan Partners – Be engaged as work Julienne Ryan Interviews Peter Shafran, Executive Producer – River Spirit Music, LLC. Regarding His “Lessons Learned in 2020.” Sometimes disruption can create new opportunities. A few months ago, I reached out Peter Shafran, …
“A Strategic Approach to the Art of Storytelling” with Bill Baker Our September Story Lab guest was Bill Baker, Founder and Principal, BBandCo Storytelling. Since Bill first learned to talk, he has been telling stories: to teachers, bus drivers, that nice lady at the grocery store…anyone who would listen. Early on, Bill recognized the impact …
$5000 to LIVING STREAMS: STORIES FOR HEALTHY WATERSHEDS Project Director, Will Hornyak Living Streams is a 50-minute storytelling assembly program for kindergarten through sixth-grade students to educate them about the environment in which they live – specifically their local watersheds – and to teach them how to be wise and caring stewards of those watersheds. …
2004-05 Recipients Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling Details »
$5000 to CHILDREN AT THE WELL: AN INTERFAITH, INTERGENERATIONAL STORYTELLING VENTURE Schenectady, New York Project Director: Gert Johnson www.childrenatthewell.org “Children at the Well” has as its goal the creation of a positive and lasting model for storytelling across generations and religious faiths. Twenty-eight teachers and 13 students in grades 6-9 who expressed a high …
2005-06 Recipients Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling Details »
$5000 to BUILDING RESILIENCE THROUGH STORYTELLING New York, NY Project Directors: Juliet Bruce and Sharon Forrence Since 2001, Arts for Life has helped people and communities respond creatively to crisis through the arts. The “Building Resilience Through Narrative” project brings story-making to an often forgotten group of people: humanitarian aid staff, crisis responders, and volunteers …
2006-07 Recipient Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling Details »
$5000 to USING STORYTELLING TO PROMOTE GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS IN THE ROYAL KINGDOM OF BHUTAN Project Director: Steve Evans In his proposals, project director Steve Evans stated his goals as: To conduct a national values assessment survey To list and annotate all the country’s known published folktales, indicating the values they represent To compare the …
2007-08 Recipients Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling Details »
$5000 to JERUSALEM STORIES HIGH SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM Project Dirctor: Carol Grosman Brief Synopsis: Highlighting the power of personal stories and portraits to promote empathy and tolerance, Jerusalem Stories High School Pilot Program teaches refugees to craft stories and present story/photo programs to high school audiences. This pilot event will include 50 high school principals, …
2008-09 Recipients Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling Details »
This year due to the excellent quality and diversity of the projects (in the fields of environment, business, medicine, college service and performing arts), the committee and funder determined that each had a particular merit and that four amazing projects should be funded. The Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling supports a model storytelling project that …
2009-10 Recipients Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling Details »
