by Wendy Welch and Jack Beck. StUn (Storytelling Unplugged) is a Scottish non-profit organization, set up in 2000, whose members are tellers, singers, musicians and artists using their skills as practical problem-solving tools with people of all ages and abilities and in all kinds of settings. Prior to the establishment of StUn virtually all of […]
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by Ed Stivender A question that is often asked of me is “How did you get started in Storytelling?” I suppose it all began the day my sister and I decided to have a show in the basement for the family. It meant that my Mom had to take the clothes down from the line.
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Video is an exploding business tool! Where before potential producers or clients might have wanted a press kit from you, now they want (and expect) to be able to see you in action. However, a bad video is worse than no video at all. According to the Wharton School of Business, a well-produced video increases
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By Jessica Robinson, Better Said Than Done As the number of new covid cases start to go down in many areas of the country, more and more events are going hybrid. As a show producer – I produce Better Said Than Done out of Fairfax, VA – and a video producer – I run a
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JOIN NOW NSN Membership Benefits Join NSN and become a part of the world’s largest community of storytellers. Below are the fantastic benefits you’ll receive when you join NSN: GREENWOOD’S WORLD FOLKLORE AND FOLKLIFE RESOURCE & DATABASE GUIDE Only available through institutions, such as libraries or schools…AND NSN! Gain access to the most
You are not alone. The National Storytelling Network would like to provide its members and their communities with resources to provide relief during these challenging times. For more information about COVID-19 and how to protect yourself and loved ones, please visit the CDC’s website. NSN’s Corporate Treasurer Discusses Financial Resources: NSN is not partnering with
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NSN Member Awards Program To further its mission of “advancing all forms within the storytelling community through promotion, advocacy and education,” the National Storytelling Network supports a Member Awards Program through which NSN individual members may apply for funding up to $1,00 to develop new projects. Support is available for the development of individual work
March 2007 by Kate Dudding At the 2006 Sharing the Fire, the storytelling conference presented by the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling, Jo Radner gave an excellent keynote challenging us to come up with ways to raise storytelling to the same level as music and theatre. Her keynote got me thinking.
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$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 »
