by Laura Simms. Gaindeh Project is an umbrella organization for a variety of programs that benefit youth in crisis throughout the world. Its ultimate aim is to create model projects which use storytelling in innovative ways for use internationally, as well as in the United States. Our premise is that basic goodness is inherent and […]
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The Denver Post (Denver, CO), October 5, 2013 Summary: There were no placards or megaphones at this civil and human-rights workshop, just people telling the stories that galvanized their passion for justice. “In working together and knowing each other’s stories, that’s how we can effect change,” said Gabriela Flora, Project Voice regional organizer at the
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By Katie Knutson Many Storytellers, especially those who work with children, talk about doing residencies. Often we forget that newer tellers might not know what we are talking about. This is especially confusing when the term “Artist Residency” means two very different things. A School or Arts Learning Residency In my experience, when most storytellers
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The Denver Post (Denver, CO) , October 5, 2013 Summary: There were no placards or megaphones at this civil and human-rights workshop, just people telling the stories that galvanized their passion for justice. “In working together and knowing each other’s stories, that’s how we can effect change,” said Gabriela Flora, Project Voice regional organizer at
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By Bill Wight, NSN Board Chair You and Your Story Belong Here! I’d like to extend my remarks from our recently-completed Summit. The National Storytelling Network stands at a pivotal point in our history. It seems that we must grow or die. Continuing on our present course would likely exhaust our financial reserves within the
by Liz Weir I have lived in Northern Ireland all my life. The first 18 years or so were uneventful. I was lucky enough to grow up in a house where stories were told. Many were about my family’s adventures in India during the late 1930’s when my father was a career soldier and of
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11 Ways Remarkable Storytellers Create New Worlds Time Magazine (New York, NY), June 10, 2015 Summary: The better at storytelling someone is, the more that readers and listeners are transported to a whole new world. According to studies conducted on this transportation phenomenon, great stories alter beliefs, result in the loss of access to real-world
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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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As part of our Member Benefits, NSN offers our members a national, centralized ticketing service in conjunction with Eventbrite. We want to create a one-stop-shopping hub for tickets to our members’ storytelling events across the country. By ticketing your event through NSN, your event will not only appear on its own individual Eventbrite page, but
