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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by Allison Cox © 2000. Because of my firm conviction that stories convey important information to others in ways that few other forms of communication can accomplish, I use storytelling in my work as a Public Health Educator. The tradition of storytelling is ageless and known to most cultures as an experience vital to the
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by Lauretta Phillips I am making a New Year To Do list. No resolutions. They get buried in the pile on my desk to make me feel guilty later. 2012 went by so quickly that I find myself reflecting back to see what I missed. I really missed those face to face hugs I usually
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by Lani Peterson Psy.D. The first Public Voice Project (PVP) was launched in November of 2004 by the City Mission Society in Boston. Over the course of four evenings, seven formerly incarcerated men met for the purpose of exploring the use and effects of storytelling. My participation with PVP was as the storytelling coach. Carla
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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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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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