July 4
Being the daughter of a historian who spent his life researching, writing, and teaching about the early days of this country, I’m naturally thinking back today as I look out over the fields I call home…to the rich history of Vermont and its role in the country’s story, its public figures from [...]
Author Archives: Barbara
From Barbara’s Blog: Memories of Ancestors, Thoughts of the Land
July 6, 2009 – 1:40 pm
Summer & Fall Workshops in Vermont
April 30, 2009 – 8:45 am
We offer a sampling of our innovative, experiential workshops here in our Vermont barn. If you’re interested in exploring the rich promise of storytelling and social media, come be inspired by our surroundings and our creative exercises and expertise.
Ask us about our Workshops-to-Go!
Posted in Launch, News, Projects, Reflection, Uncategorized, storytelling
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Tagged News, social media, storytelling, Workshops
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Digital Story of Damariscotta Heart & Soul Story Interviews
April 18, 2009 – 5:17 pm
Watch a short movie of excerpts from neighbor-to-neighbor chats in Damariscotta, Maine as part of Orton Family Foundation’s Heart and Soul Project.
With Orton, we are exploring the potential role of storytelling, both traditional and digital forms, in community engagement efforts. Damariscotta has experimented with story circles and story interviews thus far as ways to bring [...]
Posted in Digital Storytelling, Projects, storytelling
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Tagged Damariscotta Maine, DigEx, Digital Storytelling, interviews, Orton Family Foundation, storytelling
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We’re Up and Running…
April 17, 2009 – 10:54 am
We’ve made it–onto our website–after a couple of years of dreaming from inside the walls of higher education about a different model of learning: townspeople coming together online and in person to share their collected expertise, their community-based projects, their processes through connecting, creating, collaborating and conversing–here, in town, online, and all over the country! From talking through the possibilities with The Fab Fearless Five and convincing my fabulous board and staff to join me in this adventure, to securing our first contracts and collaborations , I am thrilled by the response to our vision for bringing storytelling (both old and new), connective strategies (both old and new), and Centers for Community Digital Exploration into the heart of rural downtowns.
Vermont Workshop: Planning a Community Storytelling Project
April 15, 2009 – 8:23 pm
On April 14, we led a workshop, on planning community storytelling projects, for Orton Family Foundation in Starksboro, Vermont as part of their Art & Soul Project, an initiative to use art to enhance civic engagement in rural communities as they plan for their future. View the slides from the workshop here:
Starksboro Overview
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Tagged civic engagement, DigEx, Orton Family Foundation, rural communities, Starksboro, storytelling, Vermont
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