Category Archives: storytelling

Workshop to Go: Storytelling for Community Planning

June 23, 2011 – 9:02 am

For the Orton Family Foundation, we have put together a 30-minute workshop in both video and slideshow formats to take you through an overview of  storytelling in community planning efforts, using Orton’s project partner towns as examples to learn from, and with exercises to work through as you think about employing storytelling in your community.  [...]

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LocalMatters: Planning a Storytelling Project for Community Engagement

March 11, 2011 – 8:11 am

This past fall, we participated in the Community Matters’ 10 Conference in Denver by offering a full-day pre-conference workshop on designing an effective storytelling workshop to enhance community engagement.  We created a wiki that followed the workshop and offered strategies, exercises, and resources.  You are welcome to have a look!

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Storytelling Paper Published

March 10, 2011 – 5:36 pm

The Orton Family Foundation has just published an online version of the paper I wrote for them, Reweaving the Community, Creating the Future: Storytelling at the Heart and Soul of Healthy Communities.  I’m pleased to have it go live, and in a format that invites conversation about this powerful approach to community engagement efforts.  Do [...]

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Tell a Story Contest

June 11, 2009 – 2:22 pm

Everyone has a story! It’s how we communicate. And the people at Slideshare want to see what tale you can spin. Are you known for your stories, enjoy a good tale, or embellish beyond belief? Dig up some stories — old and new — and share them at Slideshare for a [...]

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5×5’s

May 17, 2009 – 5:39 pm

Can you tell a story in 5 short, 5 second clips?  That’s a question I pondered when I stumbled across Five Vignettes channel and 5×5 Fanatics group on Vimeo.  Fun concept.  I started by filming 5 still objects and scenes with little movement in them.  It was boring, I admit.  The images were “pretty” and [...]

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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!

bg teaching a workshop on stage at Pierre's

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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 [...]

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