What Is a Storyteller?

Nice description of storytellers at the School of Storytelling at Emerson College in the UK: A storyteller is more than just a teller of stories. Storytellers are entertainers, teachers and healers with a long spiritual tradition. Their creative work often focuses on strengthening the communities in which they live. Drawing … Continue reading

How Storytelling Contributes to Learning

Dr. Rebecca Isbell is a proponent of storytelling for learning, especially for young children. On her Web site, she notes these learning advantages for children that stories offer: They provide a new way to learn how the world works. Exposes them to stories from other cultures and different people. Storytelling … Continue reading

Nuggets from a Mighty Mouth

Found some nice nuggets in the storytelling section of the blog (Mighty Casey Media Mighty Mouth Blog) of Casey Quinlan, who describes herself as a “20-year veteran of network news and sports, now a writer, speaker and storytelling guru helping companies and their customers get to ‘happily ever after’.” She … Continue reading

A Broader View of Organizational Stories

ChangingMinds.org has a nice section on Storytelling in Organizations, including what’s special about organizational storytelling, its purpose, storytelling channels, and a section on teaching tales. The site also lists a wider variety of organizational story types than I’ve seen before, including: Cautionary tales Genesis stories Leadership stories Stories of failure … Continue reading

The DVD of Your Life

Lifefilm_Intro from lifefilm on Vimeo. After I read an article in the Christian Science Monitor about a company that makes DVDs of people’s life stories, I wanted to find out more about the company, LifeFilm Productions. Not one’s whole life story — the sample films on the company’s site are … Continue reading