See a photo of Patricia, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3.
Q&A with Patricia Keener, Question 4:
Q: Where are some of the places in the UK specifically you have observed storytelling recently?
A: It seems as if I’m encountering story everywhere I go this year. At the
iRelaunch London conference, which was designed to help people with gaps get back into work, they talked about the importance of knowing their career story and being able to confidently tell it.
At The Society for Storytelling’s annual conference called Wise Enough to Play the Fool, I had the opportunity to meet people who use storytelling in education, prisons, business, and performing on the storytelling circuit. I attended several interesting workshops: “Stories Work” with Katrice Horsley, the UK story telling laureate; “Truth and Lies” with Christine McMahon; and The Comedy Equation with American Lynne Cullen American Lynne Cullen, as well as enjoyed some great examples by up-and-coming storytellers.
Upcoming story projects that I am working on at the moment include
revamping my four-week Career Workshop to focus on “Telling you Career Story” for September; creating a workshop on resilience (which will have a large story element) for secondary-school students; compiling a collection of stories of successful international job-seekers as part of a book; and running a webinar on “How to make Impact at Work,” which has a section on using storytelling to influence in business.