presents Storytelling Workshop for
Adults ___________________ Would you like to improve
your abilities -- To captivate your audience, both emotionally and
intellectually? To arrest and hold your
listeners' attentions as you paint pictures with
words and gestures, and weave unforgettable
tales about thrilling adventures? If yes, this Workshop is
for you! ___________________ Participants would
especially be coached to tell in the "Candid"
Storytelling style. Two reviews of the Workshop, and links to two
end-of-Workshop storytellings are here. ___________________ Sometimes storytellers tell rapidly and at a steady pace due to a fear that if they might, for example, take pauses, they might lose their "train of
thought" and/or their listeners might "walk
away." But this is an illusion. Pauses could draw listeners further into the telling if one is telling well -- 1) knowing the story very well, 2) visualising the images, 3) feeling the emotions, and 4) being illuminated by one's sense of the meaning of the story. Also good to keep in mind: * Storytelling is not just for teaching (with the the teller being goal- and results- oriented). * Storytelling is also for activating
listeners' imaginations (encouraging listeners to wonder and wander, and to visualise and to think for themselves). ___________________ This Workshop's approach to
story is inspired especially by
Dr Carl Jung's work with Symbols, Archetypes, and
the Collective Unconscious. ___________________ For Additional Info and to
Register: 98403 94282 info@storytellinginstitute.org ___________________ 10
weekly sessions. Sundays --
7pm-9pm India time. Via
Zoom. One could determine the Workshop timings in other time zones at https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com The
dates for the Oct-Dec 2023 edition of the
Workshop are: Workshop
Schedule: 1) Introduction (1 Oct 2023). 2) Creating
Stories (8 Oct). 3) Animal Fables (15 Oct). 4)
Personal-experience Stories (22 Oct). 5) Rhythm, Melody, and Rhyme in
Speech; and Rhythm in Movement (29 Oct). 6)
Fairytales (5 Nov). (Deepavali, 12 Nov). 7)
Epics, Myths, and Historical Stories (19 Nov). 8)
Storytellings by Participants (26 Nov). 9)
Storytellings by Participants (3 Dec). 10)
Storytellings by Participants (10 Dec). ___________________ This
edition of the Workshop is going to focus on
creating stories (relevant notes are here). ___________________ Links
to 20 of Dr Eric's essays relating to storytelling
are here. ___________________ Links to
recordings of 22 storytelling-related videoconferences
Dr Eric has co-facilitated are here. For info
regarding Dr Eric's experience with using Videoconferencing to give training
in Storytelling, please click here. Please
especially see the 12-page section of Storytelling
Magazine that Dr Eric
guest- edited in 2017, titled, "Ways
Storytellers are Using Audio-
and Videoconferencing for Training,
Discussion, and Performance". ___________________ Included
in this Workshop -- Training
in "Ways to conduct Workshops, Courses,
and Festivals
via Videoconference." ___________________ The Workshop fee
(for the 10 two-hour sessions) is Rs 15,000. For possible
payment methods, please contact
the WSI at 98403 94282 ___________________ This Workshop is designed especially for
Parents, Educators, Human Resource Trainers,
Therapists, Social Workers, Performers, Creative Writers,
Tour Guides, Home-Schooling Parents,
Professional Storytellers -- and People interested in
becoming any of the above. ___________________ The Workshop would be led by Dr Eric Miller (PhD in Folklore), Director, World Storytelling Institute, The World Storytelling Institute's webpage is www.storytellinginstitute.org
. Dr Eric's webpage, containing links to 82 of his writings, is www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com
. Links to 19 of these writings that relate directly to Storytelling are at www.storytellinginstitute.org/22u.html
. Dr Eric's CV is
at Links to 91 newspaper and magazine articles relating to Dr Eric's work are here -- including an article about this
Workshop. To discuss the Workshop, and to register, please contact: 98403 94282 ___________________ Two aspects of Storytelling are: the stories
themselves; and ways of telling the stories.
Workshop topics include:
Story Content Types of Stories. Finding and Creating Stories. Elements of Stories. Symbols and Metaphors in Stories. Story Structure. Dramatic Tension. Story and Place. Story and Community. Story and the Past. Story and the Future. Storytelling and Personality
Development. Freudian and Jungian analysis of
Fairytales. Therapeutic Uses of Storytelling. Using Storytelling to Teach Academic
Subjects.
Story Performance Vocal and physical warm-ups. Breathing/Singing/Moving and
Storytelling. Eye contact. Role-playing by tellers and listeners. Psychological, verbal, and physical
audience-participation. Stylized speech and movement -- by the
narrator, and by story characters. Timing, pacing, and rhythm; striking a pose;
pauses. Story Mapping / Painting / Drawing. Storytelling accompanied by Illustrations,
Puppets, and Props.
Ways of Coaching Storytelling. Using stories in inspirational
speeches. Using stories in sales pitches. Facilitating Story Contests, and Storytelling
Festivals. Storytelling is a form of Public Speaking
that may also feature some Acting (when one role-plays and speaks as
charatcters). Thus, this is a Workshop
in Public Speaking and Acting.
Storytelling for Discovery,
Inspiration, Development, and Transformation
of one's self is one of the Workshop topics. There would be also an introduction to the
field of "Storytelling Therapy" / "Therapeutic Uses of
Storytelling" / "Storytelling for Healing." After
each story is told, C)
"Does the story remind you of any of your own experiences, or of any
other story?" 1)
Storytelling for Teaching and Learning. 2) Storytelling for Therapy, Healing,
Personality Development, and Soft / Life / Communication Skills Training. 9)
Facilitating storytelling festivals. ___________________ Writings by Dr
Eric relating to Storytelling "Storytelling and Interactive
Education" ___________________ Workshop participants would receive Certificates of
Participation in the Workshop. ___________________ Graduates
of the 10-session Workshop could also earn Certification as a Professional Storyteller.
This
process consists of, 1) The
Trainee prepares and tells seven stories to Dr Eric, who gives feedback. The Trainee then also tells these stories
to his/her chosen type of audience (children, adults, etc), and leads
discussions with her listeners about the stories and the ways they were
told. 2) The
Trainee plans a Storytelling Workshop (one or more sessions), with assistance
from Dr Eric. The Trainee then
conducts at least one session of this Workshop with the Trainee's chosen type
of students. 3) The
Trainee writes a few pages about each of these experiences, and discusses
these thoughts with Dr Eric. The
coaching process with Dr Eric occurs along the way via phone,
videoconference, email, etc, and/or in-person (at the WSI's space in
Alwarpet). The
process occurs over approx two months. The
fee for this training and certification process is Rs 7,000. ___________________ Versions of the above-described Workshop
could be designed for any duration, for any group size, for people of any age
and profession, and to occur in-person or via videoconference.
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