8-month Course in Story and Storytelling
June 2026 to Jan 2027. Via Zoom.
Led by Dr Eric Miller.
Course Schedule –
Participants would meet, and would tell
the following
stories on these Saturdays and
Sundays, at 6pm-8pm
India time:
1) June 13th, 14th 2026___ A
Remarkable Incident.
2) July 11th, 12th ___ Animal
Fables.
3) August 8th, 9th ___ Life Stories.
4) Sept 12th, 13th ___ Fairytales.
5) Oct 10th, 11th ___ Epics or History.
6) Nov 14th, 15th ___ Stories created by an
individual other than oneself.
7) Dec 12th, 13th ___ Stories created by oneself.
8) Jan 9th, 10th 2027___ One's
choice of story.
Course topics include:
1) Storytelling (thinking about, finding, creating,
telling, and discussing stories).
2) Storytelling for Teaching and Learning.
Regarding Storytelling and
Teaching and Learning
Regarding Storytelling and
Teaching and Learning Languages
3) Storytelling for Healing (Storytelling Therapy,
Therapeutic Storytelling,
Storytelling for Personality
Development and Personal Growth,
Storytelling for
Life Coaching).
Description of Storytelling Therapy
training
The 8 steps of
Storytelling Therapy
Components
of Storytelling Therapy
Reviews of the
Storytelling Therapy training
4) Storytelling for People in the Business World.
Participants would especially be coached to tell
in the Candid Storytelling style.
Two reviews of the June 2024 to January 2025 (8 month)
edition of this course are here.
Two reviews of a 2-month edition of this training are
here.
Additional info about this training
is here.
Course fee: Rs 30,000.
This could be given in two
instalments of Rs 15,000 each:
1) Before Saturday 13th June.
2) Before Saturday 10th Oct.
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Graduates of the Course receive a "Certificate of Training".
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Certification as a "Professional Storyteller".
Included in the "Story and
Storytelling" Course is a training
process that involves three
one-on-one Zoom meetings
with Dr Eric, upon completion of
which participants earn
Certification as a "Professional Storyteller".
This process could occur during the
scheduled sessions of
the Course (the last one of which
occurs on Sunday 10th
Jan 2027), or after the Course completes.
The duration of each of the three
meetings is 45-60 minutes.
Usually there are one or two weeks
between each of the
three meetings.
The process consists of,
Zoom Meeting #1 –
The Trainee tells three stories to
Dr Eric, who gives feedback.
The three stories are usually a traditional
story, a personal-
experience story, and an original
creative story. Two of these
could be stories told in class
sessions.
The Trainee tells these stories to
a group of people in a
chosen age-group, and leads a
discussion with the listeners
about the stories and the ways they
were told.
The Trainee writes and sends to Dr
Eric a page of notes
about the experience of doing the
above.
Zoom Meeting #2 –
The Trainee discusses with Dr Eric
a storytelling-related
lesson/class/workshop the Trainee
would conduct with a
group of people in the same
age-group the Trainee told
the three stories to.
The Trainee writes and sends to Dr
Eric description and
outline of the lesson.
The Trainee conducts the lesson.
Zoom Meeting #3 –
The Trainee and Dr Eric discuss the
Trainee's experience of
conducting the lesson.
If possibly interested to join the
8-month Course, please contact –
Dr. Eric Miller
(PhD in Folklore, MSc in Psychology),
based in Chennai
98403 94282
eric@storytellinginstitute.org
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Director,
World Storytelling Institute,
https://storytellinginstitute.org ,
Chennai Storytelling Festival,
https://storytellinginstitute.org/CSF2024.html
Dean, Rojavanam International School (RIS)
(Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu, India), https://rojavanam.com .
https://www.facebook.com/RojavanamSchool .
Poster: https://storytellinginstitute.org/31August2023.jpg .
Onam video (29 Aug 2023): https://tinyurl.com/yheah63s .
Dean's Message: https://storytellinginstitute.org/RIS__Deans_Message.html
Assistant Director,
East West Center for Counselling and Training,
and Indian Institute of Psychodrama,
https://centerforcounselling.org
Co-facilitator,
Indian Storytelling Network,
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org ,
Chennai Storytelling Map,
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai_Storytelling_Map.pdf ,
Storytelling Therapy Association of India,
https://storytellinginstitute.org/storytelling-therapy-association-of-india.html
Personal website,
https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com
Bio-data,
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Eric
An article about Dr Eric's work (with a photo) is at
https://tinyurl.com/March2024article
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