Trademark!
About 18 months ago, when Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling, was landing in bookstores, a reader suggested that I trademark the name…
About 18 months ago, when Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling, was landing in bookstores, a reader suggested that I trademark the name…
I’m running on the treadmill on Saturday morning when the phone rings. It’s Elysha.“Matt, come home now. It’s Pluto.”Pluto, our almost three year-old cat, had been acting strange for quite…
On episode #55 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Elysha Dicks and I talk storytelling!In our follow up segment, we discuss some exciting news from the world of the parent…
This video will do many things to you:Frighten youAstound youFire up your curiosityIgnite your skepticismLikely send you down multiple Wikipedia rabbit holesConvince you that the world would be a much…
I was sitting with Charlie in the cafeteria of his school last week, eating lunch with him and his friends. At one point I was telling his friends about Exploding…
If you brag (or even comment overly enthusiastically) about your child’s remarkable ability to enjoy eating almost any food, please know that the vast majority of parents who hear these…
On Tuesday night, I told a story at a Moth StorySLAM in Cambridge, MA and won. It was my 40th victory in a Moth StorySLAM. When I think back to…
In just a few days, the school where I have taught for 20 years will finally be bulldozing the “portable” classrooms that were affixed to the end of the building…
The last day of a school year can be a strange day for both teachers and students. On the one hand, it’s a celebration. Students and teachers looking ahead at…
On episode #54 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling!In our follow up segment, we shout out the kindness of several readers of Storyworthy, talk…