Posts Tagged ‘real art ways’
Speak Up Storytelling #6: Special Storyworthy book launch episode
Episode #6 of Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure. This week’s special episode features live audio from the book launch for Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling. In this episode, you’ll hear me tell three BRAND NEW stories, never before told at Speak Up (and…
Read MoreA celebration of so much more than just a book
On Saturday night, I took the stage at the release party for Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling, and told five brand new stories to an audience of more than 200 friends and family. It was quite a night. My friend, storyteller, and producer Erin Barker once told…
Read MoreAn unusual and exhausting but unforgettable weekend thanks to a July night in 2011
I’m often astounded by the places that a story told on a stage in 2011 has taken me. This weekend I had the honor working with caregivers at Yale New Haven Hospital, teaching them how to tell stories about their own experiences as patients and the spouses, parents, and children of patients to doctors, nurses, and…
Read MoreSpeak Up is two years old! It began with a snow day and a simple question to my wife.
Speak Up, the storytelling organization that my wife and I founded in 2013, is approaching it’s two year anniversary. It was born on a snow day much like the one we experienced in the northeast earlier this week. My storytelling career began about five years ago with the discovery of The Moth’s podcast. A friend…
Read MoreThree years ago, I dreamed of telling a story on a Moth stage. Today I am a storyteller. Life can change quickly if you give it a chance.
Three years ago today, I wrote a post asking for readers to vote on a story pitch that I had submitted to The Moth via their website. I wrote: The opportunity to tell a story for The Moth is a big deal to me. So if you have a moment, please click over to The…
Read MoreSpeak Up storyteller: Lynelle Abel
Our next Speak Up storytelling event is on Saturday, May 17th at Real Art Ways in Hartford. Doors open at 7:00 PM. The show begins promptly at 8:00 PM. There are still some tickets available, though we are expecting a sell out, so purchase them now before it’s too late. Tickets available here. This week…
Read MoreSpeak Up storytelling: Risa Sugarman
Our next Speak Up storytelling event is on Saturday, May 17th at Real Art Ways in Hartford. Doors open at 7:00 PM. The show begins promptly at 8:00 PM. There are still some tickets available, though we are expecting a sell out, so purchase them now before it’s too late. Tickets available here. This week…
Read MoreSpeak Up storyteller: Doreen Stern
Our next Speak Up storytelling event is on Saturday, May 17th at Real Art Ways in Hartford. Doors open at 7:00 PM. The show begins promptly at 8:00 PM. There are still some tickets available, though we are expecting a sell out, so purchase them now before it’s too late. Tickets available here. This week…
Read MoreSpeak Up storyteller: Robin Gelfenbien
Our next Speak Up storytelling event is on Saturday, March 29th at Real Art Ways in Hartford. Doors open at 7:00 PM. The show begins promptly at 8:00 PM. There are still some tickets available, though we are expecting a sell out, so purchase them now before it’s too late. Tickets available here. This week…
Read MoreSpeak Up!
Tickets for our upcoming Speak Up storytelling show on March 29 at Real Art Ways in Hartford are now on sale through the Real Art Ways website. If you plan on coming to the show, please order your tickets soon as they will likely sell out well in advance of the show. The theme of…
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