Posts Tagged ‘speak up’
Speak Up Storytelling #3: Mansoor Basha
Episode #3 of Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure. On this week’s episode, we talk about finding and crafting stories in your everyday life using my strategy “Homework for Life.” Elysha gets a little annoyed with the moment that I share. Next, we listen to the incredible story by Mansoor Basha about…
Read MoreSpeak Up Storytelling #2: Michelle Sebastianelli
Episode #2 of our podcast Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure. On this week’s episode, we talk about finding and crafting stories in your everyday life using Homework for Life. Next, we listen to a story by Michelle Sebastianelli about her hilarious and tragic attempt to transform herself through yoga and discuss…
Read MoreSpeak Up Storytelling: The Podcast available today!
Elysha and I are thrilled to announce THE FIRST EPISODE OF OUR NEW PODCAST SPEAK UP STORYTELLING. Unlike most storytelling podcasts, which offer you one or more outstanding stories to listen to and enjoy, our podcast seeks to entertain while also providing some specific, actionable lessons on storytelling. Each week we will bring our expertise…
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 MoreSeven and counting…
One of our Speak Up storytelling shows earlier in the year featured four former storytelling workshop students who have gone on to tell stories at Moth StorySLAMs in New York, Boston, and Burlington, VT. In fact, two of them competed in the same StorySLAM in December of last year in New York, unbeknownst to them.…
Read MoreMy three greatest acts of storytelling cruelty
I like to think that I have been a supportive and positive force on the thousands of storytellers who I have performed alongside over the years, but I’ve also had moments when my judgment and disposition was less than ideal. My three most despicable moments as a storyteller: 1. On Thursday night at Infinity Hall,…
Read MoreNew policy: Transform a meeting into an actual meeting.
As a teacher, I often find myself in meetings with teachers and staff from other schools in various buildings throughout the district. Up until this year, my habit has been to sit amongst my friends and colleagues in these meetings whenever possible, as most people tend to do. It makes sense. Sit amongst your friends.…
Read MoreMom and Dad had a reely big show last nite
Earlier this month, Elysha and I produced and performed in a show at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, CT. Having been in that theater before to see some incredible musical acts, it was a thrill to take the stage and perform. Our storytellers were outstanding that night. One of our best shows ever. I’ll always remember…
Read MoreGo to The Moth and tell a story. And not “someday.” Go soon.
Just this past week I heard from listeners who heard one or more of my stories on The Moth’s podcast, The Moth Radio Hour, and/or The Moth’s website in: Cape Town, South AfricaLondon, UKColumbus, OHHartford, CTWestern AustraliaHong KongNew HampshireNew York CitySao Paulo, BrazilBlackstone, Massachusetts The idea that people across the globe are listening to me tell…
Read MoreHow I became a storyteller (and many other things)
These two circles say it all. I wanted to tell stories. I was afraid to tell stories. I didn’t know if I could tell stories. I was afraid to discover that I wouldn’t be able to tell stories. I knew that standing on a stage in New York City to tell stories meant exposing myself…
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