Intro Workshop (3 hours, or less— we’re flexible)
Shaky phone-made footage of some folks enjoying themselves at a 2017 Earshot workshop.
Our one-off workshop is a fun, engaging opportunity for your team or community to develop storytelling skills and:
get to know each other more meaningfully
build, and learn how to talk about, a shared identity
enhance creativity
During our time together, we’ll unpack what makes this type of story work: scenes, stakes, and boring-but-necessary things like editing. We’ll cover the difference between what happens in a story and what it’s about. We’ll talk about sticking the landing — every storyteller’s hope for a mic drop moment. And we’ll learn about your main character: you (like it or not).
Storytelling is a tool and a craft that belongs to all of us, and can be put to more effective use for building connections, deepening relationships, and the getting the word out about a need, issue, or opportunity.
Spend a enjoyable, conversational (but structured!) three hours* generating ideas and getting some tools in the mix to craft your own stories. Dream about what storytelling could do in your own setting. Consider what stories have been missing and how to invite them. Leave with ideas you can put to work in your community right away, and some inspiration for even bigger plans down the road.
* is three hours too long? We’ve done shortie versions in as few as 50 minutes (but we don’t recommend that)
A handful of the organizations where we’ve run workshops:
Interfaith Youth Core (now Interfaith America)
Wild Goose Fest, Hot Springs, NC
Congregations, regions, and conferences around the US and Canada (including Disciples, UCC, Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches)