Three Day Intensive & Storytelling Event
The Three-Day Workshop and Storytelling Event is our most popular program and the one that is likely to make the greatest impact on your congregation or organization. Through the workshop, participants will learn both the why and the how of true, first-person storytelling.
Our time together will teach participants to:
Identify and craft meaningful personal narratives on a theme
Structure those narratives intentionally and creatively for greatest effect
Improve their performance style through presence, tone, and pacing.
Even more importantly, participants will experience the power of finding God present in their lives and the lives of the other storytellers. They will understand themselves as part of a long tradition of witness and testimony among people of faith, and they will understand why we say, “true stories save lives,” by strengthening relationships, creating connections, and cultivating a sense of belonging.
Then, our time together culminates in a public-facing evening of storytelling featuring workshop participants, which allows all of your members (as well as those outside your organization) to experience the ways in which stories reveal God, draw people together, and empower communities.
Typical Event Timeline
Thursday night, 6 - 9pm — Storytelling: Craft and Practice Workshop
An active, experiential workshop that introduces participants to the building blocks of good storytelling, helps them generate meaningful personal narratives, and offers them opportunities to practice storytelling basics. This workshop is open to the whole community and includes those who will tell their stories as part of the final storytelling event.
Participants may come with an idea for the story they want to work on or discover one during the workshop. Our goal: take participants from “zero to story” in the course of the intensive.
Friday
In-person and remotely, Rebecca and other Earshot coaches work one-on-one with each of the potential* tellers for the performance in half-hour sessions throughout the day, shaping and refining their narratives.
* It’s not an audition; it’s simply the case that some folks may not yet know if they’re “in.”
Saturday morning, 9am -1pm — Storytelling Masterclass and Rehearsal
At this workshop, the storytellers for that night’s event will go deeper into the art and craft of storytelling as they workshop their pieces for one another and move from writing and telling to performing. This workshop is only for those telling as part of the evening event.
Saturday afternoon
Participants are off and have time to make any tweaks to their stories and get ready for the performance. Rebecca is available for questions and last-minute revisions.
Saturday evening
Storytellers arrive an hour early to get comfortable with mics, etc. Then it’s time for the event!