Following the Breadcrumbs XXIII: Stor e Telling March April 2006

Hansel and Gretel in the Forest
by
Paul Hermann Wagner, 1852

I am traveling back in time and updating all of my Stor e Telling columns for Storytelling Magazine since 2002. I have checked all of the links, updated those that have new URL's and deleted others that have found their way to the Internet graveyard. Through the summer and beyond I will continue to update the columns and post them on my blog until all of the breadcrumbs lead to the end of 2006. At the end of the blog you will find links to the columns from 2002 - 2004 and 2007 - 2013.

I continue to write for Storytelling Magazine but will not be adding current columns until the following year. If you want immediate access to the newest websites, consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network and support the arts!  Please feel free to comment on the blog and let me know if you find this useful. 

 
Alexander Technique
Our most important instrument is our voice, and many outside forces, including stress and those dreaded springtime allergies can impact it negatively. The technique can help you maintain your voice, and this site is good starting point if you wish to delve deeper into this method.
http://www.alexandertechnique.com/

March is Woman’s Natural History Month. If you are developing a storytelling venue on women throughout history these sites will be a valuable resource.

American Women Through Time

A historic chronology with links to relevant websites for each period, along with research sources appropriate for the specified time period.
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-timeline.html

Women’s History Links

Information on notable woman who took part in the Gold Rush, Aviation, Science, Medicine and more. Note: The original site is no longer available but you may still access an amazing array of resources via the Wayback Machine link below.
https://web.archive.org/web/20040604144502/http://www.suelebeau.com/women.htm

Canku Ota (Many Paths)

A collection of native stories from many tribes. There are also discussion questions and information at the end of some of the tales, which makes this a wonderful site for educators as well.
http://www.turtletrack.org/CO_Indices/CO_Index_Story.htm

Tales of the Daoine Sidhe - Folktales of Ireland

Pronounced deenie shee, and meaning the good people, this site lives up to its name with numerous stories about the lovely lads and lassies in legend and lore from Ireland. Pour yourself a good cup of Irish tea, sit back and revel in the magic of the Emerald Isle.
Note: The original site is no longer available but you may still access an amazing array of resources via the Wayback Machine link below.
https://web.archive.org/web/20060903110526/http://home.iprimus.com.au/sidhe/sidhe.html

 

These websites stretch the boundaries of traditional storytelling.

Center for Digital Storytelling

This California arts organization assists “young people and adults in using the tools of digital media to craft, record, and share the stories of individuals and communities, in ways that improve all our lives.” 
http://www.storycenter.org/

Informative list of fringe festivals in the USA and beyond.

United States Association of Fringe Festivals 

http://fringefestivals.us/festival/index.html

The World Fringe Alliance
http://www.worldfringealliance.com/

Tech Head Stories

A plethora of digital storytelling websites highlighting corporate storytelling, personal, educational and historic journals, along with teaching tools for digital storytelling. There is also a good collection of traditional story resources as well.
Note: The original site is no longer available but you may still access an array of resources via the Wayback Machine link below.
https://web.archive.org/web/20060203211259/http://tech-head.com/dstory.htm 

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

2002 – 2004

Stor e Telling Columns - All 16 blog bogs, with a brief synopsis for reach one in an easy to access post at the link below.
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/10/stor-e-telling-resources-2002-2004.html

2005

January February - Fables from Aesop and Robert Lewis Stevenson, spooky stories in time for Halloween, resources sponsored by the California Council for the Humanities, myths and legends from the British Isles and more.

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/10/following-breadcrumbs-xvi-stor-e.html

March April -  Sites on Buddhist Studies, Cambodian folktales, lesson plans, public domain music from a variety of cultures, myths, legends and more.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/10/following-breadcrumbs-stor-e-telling.html

May June - There are resources for song lyrics, lessons plans connected to our historical parks in the USA, Hodja, Birbel and Jakata stories, over 544 dragon tales and more.
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/11/following-breadcrumbs-xviii-stor-e.html 

July August - Ballad and folk songs resources from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and America. Also, resources on Hans Christian Anderson, sea songs and shanties, and a list of contact information for state and regional art councils and agencies.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/11/following-breadcrumbs-xix-stor-e.html

September October - Links to Victorian Ghost Stories, folklore and legends from around the world, children’s activities to complement your storytelling programs, and Hodja tales. For the classroom, Beyond the Fire offers real-life stories of 15 teenagers, now living in the U.S., who have survived war in seven war zones, along with lesson plans and timelines.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/11/following-breadcrumbs-xx-stor-e-telling.html

November December - Christmas stories and other Yuletide offerings, stories to celebrate Kwanzaa, Hasidic tales and more.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/12/following-breadcrumbs-xxi-stor-e.html

2006
January February
Interesting links for Black History Month, tales from Celtic lore, stories of magical mermaids, sites to sweeten your Valentine's Day, contact information for libraries in the USA, and Europe (summer reading programs are just around the corner!) and more. 
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2015/01/following-breadcrumbs-stor-e-telling.html

2007 - 2012

Stor e Telling Columns 2007-2012
All 31 blog posts, along with a brief synopsis for each one, in an easy to access post at the link below.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/stor-e-telling-columns-2007-to-2012.html 

2013

From 1001 Night to 2001 Story Resources – This link will lead to you one blog post with all of my columns from 2013.

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/from-1001-nights-to-2001-story.html

  

Karen Chace 2015 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

 

 

Slow and Steady: Stor e Telling September October 2010

Tortoise and Hare
from Childhood Favorites 
and Fairy Tales
1909

I have penned the Stor E Telling column since January of 2002 and the articles from 2002-2006 are the publications page of my website found here http://tinyurl.com/llnn47y . I will be adding the columns from 2007 to 2012 to that page as well. However, I am in the process of checking what link URL's have changed or are now defunct. It is a time consuming process so I am taking the “slow and steady” approach via Aesop and will post the individual columns on my blog for now.

I will not be adding current columns until the following year, so if you want immediate access to the newest websites, consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network.

Please feel free to comment on the blog and let me know if you find this useful.

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2010

The Cleveland Memory Project

“A series of interviews with 29 women of eastern European birth or heritage. Many of these conversations were with women who remembered World War II or the Great Depression.”
http://tinyurl.com/28kb3fp

Center for Digital Storytelling - This pdf file is full of useful resources to assist you in the in bringing history to life.

http://tinyurl.com/lvy8r3d

Oral History Workshop on the Web – An array of resources summarizing the tools necessary to conduct a successful oral history interview.

http://tinyurl.com/2cpvsnr

Storybug.net – Oral history resources I have collected over the years.
http://tinyurl.com/2ebfgfb

The third week in September is National Farm Animals Awareness Week.  With that in mind I corralled a number of folktales for you to harvest!

Cow’s Head – Ukrainian
http://tinyurl.com/35hk8vx

The Dog and the Pig – India
http://tinyurl.com/3y9z8pk

The Goose Maid – England
http://tinyurl.com/353asdm

The Magic Horse – Iran
http://tinyurl.com/2utybbx

The Owl Never Sleeps at Night – African American
http://podcasts.shelbyed.k12.al.us/nslaten/files/2011/08/The-Owl-Never-Sleeps-at-Night.pdf

The Talking Goat – Africa
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/stories/talking-goat/

September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Get ready to walk the plank!

Storybug.net - Last year I put together a number of story, curriculum and craft resources on my blog to celebrate the day. 

http://tinyurl.com/35nazl4

September 28 begins the celebration of the Chinese Moon Festival. You won’t have to search the stars for folktales celebrating the beautiful moon!

A Coat for the Moon – Jewish
http://tinyurl.com/3973wom

How the Great Chief Made the Moon and the Sun – Native American
http://tinyurl.com/2f4leqz

How the Moon Became Beautiful – China – Found in The Gold Path Reader, 1912 available through Google books to download for free.
http://tinyurl.com/2cgksvn

The Ladle That Fell From the Moon - China
http://tinyurl.com/27j2etb

The Moon and the Great Snake – Native American
http://tinyurl.com/29bem28

Moonflower - Japan
http://tinyurl.com/2v33wxt

Sun, Moon and Talia – Italy
http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Italian_folktale_29.html

Why the Sun and the Stars Receive Their Light from the Sun- Africa
http://tinyurl.com/k4z4qk8 

October is Polish American History Month. Here are some stories to pomoże świętują! (help you celebrate)

Sixty Folktales from Slavonic Sources - A delightful mix of tales from Bohemia, Moravia, Serbia, Hungary and more.
http://tinyurl.com/26w5v35

Cossack Fairy Tales and Folktales by Robert Nisbet Bain, 1902 – Bain collected these folktales from Ruthenian, the language of the Cossacks, a language intermediate between Russian and Polish.
http://tinyurl.com/2uklns8

 
It wouldn’t be October without some tales to terrify!

Russian Folk-tales by William Ralston - Just in time for All Hallows' Eve. Download this book from 1880, full of myths, legends, and folktales of demons, witches, vampires and ghouls if you dare! 

http://tinyurl.com/loaqex5    

Three Ghost Stories – A free pdf download of the book by Charles Dickens.
http://tinyurl.com/2wrhwhl

Miscellaneous Site

Interactivate: Stopwatch – I love this tool! Do you need to time your stories or a workshop presentation? This Internet stopwatch will allow you tick off the time with ease. It allows you to run a stopwatch on the computer screen and can count up from zero or down from a specified time. My thanks to Mary Grace Ketner for passing it along.
http://tinyurl.com/plhah3

 

 

And if you missed any of the previous “Slow and Steady…” blog posts here are the links to the series so far.

2007

January February 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_30.html
May June 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
July August 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_15.html
September October 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_20.html
November December 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html

2008

January February 2008
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_11.html
May June 2008
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-may-june-2008.html
Summer 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_25.html
Fall 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

2009

January February 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_10.html
May June 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_14.html
July August 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_21.html
September October 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html
November December 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

2010

January February 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_13.html

April May 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_28.html
July August 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-july.html

Karen Chace 2013 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Stor e Telling Summer 2008

Hare and Tortoise
by
Milo Winters, 1919

I have penned the Stor E Telling column since January of 2002 and the articles from 2002-2006 are the publications page of my website found here http://www.storybug.net/stor-e-telling.html. I will be adding the columns from 2007 to 2012 to that page as well. However, I am in the process of checking what link URL's have changed or are now defunct. It is a time consuming process so I am taking the “slow and steady” approach via Aesop and will post the individual columns on my blog for now.

I will not be adding current columns until the following year, so if you want immediate access to the newest websites, consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network.

Please feel free to comment on the blog and let me know if you find this useful.

 

SUMMER 2008

Summer wouldn’t be complete without stories about the sun!

Solar Folklore - I shared this in 2002 but it bears repeated. 
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/folklore/

Sun Folklore - Activities, lesson plans and stories.

http://tinyurl.com/34blrj

Windows to the Universe - A site as vast as the galaxies beyond.

http://tinyurl.com/4b5cb5

In Hawaii, people share stories while others add to it as it is being told; this is called “talk story.” Here are tales from their culture so you can talk story too!

Hawaiian Legends

http://tinyurl.com/5fb7dt

Hawaiian Legends of Old Honolulu

http://tinyurl.com/3nmcc8

Traditions of O'ahu: Stories of an Ancient Island
http://apdl.kcc.hawaii.edu/oahu/

Lights! Camera! Action! Interested in taking stories to the screen? Here are some links to help you digitalize your tales.

DigiTales - Information and resources, everything you need to help students craft a digital story.

http://www.digitales.us/

Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling - Examples, tools, evaluations and more.

http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/

Lesson Plans for Digital Storytelling -A step by step guide, rubrics and additional resources.

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli08167b.pdf

Robert Clow Elementary School - Storyteller Sue Black and librarian Bev Frett offer resources and digital stories created by their students.

http://tinyurl.com/6bjk6z

Miscellaneous sites

Google Scholar - Type key word(s) in the search box and scholarly articles are at your fingertips; a helpful tool to locate research materials to support your work.

http://tinyurl.com/6bthe3

Manybooks.net - What better way to spend part of your summer than by downloading free books for your PDA, IPod or EBook Reader.
http://manybooks.net/

Russian Fairy Tales - The site shares twenty-one fairytales. Most offer both a short and long version, for those who want more details.

http://tinyurl.com/6blpls

Voice Thread - This tool allows you to collect the voices of an entire group on a single page"; it truly is easy, fun, can be password protected and has many of educational uses!

http://voicethread.com/

We are just into the sizzling days of summer but September will be quickly upon us.  Here are some sites that will help you kick start the new school year with stories!

Folktales of Cooperation for your Kindergarten – Grade 3 - From Education world, a curriculum guide that includes stories, related activities, discussion questions and additional resources.

http://tinyurl.com/47m4t6

Dramatizing Folktales, Myths and Legends - This lesson guide celebrates the Native American culture offering suggestions, resources and links them to the national standards.

http://tinyurl.com/5zh6n3

Fairy Tale Writing Unit – Elementary Level - From Teachers.net a two to three week unit offering suggestions for whole, small and independent work.

http://tinyurl.com/6duz6v

And if you missed any of the pervious “Slow and Steady…” blog posts here are the links to the  series so far.

2007

January February 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_30.html
May June 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
July August 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_15.html
September October 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_20.html
November December 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html

2008

January February 2008

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_11.html
May June 2008
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-may-june-2008.html

 

Karen Chace 2013 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

 

 

 

Slow and Steady Wins the Race: May June 2008

Hare and Tortoise
by
Milo Winter, 1919
 

I have penned the Stor E Telling column since January of 2002 and the articles from 2002-2006 are the publications page of my website found here http://www.storybug.net/stor-e-telling.html. I will be adding the columns from 2007 to 2012 to that page as well. However, I am in the process of checking what link URL's have changed or are now defunct. It is a time consuming process so I am taking the “slow and steady” approach via Aesop and will post the individual columns on my blog for now.

I will not be adding current columns until the following year, so if you want immediate access to the newest websites, consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network.


Please feel free to comment on the blog and let me know if you find this useful.

  

 

MAY JUNE 2008

 

May 1 is Mother Goose Day. These delightful rhymes can be traced back to London in 1605 migrating to France then America. We may never know if Mother Goose was real or fictitious but as in all things wonderful, she has stood the test of time. I offer you some links to help celebrate the day.

The Official Home of the Mother Goose Society

Information about Mother Goose and her transformation through the ages, along with fingerplays, rhymes and more links.
http://tinyurl.com/2dtz4p

Mother Goose in Prose by L. Frank Baum

A collection of tales inspired by Mother Goose rhymes.
http://tinyurl.com/33yuk2

Mother Goose Express

Fun activities, craft projects, coloring sheets and more for teachers and storytellers to keep the wee ones engaged and entertained.
http://tinyurl.com/22rr4t

Timber! June 28 is Paul Bunyan Day so I offer some Tall Tales associated with the famous lumberjack and lesson plans to help us celebrate BIG!

American Folklore

Read the story of Paul Bunyan’s birth, watch him dig Lake Michigan and follow him down to the Whistling River. Six stories that will make him step right off of the page!
http://tinyurl.com/35htdo

Education World.com
Lesson plans on Ten Characters from American Folkore. “Students learn about Pecos Bill, Daniel Boone, Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and five other characters from America's folk history.”
http://tinyurl.com/3xovo9

About.com

Lots of fun printables for your students or clients to complement your Paul Bunyan/Tall Tales program: Word Searches, Crossword Puzzles, Coloring Pages, Bookmarks and more.
http://tinyurl.com/284xol

The business end of things…

flauntR

Do you have some photographs you would love to use in your promotional material but the background or colors are off? flauntR is a professional photo editing tool that is easy and free. Say “cheese!”
http://www.devicedriven.com/products.html

Specialty Insurance

Many clients now require that performers carry General Liability Insurance. This company offers insurance for clowns, jugglers, face painters, storytellers, magicians, street performers and others for a reasonable fee.
http://tinyurl.com/2vxsuw

Using Technology to Tell Stories

Create your own digital storytelling project. The site includes a step by step guide, examples of digital storytelling, rubrics assessment, lesson plans and additional web links. In no time at all you will be saying, “It’s a wrap!”
http://techstories.edublogs.org/

 

Other sites of interest…
 
Folktales From Many Lands              
From 1910 a fascinating book of twenty-three folktales from around the world. Feast your eyes not only on the words but the exquisite illustrations that complement each tale.
http://tinyurl.com/2janra

Georgian Folktales

A short collection of folktales from the nation of Georgia by Marjory Wardrop offered by Sacred Texts.
http://tinyurl.com/2rzm5h

Speak Bird, Speak Again

A book of Palestinian Arab Folktales from Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana.
http://tinyurl.com/2lcqn7

Storytelling Cue Cards

Through the generosity of Brian Strum you can view and print a wide variety of story cue cards, 127 stories in all, which will easily help you understand the bones of a story. He has organized each tale clearly and concisely by: 

·         Bibliographic Information
·         Ethnic
·         Origin
·         Running Time
·         Power Center(s)
·         Characters
·         Scenes
·         Synopsis
·         Rhymes Special Phrases
·         Audience
·         Bibliographic Information on Other Versions/Variants
·         Brief Comparison of Versions/Variants
http://tinyurl.com/3ypt5s

 

And if you missed any of the pervious “Slow and Steady…” blog posts here are the links to the  series so far.

2007

January February 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_30.html
May June 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
July August 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_15.html
September October 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_20.html
November December 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html

2008

January February 2008

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_11.html

 

Karen Chace 2013 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

 

 

Weaving Storytelling and Business with an Authentic Voice

Storytelling is the ancient art of Oral Tradition and now business executives are discovering what the revered seanchaí and griots have known for centuries; there is power in story. They are applying the premise to connect with their customer base in commercials and public relations, sometimes with poor results. To succeed, the key is to combine the two with an authentic voice and excellent listening skills.

"Storytelling plays constructive roles in the workplace, in organizations, corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and small  businesses." http://www.storynet.org/

“Storytelling is human universal and common themes appear in tales throughout history and all over the world. These characteristics of stories, and our natural affinity toward them, reveal clues about our evolutionary history and the roots of emotion and empathy in the mind.
By studying narrative’s power to influence beliefs, researchers are discovering how we analyze information and accept new ideas.”    
Scientific American Mind, August 2008

Artist: Utamaro 1750-1806
Title: Weaving on a Loom

 
ARTICLES

It’s in the Telling of the Story by Dr. Tim Chandler
http://tinyurl.com/yfwrysd

The Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn - Scientific American, August 2008
http://tinyurl.com/y9pqdnk

5 Tips for Telling Better Stories by Marci Alboher
http://tinyurl.com/5ujrkl

Media Lab creates Center for Future Storytelling
http://tinyurl.com/yczuvpw

Sales Through Storytelling by Craig Harrison
http://tinyurl.com/yjh8ykj

Tell Me a Digital Story from Business Week by Marcia Stepanek
http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_20/b3681103.htm

Use the Power of Storytelling for Business Information Sharing
by Chris King http://tinyurl.com/yh66to2

Work Zone: Storytelling workshop helps future lawyers hone critical skills
By Arielle Brustein http://tinyurl.com/yckzm39

“The creative economy is a powerful and positive global force. Together, artists, cultural nonprofits, and creative businesses produce and distribute cultural goods and services that impact the economy by generating jobs, revenue, and quality of life.” http://tinyurl.com/yhkveaf


BLOGS AND WEBSITES

Shawn Callahan's Anecdote site has excellent resources.
http://www.anecdote.com.au/archives/storytelling/  

Steve Denning
http://www.stevedenning.com/site/Default.aspx
 
Kathy Hansen has some excellent entries on her blog, A Storied Career.
http://astoriedcareer.com/

Ishmael’s Corner: Storytelling Through a Business Prism
http://www.ishmaelscorner.com/

Michael Margolis - Lots of good content there, including his new book, Believe Me, which can be downloaded free. http://www.getstoried.com/

Annette Simmons - Generous resources on her Group Process Consulting site. http://groupprocessconsulting.com/

Cathryn Wellner offers useful information for those in the non-profit sector.
http://storyroute.com/  *

*My thanks to Cathryn Wellner for sharing some of the resources in this section. cjwellner@gmail.com


BOOKS

The Corporate Storyteller: A Writing Manual & Style Guide for the Brave New Business Leader by Elaine Stirling

The Elements of Persuasion: Use Storytelling to Pitch Better, Sell Faster & Win More Business by Richard Maxwell and Robert Dickman

The Leader's Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative by Stephen Denning

The Power of Personal Storytelling by Jack Maguire

The Springboard: How Storytelling Ignites Action in Knowledge-Era Organizations by Steve Denning

The Story Factor (2nd Revised Edition) by Annette Simmons

Story Proof: The Science Behind the Startling Power of Story by Kendall Haven

Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact by Annette Simmons


DIGITAL STORYTELLING WEBSITES AND ARTICLES

Center for Digital Storytelling
This California arts organization assists “young people and adults in using the tools of digital media to craft, record, and share the stories of individuals and communities, in ways that improve all our lives.” http://www.storycenter.org/

Digital Storytelling Engages Tech-savvy Accounting Students
Knowledge@SMU 9/2/2008 “…digital stories are emerging as tools in a variety of settings. “They are increasingly used to entertain, teach, train, inform, promote and advertise. Corporations and public institutions use digital storytelling to motivate their human capital, create a legacy of corporate stories, and impart core values…” http://tinyurl.com/yhdcfd6

Digital Storytelling in Higher Education: Journal of Computing in Higher Education
Fall 2006, Vol. 19(1), 65-79 “…the potential for digital storytelling extends far beyond the fields of communication and media studies across many fields of study, including history, American Studies, business and leadership, knowledge management, community planning, and much more…” http://tinyurl.com/ylmf6tf

Tech Head Stories
A plethora of digital storytelling websites highlighting corporate storytelling, personal, educational and historic journals, along with tools to teach you how to “digital storytell.” There is also a good collection of traditional story resources as well. http://tech-head.com/dstory.htm

RESEARCH

"A big part of a CEO's job is to motivate people to reach certain goals. To do that, he or she must engage their emotions, and the key to their hearts is story." ~ Robert McKee, Harvard Business Review June, 2003   

The Brain by Leonardo Da Vinci


Hardwired for Story! by Kendall Haven

Neural Research - The human brain is predisposed to think in story terms. This predisposition is continuously reinforced and strengthened as the brain develops up through age 12. Adults arrive dependent on interpreting events and other human's behavior through a specific story architecture.

Research Confirms: Without established context and relevance, the human mind is unlikely to remember new information, and is even less likely to ever recall it.

• Bransford (1998) "When a topic is unfamiliar to readers/listeners, research shows that the natural tendency is to use familiar story structure with character goal, motive, and struggles to elaborate on available information and to provide mapping structures to bring prior knowledge and experience to bear on the interpretation of current input."

• Coles (1989) "Stories enhanced recall, retention, application of concepts into new situations, understanding, learner enthusiasm for the subject matter." and "Stories enhanced and accelerated virtually every measurable aspect of learning."

• Cooper (1997) "In fact, researchers have found that potential employers want their employees to have mastered two aspects of literacy often omitted from school curricula: listening and speaking."

• Engle (1995) “Story is an essential precursor to mastery of expository and logical forms."

• Mello (2001) "Each study documented that storytelling enhanced literacy." and "Storytelling was an
   effective learning tool that linked literature to content and experience."

• Schank (1990) "Storytelling has demonstrable, measurable, positive, and irreplaceable value in teaching."

• Tannen (1999) "Narrative details create mental images, making possible both understanding and memory."

• Tannen (1999) "Images (created by details), my research suggests, are more convincing and  
   more memorable than either fact or abstract propositions."

• Taylor (2001) "Storytelling is a valuable resource for developing critical thinking skills.

Karen Chace.© 2010

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