The Pearl of the Elephant by Edmund Dulac, 1920 |
I have been remiss in continuing to share my Stor e Telling articles from 2015. Since the conference proposal season is upon us it seems timely to post these resources from the August September 2015 issue of Storytelling Magazine.
The theme for this issue of Storytelling Magazine issue was workshops and I selected some articles, tutorials and icebreakers to help make your next workshop truly work!
If you have the time or the inclination, I would love it if you would leave a comment and let me know if this information is useful for your work. I read and respond to every comment and love hearing from you!
10 Steps To Plan a
Workshop – Tips to help you design your workshop, craft an agenda, select a
venue, and more.
A Workbook On
Designing Successful Workshops – A forty-three page booklet with detailed
instructions, including work pages, to plan and conduct a successful workshops.
http://www.mcgill.ca/medicinefacdev/files/medicinefacdev/DesigningWorkshopsWorkbook.pdf
http://www.mcgill.ca/medicinefacdev/files/medicinefacdev/DesigningWorkshopsWorkbook.pdf
Community Toolbox:
Conducting a Workshop – Helpful steps and information organize and present
your workshop. There are other sections that cover organizing conferences,
retreats and teleconferences.
How To Run a Good
Workshop – Very useful tips in a short article by bestselling author and
speaker Scott Berkun.
http://scottberkun.com/2013/run-a-good-workshop/
http://scottberkun.com/2013/run-a-good-workshop/
Planning A Workshop:
Organizing and Running a Successful Event
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/PlanningAWorkshop.htm
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/PlanningAWorkshop.htm
Interested in using Skype to conduct your workshops? Below
are three tutorials to help you quickly climb the learning ladder.
4 Things to Help
Novice Users of Virtual Meeting Tools: Making Skype Meetings Run Smoothly
Skype Tutorial –
Four separate, short tutorials that will help you learn how to use Skype from
beginning to end.
And if you prefer a video tutorial, follow this link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMAeAeyh7zM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMAeAeyh7zM
Some sites offering icebreakers and activities to add
conviviality to your workshops.
40 Icebreakers for
Small Groups
100 Ways to Energize
Groups: Games to Use in Workshops, Meetings and the Community
http://www.aidsalliance.org/assets/000/001/052/ene0502_Energiser_guide_eng_original.pdf?1413808298
http://www.aidsalliance.org/assets/000/001/052/ene0502_Energiser_guide_eng_original.pdf?1413808298
Partners for Your
Empowerment: Workshop Activities/Icebreakers – A twenty-three page booklet
chockfull of exercises.
http://pyeglobal.org/workshop-activities-icebreakers/
http://pyeglobal.org/workshop-activities-icebreakers/
September 22 is Elephant Appreciation Day. Here are some
stories to celebrate these gentle giants.
And
Elephants Did Fly - Southern Orissa, India
The
Blind Man and the Elephant - India
The
Elephant and the Dog – Bhutan
The
Elephant and the Mahout – Magadha/Ancient India
Elephant
and Tortoise – South Africa
Fearing
the Wind - India
How the Elephant Got His Tusks - Africa
The
Tortoise and the Elephant - Nigeria
The
Tortoise Captures the Elephant - Africa
The
Elephants Nose – India
Story-lovers.com – More elephant information than you can shake
your trunk at!
Curriculum for the classroom to
complement Elephant Appreciation Day.
The Blind Man and the Elephant
https://www.peacecorps.gov/educators/resources/blind-men-and-elephant/
https://www.peacecorps.gov/educators/resources/blind-men-and-elephant/
The Elephant Sanctuary – Two units focusing on the study of elephants offering teaching and learning activities for children grades K-8 consisting of 72 pages of instruction, background information, charts and graphs, activities, etc.
http://www.elephants.com/curriculum.php
September 7 is Labor Day in the United States. In this blog post I offer you some multicultural folktales
about workers around the world to add to your repertoire. You will also find
crafts, curriculum resources, and some history of the holiday.
Labor Day: A Tribute
to the American Worker
Something Extra
The link below was not part of the original Storytelling
Magazine article. However, since then I have written a new blog, Putting Your
Proposal Pieces Together; I think it will be a useful complement to the above
resources.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2016/05/putting-your-proposal-pieces-together.html
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2016/05/putting-your-proposal-pieces-together.html
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