Storytelling

August 21, 2008 in Leadership with 2 Comments

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I love teaching.  This will not come as a surprise to many of you.  I guess I kinda get it naturally.  Pretty much everyone in my family has been or is a teacher or a preacher and I've done both :)
I enjoy the whole process of teaching – preparation, presentation, questions and dialogue that follow. 

One of the things that I really would like to do better in my teaching is become a better storyteller.  Last night after Merge, I was talking with one of our members who is a phenomenal writer and story teller.  I was inquiring about storytelling workshops which he had some great ideas and he pointed me to the National Storytelling Festival.  I like it – this looks like a pretty cool thing and heck it's sponsored by Krispy Kreme so it's off to a great start right there.

I'd love to know if any of you have ever been? Or do you have any ideas on good storytelling classes or workshops?

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  • http://anam-cara.typepad.com Shelia

    Never been, but know people who have. Book your hotel/bed and breakfast EARLY. Whole town tends to fill up as well as surrounding. It you don’t want to commute from K-town every day, call now. It is supposed to be phenomenal, by the way.

  • randy impson

    i am big time into the art of story. a statement which shouldn’t be taken to mean that i’m a good story teller. i just love story! i forget where i read this but i THINK it was an andy stanley book. anyways……someone said preaching (a word i hate for some reason) is really the art of story. it is telling my story in such a way to draw the listeners in then showing from the Scriptures how my story and the listeners story intersect with God’s story. their takeaway was…..the point where my story as a teacher, the listeners story and God’s story intersect…..life change happens! I LOVE THAT THOUGHT!!!! anyways, i would love to go to the festival but don’t know if i can pull it off because i am getting a grandson in october. anyways…..if you decide to go, let me know.

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