ONGOING RESOURCES

Dear Friends at MACAA and in the Charlottesville/Virginia Nonprofit Community,

Thank you so much for the opportunity to be with you this week to talk about how storytelling can serve your professional, organizational, and community development endeavors.

As much discussed, here’s a list, in no short or specific order, of places to keep leveling in story work. Thanks so much for attending a StoryMuse training, and I hope we can stay in touch!

STORYMUSE CASE STUDY EXAMPLES

Some of you expressed a specific interest in diving deeper into some of the storytelling projects and models we surveyed in our workshops together…

• Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities Storytelling Project

• Hidden Voices Podcast – available on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher.

• Trigger Warning

• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health

WORKSHOP SLIDES

Thanks to those of you who were interested to have my presentation slides. A note on them: This is frankly not my strong suit, and I was toggling back and forth between a few of them at times. Feel free to ask any questions or let me know if there’s something you are missing or don’t understand.

• Intro to Storytelling

• Building a Storytelling Culture

STAY IN TOUCH!

I would be delighted to continue to be in relationship with you and your organization(s) in any number of capacities. I hope we’ll be in touch about that. However, if you would like to talk about a personal/professional development opportunity, let’s talk. (Often you can get your organization to pay for this kind of professional development.)

• Coaching

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In community,

LISTEN / WATCH

If you are a podcast junkie like I am, you’re always looking for recommendations. Here are a few of mine!

• Terrible, Thanks for Asking – here’s an episode that specifically comes from the Charlottesville 2017 tragedy

• Death, Sex, & Money

• Hidden Brain

• Rough Translation

• On Being

• Snap Judgment

• This American Life

• Modern Love

• Clear + Vivid with Alan Alda

• Invisibilia

• The Moth Radio Hour

• Selected Shorts

• Slate’s The Waves

• Slate’s Culture Gabfest

• TED Radio Hour

• Brené Brown’s TED Talks on Vulnerability and Shame, as well as her new Netflix special, which is a great summary of her writings and talks

FOLLOW

A few places where I find regular inspiration.

• Arlene’s Blog

• The Art of Practice

• The Bitter Southerner

• Brain Pickings

• Modern Love

• Seth Godin

ARTICLES

• Why Storytelling Works

• How Storytelling Affects the Brain

• Why Storytelling Will Be the Biggest Business Skill in the Next 5 Years

• Vulnerability as Strength

• Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

• The Two Kinds of Stories We Tell Ourselves

• Appropriate Vulnerability

• Is Storytelling a “Soft Skill”?

BOOKS

These are my favorite books that have to do with the art & brain science of storytelling.

• If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look On My Face? by Alan Alda

• Long Story Short by Margot Leitman

• Jo Carson’s Spider Speculations

• The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall

• The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough? by Alex Evans

• The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness by Kelli Harding

• Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

• The Assertiveness Guide for Women: How to Communicate Your Needs, Set Healthy Boundaries, and Transform Your Relationships by Julie de Azevedo Hanks

• Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle