School of Storytelling
Workshops for Early Childhood Educators, Teachers, Librarians, Environmentalists, Community & Disability Organisations,
Parents & Grandparents and anyone with a dream to share the magic of a story, eye to eye, mind to mind & heart to heart.
Parents & Grandparents and anyone with a dream to share the magic of a story, eye to eye, mind to mind & heart to heart.
1 Create~ Imaginate~ Educate~ Storytelling Skills for Educators
Not your average staff development workshop
Storytelling captures the hearts, minds and imaginations of children more than anything else, it's education by stealth.
The children have fun while they exercise their imaginations, develop language, listening & comprehension skills. Storytelling has so many benefits, it even develops character & empathy, it really is the ultimate education tool.
And what's more storytelling makes for a zip zap boing of a workshop!
In this highly interactive workshop participants will:
Learn and practice storytelling skills
Explore the essential elements of young audience engagement
Learn tools and techniques to let go of the written text
Discover the simple way to recall stories
Learn how to build a story and make it their own
Develop confidence to bring their own style to the telling
Explore simple props to enhance telling
Have fun & create magic
A practical 3 hour- half day workshop for Early Learning Educators, Primary School Teachers and Librarians.
So engaging from start to finish. Great tools provided and re-enforced with active participation-
Renee J. Library Assistant
Fantastic course, very interactive with practical strategies that can be immediately implemented-
Sarah W. Library Project Officer
Just fabulous, so practical. Loved it all-
Chloe G Library Assistant
2 A Precious Gift ~ Storytelling Skills for Parents & Grandparents
“If I was wise, compassionate or kind, it is all thanks to the seeds planted in me with stories.” (The Gift of Story)
Storytelling with your children has many benefits. Not only are there the well documented educational benefits such as aiding literacy, listening and comprehension skills but there are countless other social and emotional benefits. Storytelling is also a wonderful way to strengthen family bonds, share culture and values and develop a sense of belonging.
In this fun, interactive storytelling workshop participants will:
Learn tips and techniques to let go of the written text
Learn & practice storytelling skills
Enhance their innate storytelling abilities
Learn how to build a story
Discover personal & family tales to tell
Play storytelling games- to take home and play with the family
Take home a story or two ready to share with the children
Learn about the great benefits of family storytelling
Have fun & Create Magic
In this one day workshop, explore how your stories can be the most precious gift you give your child.
A practical half to full day storytelling workshop for parents, foster parents & grandparents
“If I was wise, compassionate or kind, it is all thanks to the seeds planted in me with stories.” (The Gift of Story)
Storytelling with your children has many benefits. Not only are there the well documented educational benefits such as aiding literacy, listening and comprehension skills but there are countless other social and emotional benefits. Storytelling is also a wonderful way to strengthen family bonds, share culture and values and develop a sense of belonging.
In this fun, interactive storytelling workshop participants will:
Learn tips and techniques to let go of the written text
Learn & practice storytelling skills
Enhance their innate storytelling abilities
Learn how to build a story
Discover personal & family tales to tell
Play storytelling games- to take home and play with the family
Take home a story or two ready to share with the children
Learn about the great benefits of family storytelling
Have fun & Create Magic
In this one day workshop, explore how your stories can be the most precious gift you give your child.
A practical half to full day storytelling workshop for parents, foster parents & grandparents
"Its been brilliant...All I'm hearing from the kids is 'again again more more!' And the TV has been packed away completely!"
"My child loves the story of the monkeys which I took away from the workshop and now she's telling it to me!"
"I know that I'll be able to use these games and tools in my practice to develop my work with children".
3 Your Story~Your Voice
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
--Maya Angelou, poet and civil rights activist
People everywhere are re-discovering the power of telling their personal story. We all have stories to tell, our stories are how we make sense of our experiences and our place in the world. Our stories, when told from authentically from the heart are a gift to our audience and a gift to ourselves. Our stories are where we meet & understand each other.
Whether you wish to perform a story on stage, share a family story at a celebration, tell a story to inspire others, or simply to have your story witnessed in a loving and supportive space, this workshop is for you.
In this workshop participants will:
Build confidence in public speaking
Practice storytelling skills in a playful way
Exercise & stretch their imaginations
Uncover the treasury of their own personal stories
Discover how to raise their stories above the ordinary
Play with wonder, whimsy and create magic
Share stories eye to eye, mind to mind and heart to heart
Join Lindy and Ulf for this relaxed 3 hour-half day workshop where we get the creative juices flowing
and explore the potentials for your authentic story...
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
--Maya Angelou, poet and civil rights activist
People everywhere are re-discovering the power of telling their personal story. We all have stories to tell, our stories are how we make sense of our experiences and our place in the world. Our stories, when told from authentically from the heart are a gift to our audience and a gift to ourselves. Our stories are where we meet & understand each other.
Whether you wish to perform a story on stage, share a family story at a celebration, tell a story to inspire others, or simply to have your story witnessed in a loving and supportive space, this workshop is for you.
In this workshop participants will:
Build confidence in public speaking
Practice storytelling skills in a playful way
Exercise & stretch their imaginations
Uncover the treasury of their own personal stories
Discover how to raise their stories above the ordinary
Play with wonder, whimsy and create magic
Share stories eye to eye, mind to mind and heart to heart
Join Lindy and Ulf for this relaxed 3 hour-half day workshop where we get the creative juices flowing
and explore the potentials for your authentic story...
Thank you, such fun and so uplifting- Lisa
Your workshop brought my understanding of story to a whole new level and I must thank you for that, It has changed my way of retelling my old stories. I cannot change the facts but I can turn them into something more light hearted and mythical- Krissy
4 Your Story~Your Strength
Skills and Strength Based Vocational Storytelling Workshop
The practice of storytelling is a unique and fun way to learn communication skills, discover personal stories of strength,
and develop the confidence to share them.
In this relaxed workshop, participants will be gently challenged to develop their storytelling/communication skills through games and exercises . We will play with such things as voice, gesture, eye contact and body awareness. In group story making activities, we will exercise imaginations and explore how imagination may help build resilience. Participants will be encouraged to discover the wealth of their experiences and stories, and have the opportunity to share their stories of strength and have them witnessed.
The development of storytelling skills and the discovery of personal stories of strength will assist participants to access and approach vocational opportunities with a greater sense of empowerment and self-determination. Vocation, in this context, means work, study, enterprise, and / or area of interest.
In this workshop participants will:
Learn and practice storytelling skills
Develop confident communication skills
Play with eye contact, gesture and voice
Develop body awareness
Identify enhancing or undermining postures
Discover their treasury of personal stories
Identify and share their stories of strength
Have their stories acknowledged and witnessed
This 2 hour workshop is ideal for people who have been out of the work force due to entrenchment, injury or health problems, or with lived experience of mental illness (and those who are vulnerable to mental illness). The storytelling skills developed & the stories of strength discovered will assist participants to access and approach vocational opportunities with a greater sense of empowerment and self-determination. Vocation, in this context, means work, study, or area of interest.
Skills and Strength Based Vocational Storytelling Workshop
The practice of storytelling is a unique and fun way to learn communication skills, discover personal stories of strength,
and develop the confidence to share them.
In this relaxed workshop, participants will be gently challenged to develop their storytelling/communication skills through games and exercises . We will play with such things as voice, gesture, eye contact and body awareness. In group story making activities, we will exercise imaginations and explore how imagination may help build resilience. Participants will be encouraged to discover the wealth of their experiences and stories, and have the opportunity to share their stories of strength and have them witnessed.
The development of storytelling skills and the discovery of personal stories of strength will assist participants to access and approach vocational opportunities with a greater sense of empowerment and self-determination. Vocation, in this context, means work, study, enterprise, and / or area of interest.
In this workshop participants will:
Learn and practice storytelling skills
Develop confident communication skills
Play with eye contact, gesture and voice
Develop body awareness
Identify enhancing or undermining postures
Discover their treasury of personal stories
Identify and share their stories of strength
Have their stories acknowledged and witnessed
This 2 hour workshop is ideal for people who have been out of the work force due to entrenchment, injury or health problems, or with lived experience of mental illness (and those who are vulnerable to mental illness). The storytelling skills developed & the stories of strength discovered will assist participants to access and approach vocational opportunities with a greater sense of empowerment and self-determination. Vocation, in this context, means work, study, or area of interest.
Wonderful presenters, very engaging, broke down barriers & created a space for learning & growing. Stephanie B
Can you come back again next week? Dan
5 Making the Invisible Visible ~ Intermediate Storytelling Skills
The storyteller is bridge between worlds- this world and the world of the imagination
The storyteller is the bridge between the two worlds, the visible and invisible and the storyteller must attend to the need of both realities, the visible world of the audience and the invisible world of imagination.
In this highly experiential workshop we will explore some of the more advanced of tools & techniques that storytellers wield to create stories of depth & richness, to make the invisible- visible for our audiences.
Participants will:
Explore the storyteller's non verbal method's of communication
Learn how gesture may undermine or enhance their storytelling
Play with placement of gesture for comedic or dramatic effect
Explore the importance of the storyteller's gaze
Discover how the storyteller's gaze creates the space for magic
Explore the power of gesture with gaze
For this 3 hour- half day workshop, participants are asked to bring a familiar story to work with.
The storyteller is bridge between worlds- this world and the world of the imagination
The storyteller is the bridge between the two worlds, the visible and invisible and the storyteller must attend to the need of both realities, the visible world of the audience and the invisible world of imagination.
In this highly experiential workshop we will explore some of the more advanced of tools & techniques that storytellers wield to create stories of depth & richness, to make the invisible- visible for our audiences.
Participants will:
Explore the storyteller's non verbal method's of communication
Learn how gesture may undermine or enhance their storytelling
Play with placement of gesture for comedic or dramatic effect
Explore the importance of the storyteller's gaze
Discover how the storyteller's gaze creates the space for magic
Explore the power of gesture with gaze
For this 3 hour- half day workshop, participants are asked to bring a familiar story to work with.
6 Befriending the Giant Named Fear ~ Playing with Performance Anxiety
It is estimated that 75% of people suffer with glossophobia, speech anxiety or the fear of public speaking.
“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is NUMBER TWO! Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than delivering the eulogy.” – Jerry Seinfeld
Whether you are a performer, giving a wedding speech or just want to find your voice... in this relaxed workshop we shall explore fear through story, games, activities, exercises and mindfullness.
We shall give you a tool kit to help you transform your relationship with fear and perhaps... even make friends with the Giant named FEAR.
In this interactive workshops participants will:
Explore fear
Identify where fear lives
Play with fear
Learn tips and techniques to help with fear
Discover the confidence trap
Make friends with fear
This 2-3 hour workshop is for anyone suffering from knocking knees, palpitations and performance belly!
It is estimated that 75% of people suffer with glossophobia, speech anxiety or the fear of public speaking.
“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is NUMBER TWO! Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than delivering the eulogy.” – Jerry Seinfeld
Whether you are a performer, giving a wedding speech or just want to find your voice... in this relaxed workshop we shall explore fear through story, games, activities, exercises and mindfullness.
We shall give you a tool kit to help you transform your relationship with fear and perhaps... even make friends with the Giant named FEAR.
In this interactive workshops participants will:
Explore fear
Identify where fear lives
Play with fear
Learn tips and techniques to help with fear
Discover the confidence trap
Make friends with fear
This 2-3 hour workshop is for anyone suffering from knocking knees, palpitations and performance belly!
7 Hey Hey, It's Story Play ~ Storytelling for Educators and Disability Services
A fun filled workshop for teachers, support workers and parents, demonstrating how storytelling may be used as an educational and empowerment tool for children, youths and people with learning disability. Learn how to take a story, break it down for easy learning, then co-create the story anew with your participants using rhyme, rhythm, repetition, song, movement, gesture, acting, musical instruments and props.
A totally Interactive and co-creative experience!
In this workshop participants will:
Practice storytelling skills
Explore the essential elements of audience engagement
Learn tools and techniques to let go of the written text
Discover the simple way to recall stories
Learn how to rebuild a story using the input from clients
Learn about the use of props to enhance the experience of storytelling
This 2-3 hour workshop is suitable for anyone who wishes to engage through story play.
A fun filled workshop for teachers, support workers and parents, demonstrating how storytelling may be used as an educational and empowerment tool for children, youths and people with learning disability. Learn how to take a story, break it down for easy learning, then co-create the story anew with your participants using rhyme, rhythm, repetition, song, movement, gesture, acting, musical instruments and props.
A totally Interactive and co-creative experience!
In this workshop participants will:
Practice storytelling skills
Explore the essential elements of audience engagement
Learn tools and techniques to let go of the written text
Discover the simple way to recall stories
Learn how to rebuild a story using the input from clients
Learn about the use of props to enhance the experience of storytelling
This 2-3 hour workshop is suitable for anyone who wishes to engage through story play.
Fantastic, I can't wait to try it with the children. Teacher, Warrah School
Inspirational! Teacher Warrah School
8 The Environmental Storyteller
“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words.
That is your role, your gift.”
--Erin Morgenstern, multimedia artist and author
Everyday people are bombarded with information on the dire state of the planet; global warming, endangered species, an ocean of plastic and the destruction of rain forests. Often this information overload, causes people to despair and shut down. Adults & children may feel the problem is too immense, there is no hope and nothing one person can do, and so they disconnect & perhaps do nothing.
But share a story heart to heart, mind to mind, eye to eye with people... then you connect, you engage their feelings and through the story you can reconnect them to their local environment. Sharing stories evoke empathy, engages imaginations, helps people re-imagine their environment and gives them hope...
In this workshop we will explore different types of stories and storytelling skills to assist environmentalists to share their stories eye to eye, mind to mind and heart to heart. And in the sharing of these stories, connect others heart to heart with Gaia and inspire the sense of stewardship.
In this workshop, participants will:
Learn basic storytelling skills
Learn tips and techniques to let go of the written text
Learn how to rebuild a story with intention
Explore the wisdom of folk tales
Enhance their innate storytelling abilities
Discover their treasury of personal environmental stories
This workshop may be presented as a full day workshop or as a series of workshops
“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words.
That is your role, your gift.”
--Erin Morgenstern, multimedia artist and author
Everyday people are bombarded with information on the dire state of the planet; global warming, endangered species, an ocean of plastic and the destruction of rain forests. Often this information overload, causes people to despair and shut down. Adults & children may feel the problem is too immense, there is no hope and nothing one person can do, and so they disconnect & perhaps do nothing.
But share a story heart to heart, mind to mind, eye to eye with people... then you connect, you engage their feelings and through the story you can reconnect them to their local environment. Sharing stories evoke empathy, engages imaginations, helps people re-imagine their environment and gives them hope...
In this workshop we will explore different types of stories and storytelling skills to assist environmentalists to share their stories eye to eye, mind to mind and heart to heart. And in the sharing of these stories, connect others heart to heart with Gaia and inspire the sense of stewardship.
In this workshop, participants will:
Learn basic storytelling skills
Learn tips and techniques to let go of the written text
Learn how to rebuild a story with intention
Explore the wisdom of folk tales
Enhance their innate storytelling abilities
Discover their treasury of personal environmental stories
This workshop may be presented as a full day workshop or as a series of workshops
9 The HeArt of Community ~ Storytelling for Building Community.
“Stories create community, enable us to see through the eyes of other people, and open us to the claims of others.”
– Peter Forbes, photographer and author
Though we have more communication technology than ever before, our communities are fractured. Many people feel isolated, devoid of meaningful relationships and the warm support of community. Our mass media and governments peddle fear, vilifying those they brand "other". But "other" is only another person with a story to tell; a story of love, loss, family, hopes and dreams.
“There isn’t anyone you couldn’t love once you’ve heard their story.” – Mister Rogers USA
Together let us explore the ancient art of storytelling and the gift of healing it brings to community. We will explore different types of stories and story activities which help us connect eye to eye, mind to mind and heart to heart to build supportive communities.
“Stories create community, enable us to see through the eyes of other people, and open us to the claims of others.”
– Peter Forbes, photographer and author
Though we have more communication technology than ever before, our communities are fractured. Many people feel isolated, devoid of meaningful relationships and the warm support of community. Our mass media and governments peddle fear, vilifying those they brand "other". But "other" is only another person with a story to tell; a story of love, loss, family, hopes and dreams.
“There isn’t anyone you couldn’t love once you’ve heard their story.” – Mister Rogers USA
Together let us explore the ancient art of storytelling and the gift of healing it brings to community. We will explore different types of stories and story activities which help us connect eye to eye, mind to mind and heart to heart to build supportive communities.
10 Drawing on Images that Speak ~ Healing with Story. (suitable for any community group)
We believe there is treasure to be found in each and every tale. The right story seems to find its way to us, and if we take the time to find the hidden lock and turn the golden key, we will find the secret message for our soul.
Stories bypass our conscious mind, they seep into the dark recesses of our subconscious. There, the images and metaphors percolate, our imaginations make sense of them, find meaning and provide insights for our lives
Delve with us into the world of imagination... the realm of the soul.
In this story workshop we will focus on story images that capture our attention. We will tease them out, play with them, put them back together and discover how they speak to us both as individuals and as a group. Based on the work of Inger Lise Oelrich from the Alba Peace Project and the Nordic Healing Story Training, this workshop provides participants with a way to delve deeper into stories to find meaning & healing for themselves and the group. We also extend Inger Lise’s invitation for participants to take this workshop into their communities to facilitate global healing.
Reviews:
"I was surprised by how much a simple fairy tale spoke to my situation in life. I found hope where I thought there was none to be found. Thank you"
"Profound, amazed at the insights I received"
We believe there is treasure to be found in each and every tale. The right story seems to find its way to us, and if we take the time to find the hidden lock and turn the golden key, we will find the secret message for our soul.
Stories bypass our conscious mind, they seep into the dark recesses of our subconscious. There, the images and metaphors percolate, our imaginations make sense of them, find meaning and provide insights for our lives
Delve with us into the world of imagination... the realm of the soul.
In this story workshop we will focus on story images that capture our attention. We will tease them out, play with them, put them back together and discover how they speak to us both as individuals and as a group. Based on the work of Inger Lise Oelrich from the Alba Peace Project and the Nordic Healing Story Training, this workshop provides participants with a way to delve deeper into stories to find meaning & healing for themselves and the group. We also extend Inger Lise’s invitation for participants to take this workshop into their communities to facilitate global healing.
Reviews:
"I was surprised by how much a simple fairy tale spoke to my situation in life. I found hope where I thought there was none to be found. Thank you"
"Profound, amazed at the insights I received"
11 Change Your Story Change Your Life ~ (suitable for any community group)
"The stories we tell literally make the world. If you want to change the world, you need to change your story. This truth applies both to individuals and institutions."
Michael Margolis, CEO Get Storied, Educator, Futures Anthropologist.
Do you tell the same story over and over? Is your life on a continuous loop? Do people’s eyes glaze over when you tell your story? Are you bored with your story? What story are you telling right now?
Join Lindy in an interactive workshop of tales and activities as she shares some of her story from disgruntled wife to published author and professional storyteller. Learn some tools and techniques to turn off the life limiting stories we tell ourselves and plants the seeds for new life affirming stories to grow a happier, more adventurous life.
"The stories we tell literally make the world. If you want to change the world, you need to change your story. This truth applies both to individuals and institutions."
Michael Margolis, CEO Get Storied, Educator, Futures Anthropologist.
Do you tell the same story over and over? Is your life on a continuous loop? Do people’s eyes glaze over when you tell your story? Are you bored with your story? What story are you telling right now?
Join Lindy in an interactive workshop of tales and activities as she shares some of her story from disgruntled wife to published author and professional storyteller. Learn some tools and techniques to turn off the life limiting stories we tell ourselves and plants the seeds for new life affirming stories to grow a happier, more adventurous life.