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StorytellingGuide

The NEST Storytelling Guide is a curated library of articles on the art of storytelling. These articles, written by experienced storytellers, are designed to provide essential information to new and veteran tellers alike.

Each of the articles is copyrighted. Please contact the individual author with any permissions questions.

Table of Contents:

  • Body Language for Beginning Storytellers - Antonio Rocha
  • Listening across Differences - Cindy Rivka Marshall
  • Aware Care Dare: Effective Environmental Storytelling - Fran Stallings
  • Successful Storytelling for People Dealing with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease - Glenda Bonin
  • A Storyteller in Acadia National Park - Hope Lewis
  • Incorporating Humor into Your Stories - Jennifer Munro
  • The Plot (Thickens) - Loren Niemi
  • Stories (un)Folding with the Origami Swami - Megan Hicks
  • "Let's Put on a Show!" - Megan Hicks
  • Telling Stories to Young Children: Know and Respect Your Audience - Mij Byram
  • When the Audience Weeps: Conveying Emotion as Storyteller - Odds Bodkin
  • Storytelling and Music: Powerful Harmony - Tim Van Egmond
  • Adding Puppets and Props to Your Storytelling - Vicky Dworkin
  • Oral History 101 for Storytellers - Jo Radner

Antonio Rocha - Body Language

Cindy Rivka Marshall - Listening

Fran Stallings - Aware Care Dare

Glenda Bonin - Dementia

Hope Lewis- National Park

Jennifer Munro - Humor

Loren Niemi - Plot Thickens

Megan Hicks - Origami

Megan Hicks - Put on a Show

Mij Byram - Young Children

Odds Bodkin - Emotion as Storyteller

Tim Van Egmond - Storytelling and Music

Vicky Dworkin - Puppets

Jo Radner - Oral History

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