A Movement in Motion: Measuring Momentum, Direction and Potential

presented by

Ron Turner

Thursday, July 12, 2007

6:00 pm (Time subject to change)

This session will focus on the progress and momentum of the storytelling movement and will explore dynamics of the movement, metrics for its advancement, the sharpness of the vision, and the short-term and long-term implications of its impact: it will challenge active players in the movement to consider calibrations in the movement with potential to increase the scope and intensity of their efforts. The session will explore the need for major significant strategic alliances designed to advance the practice, performance, funding, public appreciation and awareness of storytelling in the U.S and abroad. It will provide a critical framework through which to view past achievements and set the stage for further expansion and growth of storytelling in the years to come. This session will call for a broader and deeper dialogue among current storytellers, storytelling organizations and entities beyond the world of storytelling. In sum, this session will seek to stimulate further discussion, thoughtful and caring analysis and, where possible and necessary, bold leaping and forward thinking designed to advance the storytelling movement.

 

 

On the Threshold of Power: The Storytelling Movement Today

Presented by 

Jo Radner

Friday, July 13
9:00 am
Room TBA

Thresholds – real and metaphorical – are places of potential, at the brink of transformation.  On the threshold we see (or at least imagine) what’s on the other side of the doorway, but we have not yet entered into that future.  Unless an earthquake is taking place, a threshold is not a comforting place to linger.          

Jo’s keynote will offer a vision of where storytelling can travel in its next decades, suggest why the movement is hesitating now on the threshold, and call on storytellers and their supporters to take real steps into a promising future.

Storytelling: Reflecting Our Past; Creating Your Future