BUSINESS EVIEW SCORECARD

Address:

3215 Vallette St.

Bellingham, WA 98225

Phone:

(360) 820-9631

Email:

dougbanner@
comcast.net

Operating Hours:

Memberships:

National Storytelling Network
132 Boone Street, Suite 5
Jonesborough, TH 37659
www.storynet.org
nsn@storynet.org

Bellingham Storytellers Guild
3215 Vallette Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
bhamstoryguild@clearwire.net

Native American Honor Day Foundation
Advisory Board Member
www.honorday.org

Awards:

The Bellingham Mayor’s Arts Award 2000: For contributions to developing storytelling in the Bellingham community.

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Types of Programs

Concerts
An hour to an hour and one-half storytelling concerts are available to a variety of audiences. Concerts are designed to the specific audience type whether adult, families, or children.
Storytelling Concerts in Schools and Libraries
School concerts are between 45 to 55 minutes long and can accommodate 500 students in an auditorium setting. Concerts can be conducted back-to-back in Library or media centers to accommodate up to 100 students.

School Residency programs are available.
Workshops
Workshops are available from two hours to all day formats.
The workshops can be tailored to meet the needs  of  educators, recreational leaders, retirement communities, youth groups, families, and other community and business organizations. The focus of workshops may be on such topics as finding and preparing stories for performances, creating stories from personal experiences, creating and telling the stories of your family, organization, or community.
Keynotes and Workshops
These are some of the topics presented in keynotes and workshops:

Multiculturalism

   Building Bridges of Mutual Respect

   Tales of wisdom

    Diversity and storytelling

    Exploring cultures through storytelling

The Oral Tradition

   Entertainment and Distraction or Sharing of Wisdom

   The Modern Storyteller and Reconstructing the Modern Myth

    The Living Hero: A new hero for a new time.

Teaching and Counseling

The oral tradition and storytelling

Storytelling and literacy

Storytelling as a healing tool

    Working with Grief/ Storytelling and grief counseling

    De-constructing and Reconstructing Personal Identity
    Storytelling and abuse

Telling Personal Stories

   Gleaning stories in family and community

   Narrative and identity: personal, family, community, and culture

Storytelling and Social Justice

Applications of Storytelling in business, health professions, counseling, corporate organization, community building….