Storytelling tips, tricks, and trivia
- The Six Main Stories, As Identified by an AI, in The Atlantic. More about this research at UVermont's Computational Story Lab.
- Workshops taught by The Story Collider
Celebrating 10 years of The Story Collider:May 2020: Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Story Collider with this online celebration on Friday May 15, from 7-10 pm EST, It features past and present staff plus fan favourites from the podcast.
I told an excerpt from my 2015 story "Lessons from the man with a machine gun". Grateful once again to Story Collider coaches & producers for help to improve in this all-important skill You can watch the whole show here (my story starts at 2h 50m 25s, but I encourage you to watch the whole thing!). |
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Royal British Columbia MuseumNov 2016: I participated in the Royal BC Museum's storytelling series Have We Got a Story to Tell on 30 November 2016. The theme was "Big Beasts" featuring "true and daring tales of folks adventuring among the biggest of creatures ", including tales by my wonderful colleagues, Megan Adams and Caroline Fox, also I told a story from my PhD research about elephants in Uganda. Thanks to Aaron Ball for technical wizardry to improve the audio recording.
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Don't miss exhibits at the Royal BC Museum, including this amazing wooly mammoth.
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IMCC Tales from the SeaAug 2016: I took part in a storytelling workshop and live event during IMCC 2016 in St. John's, Newfoundland. My story was about how a kayak trip led to postdoctoral research in BC's Great Bear Sea studying shellfish aquaculture. Want to know more? Read this Q&A with three of my fellow storytellers and Storify of tweets from the live event.
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The Story Collider & Springer StorytellersJuly 2015: One of my favourite storytelling projects, The Story Collider, held a show at the 2015 IALE World Congress. I was among six scientists invited to join Springer Storytellers and tell a personal story inspired by conservation and ecology research. I spoke about a fateful day on one of my first field jobs, called "Lessons from the man with the machine gun". Later, my story was re-broadcast on CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks and mentioned in The Guardian.
I can't say enough good things about working with The Story Collider! |
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Find a storytelling event near you
International: The Story Collider (many cities)
Canada-wide: Storytellers Canada (local events, conference, and grants/awards) and other festivals, The Story Collider (Toronto, Vancouver)
Calgary, AB: T.A.L.E.S. Calgary, Story Cafe, Monthly Tellarounds, Story Slam
Nanaimo, BC: Around Town Tellers
Vancouver, BC: The Story Collider (search Vancouver), Anecdotal Evidence (science specific), Vancouver Society of Storytelling, The Flame
Victoria, BC: Victoria Storytellers Guild, Stories at Helmcken House, and Royal BC Museum's 'Have We Got a Story to Tell'
Canada-wide: Storytellers Canada (local events, conference, and grants/awards) and other festivals, The Story Collider (Toronto, Vancouver)
Calgary, AB: T.A.L.E.S. Calgary, Story Cafe, Monthly Tellarounds, Story Slam
Nanaimo, BC: Around Town Tellers
Vancouver, BC: The Story Collider (search Vancouver), Anecdotal Evidence (science specific), Vancouver Society of Storytelling, The Flame
Victoria, BC: Victoria Storytellers Guild, Stories at Helmcken House, and Royal BC Museum's 'Have We Got a Story to Tell'
