Videoconferencing across the Country & Throughout the World.

Videoconferences are available for 1) all-day training workshops in interactive storytelling and 2) two to three hour educational sessions for professionals, students, and the general public.

We have a cooperative arrangement with the Duke University John Hope Franklin Center in Durham, NC, USA, to use their videoconferencing facilities. Through the Franklin Center, we can reach individuals and groups anywhere in the world who have access to videoconference equipment.

General information

• Videoconferences accommodate time difference at the receiving site.
• Fees are determined on a sliding scale.
• StoriesWork offers culturally appropriate sessions.
• StoriesWork has access to stories from cultures around the world.

All-day interactive storytelling training workshops for staff and volunteers who work with abused women

Teaching methods

• Lecture, discussion, demonstrations, role play
• Text pages, story summaries, significant questions, PowerPoint slides, graphics display

Workshop Curriculum

• Why we use folk stories
• What we learn from stories
• Benefits of interactive storytelling to counselors
• Benefits of interactive storytelling to abused women
• Comparison of courtship and marriage
• Nature of marriage roles
• Dynamics of violence against women

Demonstration of interactive storytelling technique

• Principles of good storytelling illustrated
• Telling selected stories
• Moderating the discussion using significant questions
• Encouraging a focus on significant topics

Role playing exercises - Each participant

• becomes a group leader
• tells a story
• asks significant questions
• moderates the discussion
• is given a critique and suggestions from the group

Evaluations of an all-day videoconference training workshop
"The (videoconference) workshop was wonderfully done."
"A very creative method."
"Continue, continue, continue!"
"Thank you…for your landmark work."
"You did an awesome job…If you would like me to help you market this (videoconference) program, I would be happy to."

– Comments from May 2003 StoriesWork videoconference with participants in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA (the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, and the Women's Safety and Resource Center).

Educational sessions for interested professionals, teenagers, young adults, or the general public

• These sessions raise awareness and deepen understanding about gender relations, marriage, and domestic violence.
• Sessions are tailored to meet the audience's specific needs

Two to three hour programs - details upon request
919-321-8969
info@storieswork.org

StoriesWork
P.O. Box 51693 * Durham, NC 27717
919-321-8969
info@storieswork.org

 

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