Here are our latest newsletters as well as helpful, inspiring and creative thoughts from partners and guests alike. If you would like to share your storytelling skills, perspectives or expertise in a blog post, send us your ideas and we’ll consider including them!
Grace Per Lee
November 1, 2017
You may know how to tell a good story, but can you write one quickly? Here are some steps to get you going, whether you’re new to writing or you’re just looking for a new approach.
Mark Redmond
October 25, 2017
Mark Redmond’s inspiring address from the Vermont Story Lab’s 2017 Summit at Shelburne Farms.
Gin Ferrara
July 24, 2017
I’ve put some of my own lessons learned into a 3-hour lab for Vermont Story Lab, “Top Tips for Digital Media Outreach,” and this post shares a few of the tech tips for media making. This blog is the second of 2 — see my tips for thinking about the big picture of digital media outreach in my first post.
Gin Ferrara
July 5, 2017
I’ve put some of my own lessons learned into a 3-hour lab for Vermont Story Lab, “Top Tips for Digital Media Outreach,” — this post shares a few key ideas about the big picture. This blog is the first of 2 — I will share some specifics for digital media makers in the next post.
Meg Campbell
April 26, 2017
Does your nonprofit storytelling need a boost? Check out our Regional Story Labs this spring in Waterbury, Middlebury and Burlington! Gain new skills and strategies. Learn from your peers.
Meg Campbell
January 1, 2017
This December, we celebrate Vermont Story Lab’s very first year! It’s been a rich 12 months of drawing together the energy and expertise of many nonprofit professionals to help us build a robust network of storytelling for change.
Barbara Ganley
April 30, 2016
Vermont Story Lab held its first conference in April 2016 as a way to both introduce the VSL concept to more people but also to see who out there is interested in establishing a network aimed at helping each other tell stories of change. This is a collection of responses to VSL’s question: Why tell stories?
Marybeth Redmond
March 21, 2016
Author and master storyteller, Terry Tempest Williams, confirms: “Storytelling awakens us to that which is real. Honest….it transcends the individual….Those things that are most personal are most general, and are, in turn, most trusted. Stories bind….They are basic to who we are.”
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Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been
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July 7, 10:30 am & 1:30 pm • Zoom -
Nonprofit Staff Story Circles:
Sharing Our Own Stories During this Time of Crisis
June 30, 10 am – 12 pm • Zoom - The Camera & the Pen: A Creative Storytelling Retreat for Nonprofits • July 18 – 19, 2019 • Grand Isle, VT
- Let’s Talk: An Intro to Audio Storytelling for Nonprofits • July 15, 2019, 1-4 pm • Burlington, VT