The Perfect Story from Nursery School to Nursing Home  - an overview of the workshop itself including a synopsis and samples of versions written from the workshop. The parts of the workshop include:

Using Your Common Senses to Tell a Story - Ways to spice up a story with "power language"

The Value of Language in Storytelling - explores writing for telling and writing for reading

Multiculturalism Through Storytelling - a look at Native American and African Stories

Why Storytelling - Beginner's Workshop with 10 easy steps into storytelling with bibliography

Storytelling 101 - Beginner's Workshop with exercises to follow to learn a simple folk tale.

Telling the 398.2's - Telling Folktales - outline of activities

Oh, Dem Bones - Beginner's Workshop specifically to teach how to bring a folktale down to its bare bones.

Literacy Alive - An outline for an all day workshop for day-care providers on putting together a storytime for toddlers to Kindergarten - with a link to the hand-out "CHASI handout."

Memory Boxes...Treasures of Once Upon a Time - a writers' workshop developed by using "touchstones" to open untold stories

Folktales From Simple to Complex - What is the difference between the many types of folktales?

Fractured Fairy Tales - How to tell fractured fairy tales with bibliography

Fractured Thoughts  - A fractured fairy tale workshop with history, ways to fracture, examples, references.

Parents Telling Stories- Great short workshop for evenings with parents at elementary schools

Saints Alive - A workshop on telling and updating saint stories.

Angelology - A paper on types of Angel stories with references to other sites.

Show-me at at Showcase - For tellers who want to increase exposure through showcases.

Patchwork of Memories - An all-day retreat for hospice workers. Agenda and stories and memories.

The Storytelling Classroom Workshop - a proposal to bring Taleypo to your school for a presentation or workshop on the premier book "The Storytelling Classroom". Marilyn has an article in this book.

Handout for CHASI - all day workshop for daycare givers.

Puppet Central: Puppets, Books, and Make-it/Take-it: a three-hour workshop on how to use simple puppet techniques.

Early Childhood Literacy with Storytelling - ideas on the connections between storytelling and early literacy. See Parent Handout with more references and easy to implement ideas.

From My Pen to Your Ears - One day workshop for Middle School teachers

How to Write a Pourquoi or How and Why Stories - Information on the pourquoi and ideas on how to write an original story. References.

How to Set Up an After-School Storytelling Club - an outline of the 60 minute workshop with a link to the paper "The Storytelling Club".

Two-hour Storytelling Marathon - They said it couldn't be done....a regular, beginners' 8-hour workshop condesified to only 2-hours.

A Bundle of Sticks - Storytelling, QAR Strategies and Character Education using Storytelling and QAR Strategies book authored by Marilyn Kinsella and Phyllis Hostmeyer

How to Make a Useful Study Guide.  Ideas for storytellers on how to make useful study guides for stories and story programs.

Senior Stories: Listen, Write, Tell    Handout for Seniors' Groups - ideas for workshops on Telling to Seniors.