Taking ‘local’ to market
Taking your goods, crafts, skills to market can seem overwhelming in the age of the internet and mobile technology. A neat company offering a solution for small-town businesses is Shustir – an online...
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Tell a Story Contest
Everyone has a story! It’s how we communicate. And the people at Slideshare want to see what tale you can spin. Are you known for your stories, enjoy a good tale, or embellish beyond belief? Dig up...
View ArticleMedia + Youth + School = local climate change action
While “sustainability” and “climate change” are sometimes considered overplayed, catch-phrases, they are real issues, real topics, real conversations that people all around the world are engaging in...
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From Barbara’s Blog: Memories of Ancestors, Thoughts of the Land
July 4 Being the daughter of a historian who spent his life researching, writing, and teaching about the early days of this country, I’m naturally thinking back today as I look out over the fields I...
View ArticleTechnology changing the employment landscape in rural communities
There’s a lot of buzz both at home and abroad about broadband access, the power of telecommunications to transform the employment landscape of truly rural communities. Local and traditional industry...
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Storytelling Paper Published
The Orton Family Foundation has just published an online version of the paper I wrote for them, Reweaving the Community, Creating the Future: Storytelling at the Heart and Soul of Healthy Communities....
View ArticleLocalMatters: Planning a Storytelling Project for Community Engagement
This past fall, we participated in the Community Matters’ 10 Conference in Denver by offering a full-day pre-conference workshop on designing an effective storytelling workshop to enhance community...
View ArticleWorkshop to Go: Storytelling for Community Planning
For the Orton Family Foundation, we have put together a 30-minute workshop in both video and slideshow formats to take you through an overview of storytelling in community planning efforts, using...
View ArticleThe Work Evolves: Story and Storytelling
Over the past year as the storytelling work has taken me on the road more and more to work with communities, foundations and academic institutions, my ideas and techniques have evolved, growing ever...
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New Website! Head to our new home, COMMUNITY EXPRESSIONS:...
Head to our new home, COMMUNITY EXPRESSIONS: http://community-expressions.com As my work has evolved away from setting up centers for community digital exploration and into the heart of storytelling...
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