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"You'll Need This Monthly Collection..." - List-a-Day.com "You don't have to be a professional actor to enjoy telling stories to a crowd. If you don't have any formal acting training, you'll need this monthly collection of tips and advice from Doug Lipman, a storyteller, coach and mentor. Lipman tackles a central topic each month - how to take care of your voice, incorporating storytelling into different arenas, such as corporate events and children's festivals, stimulating imaginations, creating characters and the essential elements of storytelling - and shares advice, insights and some personal philosophy. You'll learn techniques for effective storytelling without straining your most precious instrument, your voice." - Janet Roberts, List-a-Day.com Read more of what readers have to say... HOW A RAINY MORNING CHANGED MY LIFE... Thirty years ago, at 7:30am on a Tuesday, I stood facing a roomful of restless pre-adolescents. Unexpectedly, I had been placed in front of 70 of them with the instructions, "They can't use the playground because of the rain. Keep them busy until the other teachers get here." I looked out over their faces, which revealed 10% hopefulness that I'd say something interesting, and 90% cynicism that any adult ever could. Their bodies were slumped, their arms were folded. They were challenging me to interest them. Not knowing what else to do, I began to tell a story. Within moments, their postures changed. Their arms lowered to their sides. Their faces relaxed. Their eyes rolled slightly back. Best of all, they remained entranced throughout the fifteen minutes of the story. I had no way of knowing it, but those fifteen minutes were to change my life. Over the next years, I followed the "story response" of children and adults - out of my teaching job, into free-lance performing, and finally into my role as a storytelling coach. I became part of the storytelling revival, which has swept from classrooms and bedrooms into theaters and boardrooms. I wrote books, performed at festivals, recorded video and audio, coached individuals, and offered workshops and corporate trainings. HOW ABOUT YOU?
SECRETS OF STORYTELLING, REVEALED MONTHLY... In order to keep in touch with people who care about the transformational power of storytelling, I send out a FREE email newsletter. It just comes out once or twice a month, so it won't clog your in-box. eTips from the Storytelling Coach features brief articles about:
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