Storyteller Glenda Bonin shares with us her informal reflections on the recent NSN Storytelling Conference held in Denver. "I just got home from the NSN conference, and it was a
wonderful experience! I was particularly impressed by
the quality of workshops, intensives and speakers. It
was a grand time and will take me a while to process
all the information I obtained.
I was thrilled with the David Novak intensive, "The
Storyteller’s Compass: Evolving Unique Patterns of
Storytelling." (There was a lottery in order to get
one of the 36 seats available.) David is awesome, and
his work most on identifying and understanding
connections between stories is was truly impressive.
If I remember 10% of what he said, I will be a better
storyteller and presenter!
Yesterday’s keynote speaker, Clarissa Pinkola Estes,
Ph.D. was another remarkable event. Her thoughts on
"Mentoring: How to Be an Elder: The Gifts and The
Challenges," took me through almost every possible
reaction one could have. She is outlandish,
challenging and tremendously thought-provoking. This
is not the "standard" storytelling Keynote. . . If
the NSN offers an audio tape of her talk, I highly
recommend other storytellers to check it out. "
Storyteller