http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:02:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An Introduction to Storytelling 9-hour workshop If you are interested in storytelling, but don’t know where to start, this is the workshop for you. This nine-hour workshop (over two Saturdays) will give complete beginners a firm grounding in storytelling skills. This workshop is for anyone interested in learning to tell stories: ... http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/upcoming-workshop Asia Pacific Business Narrative Conference, 6-8 Sept 2010 About the Conference The Origins Asia Pacific Business Narrative Conference is a part of the Singapore International Storytelling Festival and is organised by  The National Book Development Council of Singapore, with Shawn Callahan of Anecdote and Patrick Lambe of Straits Knowledge. The ... http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/origins-asia-pacific Click here to take a look at my videos on the art of storytelling made by Bananamana.com. http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/new-videos-of-the-art-of-storytelling Later An original story by Julie Wee In a quiet village, surrounded by mountains, cut off from the rest of the world deep in a landlocked state, an age away from the ocean, lived Kashia. Kashia had never left her little village. She helped her mother in and around the house, played in ... http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/later [wpaudio url="http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/The-Old-Man-in-the-Corner-softer.mp3" text="Audio: The Old Man in the Corner" dl=0] An Adaptation of a Nepali Folktale Told by Sheila Wee The old man lay in the corner and remembered. Remembered a time when he was young and strong. When he ran through the valleys tending his father’s goats. But now he is here, old and weak, ... http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/the-old-man-in-the-corner Check out Sheila's bananamana.com listing. Bananamana.com is a new comprehensive directory for : things TO DO things TO EAT or DRINK things TO BUY SERVICES and CHARITIES in Singapore. To start browsing, go to bananamana.com http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/bananamana-com-singapores-living-directory Storytelling in Singapore: Mentoring the Storytelling Revival By Sheila Wee This article was commissioned for the January/February 2008 edition of Storytelling Magazine. http://www.storynet.org/about/magazine.html It can also be found along with other articles on mentoring from storyteller’s from around the world at Kevin Cordi’s website at http://kevincordi.com/mentors.html Storytelling in Singapore is thriving.  ... http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/mentoring-the-storytelling-revival Speak Good English Movement Six Lives is an exciting online drama series that follows six friends who think they know each other, as they plan an event that will change their lives forever. Through the story, we hope to show that communication is more than just being understood. The characters, through their ... http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/speak-good-english-movement [wpaudio url="http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/The-Stonecutters-Wishes.mp3" text="Audio: The Stonecutter’s Wishes" dl=0] A Japanese Folktale Hack! Hack! Hack! The stonecutter was toiling under the burning sun driving his chisel into the stone with his heavy mallet. He led a simple life working as a stonecutter all day and returning to his wife and child in the evening. On ... http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/the-stonecutter%e2%80%99s-wishes [wpaudio url="http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/A-City-Under-Siege-Apogee1.mp3" text="Audio: A City Under Siege" dl=0] Once upon a time, the citizens of a walled city were under attack. The enemy had closed in and surrounded the city, so the citizens could not escape and neither could food nor supplies get in. The people were close to starvation. They ... http://storywise.com.sg/storytelling/a-city-under-siege