Storytelling: Tapping the Power of Narrative with Andy Goodman
The Cultural Alliance is pleased to bring Andy Goodman to Philadelphia for a storytelling workshop that will include some hands-on work as well as a presentation that will incorporate how to use Arts and Culture: It’s How We GrowTM into how you talk about the value of what you do.
Telling stories helps us understand ourselves, bond with friends, and enter larger communities, but as professionals we tend to relegate storytelling to a place outside of work. For thousands of years, human beings have relied on stories to capture and convey important information. Quite naturally, we have evolved into a species that is biologically and culturally oriented towards storytelling. If your goal is to educate, persuade, or simply connect in a meaningful way with a particular audience, storytelling is the single most powerful communications tool available to you. Join us to learn how to use this tool to help advance your cause.
We encourage team based attendance at this event; there will be something for everyone. Admission is $25 for the first person from a Cultural Alliance member organization and $15 for each additional person (up to 4 people). We are also thrilled to offer a special online course with Andy to follow this in person workshop. Cultural Alliance members can participate in this online course for only $75 (a savings of over $300) when you attend the June 2nd workshop.
BONUS: Advanced Online Course with Andy Goodman!
This is an exclusive opportunity for Cultural Alliance Members only.
In addition to his in person presentation, Andy is also offering an Advanced Online Course for those workshop participants who are interested in taking storytelling to the next level in their organization. This course consists of three classes and is limited to 15 participants.
Due to space limitations, we can only accommodate one person per organization. You can register for the Advanced Online Course during your registration for the workshop, just select the Workshop + Advanced Online Course ticket.
The online class dates are:
- June 10, 2011 at 12:00pm
- June 21, 2011 at 12:00pm
- June 29, 2011 at 12:00pm
Andy Goodman is a communications consultant who has helped organizations around the nation learn how to tell their stories. For more information about Andy: http://www.agoodmanonline.com/red.html
This workshop series is part of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s “Arts & Culture. It’s How We Grow.™” initiative. The “Grow” initiative is supported by the Peggy Amsterdam Memorial Advocacy Fund and its generous donors, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and the William Penn Foundation.
Ladies Night Out
“Friends of the Portside”
Presents
Ladies Night Out
Scholarship Fundraiser
Join us this Friday at 7:00 pm May 6th
at the Portside Arts Center
2531 E. Lehigh Ave
Come support your community arts center
and shop till you drop.
Lots of fun & Refreshments!
Just to name a few partisipating vendors:
Tupperware, Avon, Several Jewelry Artisans, Stained Glass,
Love City Pets Accessories, Passion Parties, Gold Recycling Agent,
Hand Made Soap, Beatles Memorabelia, Art Bulbs, Creative Photographs,
Premier Desings and much more...
We have a couple of spots left... If you are interested in
becoming a vendor please contact Patty at
pattyjgvox@yahoo.com or 267 - 582 - 4627
Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Jobs in Metropolitan America: The Policy, Practice, and Research Issues.
Confirmed featured speakers include:
Veterans and Community Conference: Coming Home through Art and Dialogue
Warrior Writers hosts this powerful gathering of veterans, artists, supporters and healers focused on art-making and wellness.
Do It Yourself Education
At this month’s Net Tuesday (May 3), we’ll explore the social web of self-directed learning, community education, and online knowledge sharing environments. What does all this mean for the future of education and how can we use it for social good?
In addition to gathering at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, May 3 at the Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, we plan to live-stream at least the first part of the evening at http://phillynetsquared.org/live, and support a Twitter backchannel (hashtag: #phlnet2).
New services, such as Udemy, Peer 2 Peer University, Lynda.com, Khan Academy, and The Open Textbook Initiative, have emerged recently to offer unprecedented learning and teaching opportunities, challenging previous educational assumptions.
The evening will have two main parts to it. First, a panel (details below) will lead a discussion of the emerging resources, technologies and social patterns that are helping people share knowledge in new ways. Then, you’ll be able to check out many of these online services for yourself, with your own laptop, or one from a cart of laptops provided by Philadelphia OIC’s mobile computer lab (NOMAD).
Our panelists will include:
Bob Goodman is currently Director of Information Technology Services at the American Friends Service Committee (http://afsc.org), having formerly led IT operations in large, distributed organizations, including GE Aerospace and Pep Boys. For many years, he has been a pioneering advocate for Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), which he teaches as an adjunct professor at Drexel’s iSchool. Bob has a particular interest in creating learning organizations, and in making innovative use of new technologies and services to enhance individual and organizational learning.
Erich Smith of Philadelphia OIC (http://www.philaoic.org) is the program director of the Digital Initiative which focuses on bridging the digital divide in Philadelphia. The Digital Initiative consist of three programs, which include the Open Access Lab (free public computer lab), the Blended Classroom (online/offline classroom for adults preparing re-training and/or college), and the NOMAD (mobile laptop carts used for citywide computer training workshops). He is currently developing an Open Textbook Library for the Blended Classroom and the Learning Opportunities Center that will be replicated statewide.
David J. Rosen (joining via video conference) was Executive Director of the Adult Literacy Resource Institute/SABES Greater Boston Regional Support Center at the University of Massachusetts (http://www.sabes.org/boston) from 1986 to 2003. Since 2003 he has been a full-time consultant on education projects for adults and out-of-school youth in the U.S. and abroad. He is a member of the National Coalition for Literacy, and a Board Member of the Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education. A long-time adult literacy education advocate, he moderates the electronic discussion list and blogs for the National Coalition for Literacy (http://blog.ncladvocacy.org).