Recently someone asked me how I fill my workday. A reasonable question since I work from home and am my own boss.  There is the typical office work that goes along with running any business. A summary: Plenty of emailing,  marketing on a variety of levels Keeping up with social media Event promotion including flier…

Listening to podcasts isn’t something that I can do when I’m working in the office, and there’s been a lot of that so far this month.  I’m way behind on my podcasts. As I prepare to head out for a walk, I fired up the iPod to select a podcast and thought I should share…

2015 was a whirlwind year for Tell Us Something. We produced 9 events and began releasing podcasts twice weekly. We were paying a professional to produce the podcasts and soon that became one of our largest expenses. The income generated from the live events is not enough to cover day to day operational expenses including…

I am happy to announce the themes and dates for the 2016 Tell Us Something storytelling season! Click on the theme that interests you.  A spreadsheet will open.  Add your information to the spreadsheet. March 29 – Wilma – “Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me?” Workshop: March 19 After the sign up period ends for March…

Everyone has a story. Regardless of age, race, religion, sexual identity or orientation, we all have stories to share. This is what makes us human. Sometimes these stories are messy. Sometimes these stories are told with rough language. Sometimes these stories have difficult themes. They are all worth telling. They are all worth hearing. Parents…

Hello, all of you Nerdcon:Stories storytelling fans! What a fantastic weekend! Please listen to a handful of stories and subscribe to the podcast. Some notes about the stories: all stories are true and told from memory by regular folks who live in Missoula, Montana some storytellers have never performed in front of an audience before…

Last month I received a Facebook message indicating that a user was having issues listening to the Tell Us Something podcast on her phone.  I thought that the issue was likely related to her download being interrupted by a weak cell signal. I tested listening to the podcast by loading the episode in question from…

David Michael Sojourn-Dupuis was born in the ever oppressing heat and humidity of northeast Florida. and therefore likes hot weather. He enjoyed running more as a child than as an adult and feels that the educational infrastructure never really understood him. If it took the time to do so things could have been different between them….

The work of promoting the event, running a workshop, revising the workshop, and general administrative office work has prevented me from doing the real work. That real work is getting the stories out there. Making them available. We have two live events to hopefully fill that gap. Tonight is Story Jam at the Real Good…

This week I wrapped up the first Tell Us Something storytelling workshop for youth. I hope they learned as much as I did. Stephanie Wing, a multi- time Tell Us Something storyteller, teaches English Arts at Willard Alternative High School. She has been encouraging me to offer storytelling workshops for youth for years. I resisted…