The Gathering
Digital Storytelling Facilitator’s Gathering*
August 17-20, 2006
Saratoga Springs Retreat (near Ukiah, California, 2 hours north of San Francisco)
We invite you to a special international gathering of active Digital Stortelling facilitators working with the Center for Digital Storytelling. The gathering will give us the opportunity to discuss our practice in detail – from deepening our awareness in story work and creative writing, the sensitivities of group process and reflective listening, the role of body/health in our practices, the expanding use of various complimentary technologies (blogging/podcasting/cellular), and the social change values that bind our work to community survival and development.
The gathering will be held Thursday through Sunday in a beautiful retreat setting near Ukiah. The costs will be limited to our direct expenses for the facility and food for the weekend. The format will be a symposia, with everyone attending encouraged to participate as equals in discussion and presentations. The gathering will be organized to provide for both small and large group dialogues, lots of story sharing and informal discussion and other interactive explorations in writing, photography, improvisation, video and media design. We will also encourage people to take advantage of the natural setting for walks, swimming and meditations.
The goal of this effort is to formalize and expand upon our process of developing Digital Storytelling facilitators, and to further establish the retreat setting of Ukiah as home for our more in depth training in our practice and methods.
We are confident this will be a transformative experience for all of us.
Joe Lambert and Emily Paulos, Gathering Coordinators
*Invitation only
Event details
Dates & Times:
Retreat begins: 5pm, Thursday, August 17 (check-in 3pm)
Retreat concludes: 2pm, Sunday, August 20
Location:
Saratoga Springs Retreat and Conference Center
Mendocino County
10243 Saratoga Springs Rd Upper Lake, CA 95485
Phone: (800) 655-7153 or (707) 275-9503
www.saratogasprings.com
Cost:
$485/individual (Includes shared housing 2 people/room, breakfast, lunch and dinner, does not include airfare, or ground transportation). Limited partial or full scholarships are available.
$275/individual – Daytime attendance only (includes meals but not accommodations)
Registration Info:
Please email emily@storycenter.org with questions or to register.
Download a registration form and fax, mail or email to emily@storycenter.org
To pay registration fee by credit card visit our on-line secure payment page
Event Schedule – TENTATIVE:
Thursday, August 17
6pm Dinner at Saratoga Springs
7pm Welcome, Introductions, and opening Story Circle
Friday, August 18
8:30am Breakfast
9:30am First discussion session: Storywork in Our Lives – Purpose and Principles
11:15am break
11:30am Interactive exercise
12:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Second discussion session: Nuts & Bolts – How Can I be a better Listener?
3:00pm Informal sessions and walk-abouts
5:30pm Dinner at Saratoga Springs
7:00pm Outdoor Story Ceremony at Ingel-Haven Ranch
Saturday, August 19
8:30am Breakfast
9:30am Third discussion session: Prompts & Circumstance – Defining Story Structures
11:15am break
11:30am Interactive exercise
12:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Fourth discussion session: Nuts & Bolts – Mastering Technique in Design
3:00pm Informal sessions and walk-abouts
6pm Dinner at Saratoga Springs
8pm Performance of PlaceMeant Project at Saratoga Springs
9pm Story Sharing – voluntary
Sunday, August 20
8:30am Breakfast
9:30am Fifth & Final discussion session: Dreams & Deconstructions – Is DS a genre?
11:15am break
11:30am Informal sessions and walk-abouts
12:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Closing remarks and good-byes
