The Storytelling Certificate Program
Offered in partnership with Metropolitan Community College, The Storytelling Certificate Program will help you create and share your stories; whether contemporary or historical, real or imagined. Free courses taught by practicing professionals will help you grow your stories from a spark of inspiration into a polished, marketable product. Currently, you can earn a Storytelling Certificate in written or oral storytelling. This program is made possible through funding from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Upon completing the Certificate Program, you should be able to:
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Describe different forms and styles of written or oral storytelling.
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Understand and apply core concepts, skills, and techniques necessary to create, edit, and publish or perform an original story.
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Compare and evaluate various publication and performance models and opportunities.
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Define and develop strategies for cultivating a particular brand.
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Understand how basic business concepts and tools apply to professional writing and storytelling.
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Cultivate opportunities and identify resources for continued learning.
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Engage in a community of storytellers.
Oral Storytelling Certificate Requirements:
Creation
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Storycrafting Fundamentals
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Resources for Storytellers
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Introduction to Storytelling Varieties
Development
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Starting to Tell Stories
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Performance Basics
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Performance Showcase and Masterclass:
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Story Swap! (attend twice)
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Storytelling Elective
Business
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Marketing for Storytellers
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Copyright Basics
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Storytelling as a Business
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Performance Options & Opportunities
Capstone–Participants will perform a 5-7-minute original story at the Storytelling Certificate Celebration.
The Capstone for the Oral Storytelling Certificate must be a 5-7-minute story to be performed at the Storytelling Certificate Celebration. We encourage students to work on their Capstone throughout the duration of the program. Once a student completes the program, they also have the opportunity to have their performance recorded and included in the listening station.
Additional Requirements
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Participants will write a 500-word essay on what they hope to gain from the certificate program
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Participants will write a 500-word review of a book from The Story Center Collection
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Participants will write a 500-word exit essay on what they gained from the certificate program
Please direct all submissions to the Story Center Program Manager, Shannon Thompson at SThompson@mymcpl.org or 816.883.4780.