PUBLIC WORKSHOPs
Stories-in-Motion Workshop (Story Mapping With ArcGIS)
Geo-locate stories about place, change, and resistance. In this course, participants will reflect on changes in their immediate communities to create stories using app-based photography and video on iOS and Android devices, edit in WeVideo, and explore the ArcGIS StoryMaps and Google Maps softwares to create multi-point story map documentary projects.
Participatory Research and Digital Storytelling (Co Sponsored by CREATE Praxis)
How can participatory research approaches leverage the purpose and power of digital storytelling to more meaningfully center the lived experiences of research participants and impacted community members? This workshop offering draws on both popular education and participatory research frameworks to explore how digital storytelling can support with critically reflecting on and sharing personal narratives as a valuable form of knowledge throughout the research process.
Introduction to Digital Storytelling Webinar (October 2026)
Explore StoryCenter’s approach to digital storytelling and participatory media. Learn the foundations of our internationally recognized method, including the Seven Steps storytelling framework. Discover how digital storytelling supports advocacy, education, public health, community engagement, and the preservation of cultural knowledge through real-world examples.
Digital Storytelling Online Certificate Program
This workshop is designed for individuals who are interested in developing their digital storytelling facilitation skills and have completed a StoryCenter workshop in which they create a digital story, or they have completed a digital story in a workshop that employs the StoryCenter approach.
Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
This is the online version of the original in-person digital storytelling workshop that has supported tens of thousands of storytellers as they identify a personal experience to share, develop it into a script, and edit it into a video. Over the course of five weeks, guided by experienced StoryCenter facilitators, you will craft and produce a two to four-minute digital story based on a 300-word narration script.
Listen Deeply: Storytelling In Community
During the 2-session workshop, participants will engage with StoryCenter’s participatory storytelling methods. They will come together with a community of storytellers to participate in a story circle and develop a short, compelling personal narrative.
January 2027 Intensive: Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
Experience StoryCenter’s globally recognized workshop approach for developing personal narratives, building community and honoring your life experience. Over the course of TWO weeks, guided by experienced StoryCenter facilitators, you will craft and produce a two- to four-minute digital story based on a 300-word narration script. This workshop includes story sharing activities, support for writing and recording a script, access to our video editing platform, and easy-to-follow instructions for creating a beautiful short video.
Participatory Media In The Classroom (June 2027)
In this experiential workshop, 6th to 12th-grade teachers explore StoryCenter’s longstanding practice of narrative and participatory media-making as an engaging form of knowledge-building and a rich way for students to demonstrate understanding. StoryCenter’s method centers community-building, structured collaboration, and reflection on each storyteller's personal connection to a variety of content areas.
Digital Storytelling and Participatory Media in the Classroom: Webinar (September 2026)
Storytelling can be a valuable tool for students and educators. Our story facilitation methods support classrooms in building community and contextualizing information for deeper learning. This free, one-hour webinar offer participants a broad introduction to our work and it’s application in middle - college level education.
Digital Storytelling and Advocacy for Public Health Webinar (September 2026)
Storytelling can be a valuable tool for public health researchers and practitioners. Our story facilitation methods support local community members in sharing first-person narratives and turning them into videos that can be used for training, community mobilization, advocacy, and more. This free, one-hour webinars offer participants a broad introduction to our work in public health, and an understanding of how our public health partnerships work.
Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
This is the online version of the original in-person digital storytelling workshop that has supported tens of thousands of storytellers as they identify a personal experience to share, develop it into a script, and edit it into a video. Over the course of five weeks, guided by experienced StoryCenter facilitators, you will craft and produce a two to four-minute digital story based on a 300-word narration script.
Digital Storytelling Workshop - Oakland, CA
This is the original 3-day digital storytelling production workshop. You will learn about StoryCenter’s short-form video production workshop process, engage with a community of storytellers and create a two to four minute video based on a personal story. The in-person workshop is open to all, but it particularly suited to participants who are interested in digital storytelling as a trauma-informed practice and to participants who are interested in the transformational power of exploring their voice in a highly facilitated group setting.
Listen Deeply: Storytelling In Community
During the 2-session workshop, participants will engage with StoryCenter’s participatory storytelling methods. They will come together with a community of storytellers to participate in a story circle and develop a short, compelling personal narrative.