PUBLIC WORKSHOPs

Listen Deeply: Storytelling In Community
May
18
to May 22

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.

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Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
May
20
to Jun 17

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.

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Digital Storytelling and Advocacy for Public Health Webinar (June 2026)
Jun
1

Digital Storytelling and Advocacy for Public Health Webinar (June 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.

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Introduction to Digital Storytelling Webinar (July 2026)
Jul
13

Introduction to Digital Storytelling Webinar (July 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.

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Participatory Media In The Classroom
Jul
20
to Jul 29

Participatory Media In The Classroom

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.

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Summer Intensive: Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
Aug
3
to Aug 14

Summer Intensive: Online Digital Storytelling Workshop

Special Summer Intensive. 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 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.

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Digital Storytelling Workshop - Oakland, CA
Aug
20
to Aug 22

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.

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Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
Aug
28
to Sep 25

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.

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Stories-in-Motion Workshop - Online
Sep
16
to Nov 18

Stories-in-Motion Workshop - Online

StoryCenter’s Joe Lambert returns to two of his favorite projects of the last 15 years, iOS storytelling for iPhones and iPads, and story-mapping.org, his effort to geo-locate stories about place, change and resistance. The workshop will have participants use their immediate community, and stories about the ways it has changed, to create stories using app-based photography, wevideo, and audio recording with the voicememo app.

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Participatory Research and Digital Storytelling (Co Sponsored by CREATE Praxis)
Sep
18
to Oct 23

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.

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Digital Storytelling Online Certificate Program
Oct
5
to Dec 7

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.

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Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
Nov
17
to Dec 15

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.

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Digital Storytelling and Advocacy for Public Health Webinar
Apr
13

Digital Storytelling and Advocacy for Public Health Webinar

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.

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Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
Apr
7
to May 5

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.

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