Category Archives: Rock Soup

  Last winter I attended a symposium called Life, The Universe and Everything. Here are the notes from one of the panels. –        Recommend you read other genres, especially the best low genres. I.e. Jane Austen –        your narrative makes … Continue reading →

I had the opportunity to run my first contest in Toastmasters tonight. Fortunately, the Toastmasters organization has a very detailed rule book on what is involved to run a speech contest. They also provide some nice documents that need to … Continue reading →

This is wonderful things I’m learning as a member of the speech organization called Toastmasters. Today I had my first opportunity to be a judge a speech contest. In many respects, it’s very similar to being a judge for storytelling. … Continue reading →

I really like the advice that we received from the professional actress named Kym Mellen. She gave a presentation to a story telling retreat I attended. (Kym is a professional actor and director–and the wife of Vance a local story … Continue reading →

The Roots and Wings retreat had some wonderful information, this year. In Steffani Raff’s presentation of Using technology to organize and track your stories, I learned about some very useful software’s that could be very helpful in my efforts to … Continue reading →

It is always nice to take advantage of the knowledge and skills of fellow tellers. We had a variety of subjects at this year’s Roots and Wings story telling retreat. It’s pleasant to associate with fellow tellers and to enjoy … Continue reading →

Today’s Rock Soup is devoted to storytelling and making topics in school relevant. Over a year ago I created a storytelling presentation called, Traits of a Hero. This presentation has multiple objectives, one of which is to teach children how … Continue reading →

I’m working on expanding certain components of a story telling event, I’ve created called Traits of a Hero. The purpose of this event is to tell several stories and then relate scientific or nature related details of the story that … Continue reading →

Tonight I received some good advice on how to build one’s credentials through LinkedIn. This can be useful for those who want to build their reputation throughout their career and promote other skill sets. First, you can click on one … Continue reading →

A while ago, I attended a small panel at the Orem library. The panelists were accomplished bloggers who gave some nice advice on blogs. The following are the notes I’ve taken from the panel. Some of my personal thoughts and … Continue reading →