Online Coaching & Workshops

 
 
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Milbre Burch always finds a way to make storytelling reflect the world we live in.

Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution

Coaching

Milbre coaches storytellers, educators, and public speakers in private classes and one-on-one sessions from coast to coast and overseas.

Selected Coaching Clients:

  • The Gathering, with Laura Simms and Heather Forest

  • Research Success Center, School of Medicine, University of Missouri

  • The Los Angeles Storytelling Festival

  • The Sierra Storytelling Festival

  • Mother Lode Storytelling Guild, Murphy’s, California

  • Three-minute Thesis Competition, University of Missouri Graduate School


Teaching

Milbre also offers master classes, lecture-demonstrations, professional development and community workshops for teachers and librarians, colleges and universities, museums, nonprofit organizations, and lifelong learners.

Master Classes and Workshops Include:

  • “Telling Stories that Matter in a Changing World”

  • “Your Name is Your First Story”

  • “Mapping the ‘Creation Story’ of your Artistic Journey”

  • “The Art of Emceeing”

  • “Story Listening, Storytelling, and Story Making in the Classroom”

  • “Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There! Movement and Stillness in Storytelling”

Selected Workshop Locations:

  • Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

  • Rand Corporation Distinguished Speaker Series

  • National Storytelling Conference

  • Department of Theatre, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

  • East Tennessee State University

  • Kennesaw State University Family Business Seminar

  • Powellswood Garden Festival

  • Utah Storytelling Guild

  • Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, California

  • The Bridge, College of Education, University of Missouri

Custom-designed master classes and workshops are available upon request.