Partners in storytelling: A workshop to improve community storytelling and centring lived experience

Stories can create positive change. When they are led by the community, stories become even more powerful. So, how can we better create and the tell these stories safely and ethically?

This workshop will support community workers and leaders and communications and marketing staff to:

• rethink how to tell stories more powerfully placing the community at the centre
• co-design safer spaces to create and tell community stories with respect, sensitivity and appreciation of people’s lived experiences
• develop processes and strategies to better reach audiences benefiting the community.

In this workshop, two Our Race facilitators will introduce participants to five principles of ethical storytelling, giving them the resources to reach their audiences by creating and telling community stories safely – and more powerfully.

Key Outcomes:

• Learn how to apply the principles of Transformational Ethical Story Telling (TEST)
• Revisit your storytelling to be respectful and person-centred
• Share strategies to use stories to counter racism and discrimination

Who is this workshop for?

• Any organisations telling community stories
• Representatives of organisations working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, multicultural and refugee communities
• Anyone volunteering and working in the community
• Managers, Coordinators, Staff, Marketing and Communications Teams and Volunteers seeking to tap into storytelling to engage with their community

This workshop is funded by the Inner West Council. 

If you have access needs please let us know (Inner West Council can provide Auslan, Audio Description and Live Captioning and more). 

The venue is wheelchair accessible and has an accessible toilet

All ticket sales and donations will go towards Story Holder workshops and resource development so we can continue to follow our key objective to provide free, accessible resources to empower Story Holders across Australia and beyond. 

For more information, contact Aniela on aniela.pepe@innerwest.nsw.gov.au