Virtual Trainings

The trainings listed on this page are open to anyone interested in these topics. It’s a great opportunity to build skills alongside peers wrestling with the same big questions as you. The registration FAQs below provide technical help registering for sessions. There are also answers to questions about who should participate, how to register multiple people from a single organization, accessibility, and more. There are currently trainings scheduled both for U.S. / Canadian timezones and Australian / New Zealand timezones. Trainings for Australia and New Zealand timezones have the country names in the session title. Please make sure you are registering for the right version.

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Upcoming Trainings

Sympathy Leads to Charity, Empathy Leads to Change: Crafting Whole-Person Narratives (4-hour workshop)
Aug
11

Sympathy Leads to Charity, Empathy Leads to Change: Crafting Whole-Person Narratives (4-hour workshop)

Stories that evoke empathy (rather than pity) don’t reduce someone to a problem. They offer context to help listeners understand not just what happened, but why. And they center the person with lived experience rather than an organization that has provided assistance. Participants will explore these ideas in-depth and practice crafting a story from a provided interview transcript.

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Leading Consent Conversations: Strategies to Understand Boundaries, Elicit Perspective, and Center Storytellers (4- hour workshop)
Sep
15

Leading Consent Conversations: Strategies to Understand Boundaries, Elicit Perspective, and Center Storytellers (4- hour workshop)

During this interactive and skills-based workshop, participants will explore what enthusiastic, informed consent means in storytelling. Activities will help participants re-imagine consent conversations as a tool for fostering partnership, exploring boundaries, and understanding goals. The workshop will also help participants develop skills for empowerment-based interviewing.

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Australia and New Zealand Storytelling Training Series (Save 20% by Registering for all 3 Trainings at Once)
Oct
6
to Nov 4

Australia and New Zealand Storytelling Training Series (Save 20% by Registering for all 3 Trainings at Once)

Registering for the Australia and New Zealand series gets you a seat in three virtual trainings:

  • Leading Consent Conversations: Strategies to Understand Boundaries, Elicit Perspective, and Empower Storytellers (4 hours) on Wednesday, October 7, 2026

  • Amplifying Without Overpowering: Taking Steps to Cede Storytelling Control & Deepen Partnerships (2 hours) on Wednesday, October 14, 2026

  • Sympathy Leads to Charity, Empathy Leads to Change: Crafting Whole-Person Narratives (4 hours) on Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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Australia and New Zealand — Leading Consent Conversations: Strategies to Understand Boundaries, Elicit Perspective, and Center Storytellers (4- hour workshop)
Oct
6
to Oct 7

Australia and New Zealand — Leading Consent Conversations: Strategies to Understand Boundaries, Elicit Perspective, and Center Storytellers (4- hour workshop)

During this interactive and skills-based workshop, participants will explore what enthusiastic, informed consent means in storytelling. Activities will help participants re-imagine consent conversations as a tool for fostering partnership, exploring boundaries, and understanding goals. The workshop will also help participants develop skills for empowerment-based interviewing.

  • Perth, Australia: Wednesday, October 7 at 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. AWST

  • Sydney & Melbourne, Australia: Wednesday, October 7 at 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. AEDT

  • Aukland, New Zealand: Wednesday, October 7 at 1 - 5 p.m. NZDT

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Australia and New Zealand — Amplifying Without Overpowering: Taking Steps to Cede Storytelling Control & Deepen Partnerships (2-hour enhanced webinar)
Oct
13

Australia and New Zealand — Amplifying Without Overpowering: Taking Steps to Cede Storytelling Control & Deepen Partnerships (2-hour enhanced webinar)

Participants will explore ways to move beyond reactive storytelling to better involve individuals and communities in setting their organizations' storytelling agenda in more meaningful ways. This training will touch on creating speakers bureaus and storytelling groups, investing in documentary-style projects, re-allocating funds to support existing community-led storytelling projects, and more.

  • Perth, Australia: Wednesday, October 14 at 8 - 10 a.m. AWST

  • Sydney & Melbourne, Australia: Wednesday, October 14 at 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. AEDT

  • Aukland, New Zealand: Wednesday, October 14 at 1 - 3 p.m. NZDT

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Australia and New Zealand — Sympathy Leads to Charity, Empathy Leads to Change: Crafting Whole-Person Narratives (4-hour workshop)
Nov
3
to Nov 4

Australia and New Zealand — Sympathy Leads to Charity, Empathy Leads to Change: Crafting Whole-Person Narratives (4-hour workshop)

Stories that evoke empathy (rather than pity) don’t reduce someone to a problem. They offer context to help listeners understand not just what happened, but why. And they center the person with lived experience rather than an organization that has provided assistance. Participants will explore these ideas in-depth and practice crafting a story from a provided interview transcript.

  • Perth, Australia: Wednesday, November 4 at 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. AWST

  • Sydney & Melbourne, Australia: Wednesday, November 4 at 12 - 4 p.m. AEDT

  • Aukland, New Zealand: Wednesday, November 4 at 2 - 6 p.m. NZDT

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