If you're looking for a different sort of approach to professional development, or for a new method of problem-solving, Kiran has a workshop for you. His method focuses on applied storytelling, a deep and intense practice moving storytelling beyond performance to a tool used to tackle some of today's toughest issues.
His workshops focus on the power of storytelling and how you can harness that power to dream bigger, act bolder, and make positive change in the world. Don't expect to be a passive listener. You'll be an active participant as he walks you and your team through various exercises and introduces best practices for integrating story and storytelling methodology into your work.
Likewise, expect more than just a simple workshop. Kiran is helping lead a storytelling movement, a revolution that began in 1973 with the inception of the International Storytelling Center and continues in strength today. The trainings he offers are rooted in using storytelling in profound ways to achieve big goals. Storytelling has the power to help mitigate climate change, break down social and political barriers, and even bring about world peace.
Changing the world is a very real aspiration, and we welcome working with others who believe the same. Contact his team today to get started. Whether you need a training session for a few hours or a few days, a workshop for a dozen people or several hundred; whether you're starting from scratch or moving to the next level, Kiran will work with you to develop a truly personalized and unique experience.
(Please note: While live, in-person events are still much preferred, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us all to rethink how we gather. As such, Kiran's workshops can be delivered either in-person or virtually via the video-conference platform of your choice.)
His workshops focus on the power of storytelling and how you can harness that power to dream bigger, act bolder, and make positive change in the world. Don't expect to be a passive listener. You'll be an active participant as he walks you and your team through various exercises and introduces best practices for integrating story and storytelling methodology into your work.
Likewise, expect more than just a simple workshop. Kiran is helping lead a storytelling movement, a revolution that began in 1973 with the inception of the International Storytelling Center and continues in strength today. The trainings he offers are rooted in using storytelling in profound ways to achieve big goals. Storytelling has the power to help mitigate climate change, break down social and political barriers, and even bring about world peace.
Changing the world is a very real aspiration, and we welcome working with others who believe the same. Contact his team today to get started. Whether you need a training session for a few hours or a few days, a workshop for a dozen people or several hundred; whether you're starting from scratch or moving to the next level, Kiran will work with you to develop a truly personalized and unique experience.
(Please note: While live, in-person events are still much preferred, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us all to rethink how we gather. As such, Kiran's workshops can be delivered either in-person or virtually via the video-conference platform of your choice.)
With his background in the arts as well as an ability to teach effectively, Kiran gives individuals and communities new ways to approach collaborative efforts aimed at conflict resolution on any level.”
-R. Popham, Managing Editor, The Desmond Tutu Foundation-USA
Select EngagementsSOUND POSTINGS / 2022
A special convening of storytelling and music with world-class cellist Yo-Yo Ma held in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Kiran led a thinking exercise and workshop focusing on the interplay between culture and the environment, music and stories, and how they can foster peace and understanding, building out connections between and among one another and the land upon which we live and work. Kiran participated as a thinking partner on behalf of ISC in partnership with The Office performing arts and film, the National Park Service, the Cherokee Museum, Tremont, Black in Appalachia, and others. commUNITY / 2021
A two-part talk/workshop series focused on community building presented in partnership with Stuart Rotary in Stuart, Virginia ARTISTS AT WORK / 2020
A training for Artists at Work (AAW,) a new WPA-inspired program funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation putting artists at the center of post-pandemic economic recovery WEAVING OUR STORIES / 2020
A three-part deep-dive workshop series presented online to various municipalities, nonprofits, and community groups in Victoria, Australia STORYTELLING: THE POWER OF PEACE / 2017
An opening keynote and workshop for the Collaborative and Adaptive Security Initiative (CASI) with the US Department of Defense HOUSE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE / 2016
Led a story circle eventually helping lead to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2019 THE WHITE HOUSE, COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACTION SUMMIT / 2015
At the invitation and request of The White House, presented on best practices in community leadership |
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Kiran's presentation added significant depth to the program and encouraged the audience to view intercultural communities through a different lens – that of storytelling!” -J. Trijsburg, Melton City Council; Melton, Australia
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Ready to make story part of your organization's culture? Want Kiran to speak at your next event?
Reach out for more information and we'll see how we can work together.
Reach out for more information and we'll see how we can work together.