I. TELLING TRUTH, TELLING STORIES
1 Teaching Storytelling and Teaching through Storytelling, 3
2 Welcome and Congratulations, 7
3 Celebrate the Joy of Storytelling, 13
II. HOW TO BECOME A STORYTELLER
4 A Living Art: How Does One Learn Stories? It Is Worth the Effort, 25
5 Types of Stories, 35
6 Selecting a Story, and Version, to Tell, 43
7 Building a Program, 55
8 Performance Issues, 69
9 Interacting with the Audience, 75
10 The Business of Storytelling, 81
III. WHY BOTHER LEARNING AND TELLING STORIES?
11 Storytelling versus Storycrafting: Traditional versus Current Forms, 91
12 The Ethics and Psychology of Storytelling, 101
13 The Energy of Storytelling, 109
14 Storytelling in Times of Anxiety and Change, 116
15 The Storyteller's Responsibility to the Audience: Choosing Stories You Trust, 124
IV. FAREWELL
16 Storytelling Values, the Value of Storytelling, 133
APPENDIX A. Storiography, 139
APPENDIX B. Story Collections, 179
APPENDIX C. Webliography-Web Sites Useful to Storytellers and Students, 189