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Adriance Memorial Library, Poughkeepsie, NY

  • Adriance Memorial Library 93 Market Street, Charwat Meeting Room Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601 United States (map)

What’s Your Story? Write It, Learn It, Tell It

In this interactive “playshop,” we’ll explore techniques that lead to highly effective storytelling. Through the fusion of imagination and structure, you’ll discover ways to shape your story, commit it to memory, and deliver it with confidence. Overcome any fear of public speaking and make a positive impression on audiences in your work, school, or personal life.

This event is free and open to the public. Visit the Poughkeepsie Public Library calendar page for more information.

About the presenter:

Brent Sverdloff teaches language and communications courses at colleges in the Hudson Valley. He has told stories at The Moth, The Porch, and countless professional conferences. Brent is the former Executive Director of an improvisational theater company in San Francisco and the author of a newly published collection of interviews, Off Book: Memorization Secrets from Performing Artists.

Earlier Event: September 20
Millbrook Library, Millbrook, NY
Later Event: November 5
Pleasant Valley Library, New York