Beyond Borders Storytelling

Stories for Wanderlusting Adventurers.

EVENTS

OBSESSED STORY JAM
Feb 20, 8:00pm-9:30pm
PianoFight
144 Taylor St, SF
$12 online | $15 at the door

Eventbrite - Beyond Borders Storytelling Workshop

Join us for true tales of losing control of our impulses. An extreme infatuation, all-consuming fascination, or unrelenting torment. A crush gone too far. Ambition at any cost. That pair of Air Jordans you HAD TO HAVE. Captain Ahab, Wile E. Coyote, and bunny boilers have nothing on our storytellers—they’ll tell you what it’s really like to be Obsessed!

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BLOG

Storyteller Survival Guide
Although many people causally break into stories quite naturally in everyday life, getting on stage to tell a story is stressful and far from a natural feeling. Here are four fundamental elements to preparing and telling a story on stage.
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Jenn Lo: "It's Like Toastmasters on Steroids"
We went behind the scenes to learn about Beyond Borders newbie Jenn Lo's storytelling journey. Find out why this professional facilitator and coach chickened out of our workshop, and why storytelling is, to her, "Toastmasters on steroids."
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STORY VIDEOS

Jay Nunez - Smell of Loneliness
A man is haunted by pupusas during a long bus ride in El Salvador.
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Aparna Jayaraman: Pride
Survival instincts and local vocabulary kick in when a group of Americans find themselves in an unknown village in Lesotho.  Watch Now>>