As 2008 staff for Obama’s first presidential campaign, Erin Fornoff was trained in ‘Story of Self, Story of Us, Story of Now’ methods of storytelling for social change, as created by Harvard professor Marshall Ganz and used throughout the campaign, including presidential addresses, and in community organising in the 60s, including such movements as Cesar Chavez’ farmworker rights campaigns. ‘Story of Self, Story of Us, Story of Now’ is a method of helping people who may not be firm in their own voice to learn to tell their own stories, explore their own motivations for leadership, and build empathetic calls to action around causes that matter.
This year’s Artivist in Residence Erin Fornoff has led trainings in ‘Story of Self’ to hundreds of Obama volunteers in Georgia and North Carolina in the USA, as well as using the method for her own speaking on stage with James Taylor. She has advised Irish presidential campaigns, taught workshops as a keynote in Farmleigh House in the Undergraduate Awards, led social entrepreneurs across Europe in the method, trained the Ashoka Europe staff of 150+ at their AGM, at WaveChange events for young leaders, Google staff, hundreds of college students across Ireland, and for many other organisations here and abroad. In her role as our Artivist in Residence, Erin is delivering a number of events during the festival including an evening performance on 27 March, a lunchtime talk on 28 March and another workshop during the afternoon of 28 March.
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