The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Conferences

• Smithsonian Storytelling Weekend**
  (Organizer: Smithsonian Associate; Golden Fleece Group)

  The Smithsonian Associates symposium on organizational storytelling with events at the Smithsonian and events hosted by the Golden Fleece Group.

  • Smithsonian Storytelling Weekend, April 15-17, 2010, Washington, DC
    Organizational Storytelling 101: The Basics of Organizational Storytelling, April 15 (evening workshop)
    Organizational Storytelling—A Tool for Transforming the Workplace, April 16 (all-day seminar)
    You, Me and We: Connecting through Story, April 17 (Golden Fleece all-day workshops)

  • Smithsonian Storytelling Weekend, April 16-18, 2009, Washington, DC
    Organizational Storytelling 101: The Basics of Organizational Storytelling, April 16 (evening workshop)
    Storytelling, a Path to High-Performance Teams, April 17 (all-day seminar)
    Why Story Matters Now More Than Ever: Exploring Contemporary Challenges, April 18 (Golden Fleece all-day workshops; Sponsor: KM Institute)

  • Smithsonian Storytelling Weekend, May 8-10, 2008, Washington, DC
    Organizational Storytelling 101: The Basics of Organizational Storytelling, May 8 (evening workshop)
    Organizational Storytelling and Innovation, May 9 (all-day seminar)
    Storytelling and Innovation, May 10 (Golden Fleece all-day workshops)

  • Smithsonian Storytelling Weekend, May 4-5, 2007, Washington, DC
    Leadership and Storytelling: Conversations in Organizations, May 4 (Smithsonian Symposium / all-day seminar)
    Storytelling in Conversations, May 5 (Golden Fleece Int’l Conference Storytelling in Business and Organizations)

  • Smithsonian Storytelling Weekend, April 21-22, 2006, Washington, DC
    Storytelling and the Art of Organizational Narrative (Smithsonian Symposium / all-day seminar)
    How Leaders Harness the Power of Story to Communicate, Motivate, Collaborate and Succeed, April 22 (Golden Fleece Int’l Conference Storytelling in Business and Organizations)

  • Smithsonian Storytelling Weekend, April 22-24, 2005, Washington DC
    Storytelling for Organizational Success, April 22 (all-day seminar)
    Storytelling Inside Organizations, April 23 (Golden Fleece storytelling workshops)
    The Washington DC Story, April 24 (one-day walking tour; host: Center for Narrative Studies)

  • Smithsonian Storytelling Weekend, 16-18 April 2004, Washington DC
    Social Event for Participants, April 16 (evening)
    Storytelling: A Catalyst for Change in Organizations, April 16-17 (Smithsonian Associates two-day workshop)
    Real-Time Story-Making Magic, April 17 (evening storytelling theater performance)
    Using Story in Organizations, April 18 (Golden Fleece extra storytelling workshops)

  • Organizational Storytelling Weekend, April 11-13, 2003, Washington DC
    Becoming Story-Wise, April 11 (one-day Workshop)
    Shaping the Stories that Shape Us Learning to Use Organizational Storytelling, April 12 (Smithsonian Associates one-day workshop)
    A Land Twice Promised, April 12 (evening storytelling theater performance)
    Washington’s Epic: Putting the National Story in Place, April 13 (morning walking tour; host: Center for Narrative Studies)
    Storytelling Get-Together, April 13 (afternoon Golden Fleece gathering)

  • Workshop on ‘Harnessing the Power of Storytelling in Your Organization, April 20, 2002, Washington DC
  • Weekend-Seminar: Storytelling-Passport to Success in the 21st Century, April 20-21, 2001, Washington DC
    (in conjunction with the Smithsonian “Campus on the Mall” program)

Meetings

(GoldenFleece gathers in Washington DC on the First Tuesday of every month)

• December 2007 A Buzz with Steve Denning (whose latest book–The Secret Language of Leadership– was just released) and Madelyn Blair
• November 2007 Exploring the life-enhancing story components of archetype and myth
• October 2007 Hosted by Atieno Fisher
• July 2007 Annual get-together with the interns of the Washington Ireland Program
• June 2007 The ethics of narrative
• April 2007 What’s your narrative intelligence?
• March 2006 Opening the door to your office is like opening the cover of a book: inside you’ll find a story
• February 2007 Some thinking from ‘The Secret Language of Leadership’ & workshop on ‘Can storytelling be used to deal with any leadership challenge?’
• December 2006 Holiday party and LaughingMuse: Sharing laughter and interacting and telling stories in which humor came to the rescue
• December 2006 Discussing to book ‘Wake Me When The Data Is Over: How Organizations Use Storytelling to Drive Results’
• October 2006 The issues of business and organizational needs and how story can help to address them
• September 2006 Using storytelling in successful proposal strategies to government, private sector, and international contracts
• August 2006 Living Stories process to share some of your personal experiences and wisdom
• July 2006 Meeting with the young leaders of the Washington-Ireland program
• June 2006 The Social Construction of the Storytelling Community
• May 2006 How to grow a storytelling business
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• November 2005 How the Greek Muses can motivate imagination, innovation, distinction and laughter in storytelling for organizations
• September 2005 Telling Your Professional Story Through Your Resume
• August 2005 Emotional Magnetism – Storytelling for Business Results
• July 2005 Story telling and story listening: Meeting with the students of the Washington-Ireland narrative-based Program for Service and Leadership (WIP)
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• June 2004 Come celebrate the launch of Steve Denning’s new book Squirrel, Inc. – A Tale About Leadership Through Storytelling
• May 2004 Dynamic evening of Story and Improv.
• March 2004 Storytelling, laughter, and jokes
• February 2004 The movie “Big Fish” and an exploration of “Story and Movies”
• January 2004 UN Storytelling Process
• December 2003 End of year storytelling celebration: “Living Story” Process
• November 2003 Stories of Uncomfortableness
• October 2003 Marketing Story of GoldenFleece
• September 2003 An Organizational change model and its relationship to story
• August 2003 Story as the Approach for Facilitating a Knowledge Management Innovation
• July 2003 Irish Storytelling evening with the Washington-Ireland Program students
• June 2003 A process on community-building
• May 2003 Stories from the 3rd Smithsonian Conference, future directions of the community (strategic planning process)
• April 2003 Storytelling and Mindfulness
• March 2003 Listening for lawyers
• February 2003 Storytelling and Our Work in the World
• January 2003 New Years Ritual
• December 2002 Performance of Alicias poem The Voyage of the Golden Fleece
• November 2002 Discussion on the sprouting of new groups in Atlanta, Albany, San Diego, and Boston, as well as the possibility of an entire weekend of events around a third annual organizational storytelling event at the Smithsonian
• August 2002 Exploring the Use of Story in Knowledge Sharing Using Simulations; Preview of a NASA workshop on Work Life Balance
• July 2002 The Irish Story with the young Irish interns from the Young Leaders program
• June 2002 Narrative in organizations using complexity theory
• May 2002 Seven Highest Value Forms of Organizational Storytelling
• April 2002 Creating a Culture of Conscious Storytelling in Organizations
• March 2002 Knowledge Sharing Initiative Using Storytelling at NASA
• February 2002 Activating Human Potential in Communities of Practice
• January 2002 The Heros Journey Applied to the History of American Foreign Policy
• December 2001 Tapping the Archetypal Power of Stories in Organizations
• November 2001 Storytelling and Appreciative Inquiry
• October 2001 Leadership Stories
• August 2001 Living Stories Process & Draft Description for the OSG
• July 2001 Living Stories Process & Four Stories of Our Beginnings