The Future of Storytelling
The leading regional English educator conference: April 11, 2025
As teachers of literature and composition, we often focus on the usefulness of narrative or storytelling. Not only are students often more inspired by this genre, but even the "driest" and most analytical writing benefits from author's deliberate use of story. Whether used as a hook device, anecdotal evidence, a means of persuasion or the structure for epic stories and poems, the future is built by stories.
How might we reimagine storytelling for future audiences? How has technology changed storytelling? What are the stories we need to hear and to tell today? What are ways we can include a broader range of stories in our classrooms?
We invite you to share your thoughts as we talk through these questions and workshop solutions to form stories and connections that transcend boundaries.
Keynote Jose Faus
Jose Faus is a founder of the Latino Writers Collective and sits on the boards of The Latino Writers Collective, The Full Frame Initiative, and Charlotte Street Foundation.
He is the author of This Town Like That by Spartan Press and The Life and Times of José Calderon by West 39 Press.
English educators at the high school and college and university levels are encouraged to attend and exchange experiences on the continuing conversation surrounding the future of storytelling.
The Future of Storytelling
Friday, April 11, 2025
8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Registration fee: $35
Location:
Johnson County Community College
12345 College Blvd.
Overland Park, KS 66210
Regnier Center
Map and parking
Contact:
Andrea Broomfield,
Chair, English Department
Email