Recently 16 people from around the country gathered in a quiet
Connecticut township for a weeklong storytelling retreat. Each person
in her or his own way is working toward the transformation of
communities. There were folks present from social change organizations,
the private sector, the interfaith community, the healing traditions,
organizational development consulting, the performing arts, and
philanthropic foundations. The retreat was sponsored by Bill Graustein
of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
in Connecticut and guided by Donald Davis, a skilled storyteller from
North Carolina. I count myself lucky to have been among this group
of people brought together to practice the art of building community
through story. We quickly learned that the path toward helping other
people, organizations, and communities to share their stories,
requires first embracing your own story—in all its glory and
imperfections
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