Storytime is a transformative experience that invites us to share our personal stories and grow closer together. We’re so glad you’re here.
People on the Bus, by Lucie Robert
Medicine for the 21st century
We create and facilitate custom storytelling gatherings in service to the people of our world– so many of us reeling with stress and trauma, in dire need of connection, collective healing, and a really good time.
The Storytime experience is the inspiration for its broader vision, a global peace initiative called The Village.
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Who we serve
We customize Storytime to suit your needs. Click on a group to learn how we can help.
Community initiatives and non-profits
We support community initiatives and non-profits to connect and invigorate your teams so you can focus on what you do best. Storytime is a powerful experience to rejuvenate burnt out employees, volunteers, and other stakeholders by reminding them of their common humanity and the joy of working together.
Corporate teams
We help organizations to bridge internal divides and build team spirit. When employees are demotivated, disconnected, or divided, Storytime is a powerful experience to build a culture of care, make people feel like they matter, and inspire a shared vision.
Language students
People learn better when they are having fun. Storytime is a dynamic and creative way to improve oral language skills, build confidence, and expand networks. It offers a highly engaging complement to traditional English- or French- second language programs, in academia, government, and organizations.
Events, conferences, retreats and festivals
The community-building effect of Storytime supports groups gathering for an event to quickly get to know each other, deeply connect, and build relationships. We bring Storytime to all kinds of events, and also offer pre- and post- event sessions to build, engage, and maintain community.
Private celebrations
Storytime is a uniquely connecting experience that brings meaning to important milestones in our lives. We work with you to design impactful, interactive experiences that will make your retirement party, wedding, birthday, celebration of life, or other occasions, unforgettable.
Immigrants and locals
Our pilot project Love thy Neighbour brings together immigrants, refugees, and born-Quebecers to grow openness, trust, mutual respect, and community, as people from different backgrounds share the stories that unite them.
Vulnerable populations
Storytime is an impactful community-building tool that can support vulnerable populations in refugee and community centres, homeless and women’s shelters, libraries, foster care, prisons, etc. We work with you to approach sensitive subject matter with awareness and care.
Divided peoples
We are starting a Storytime pilot called The Bridge. Its mission is to bring together people divided by culture, politics, religion, and war, to share their stories, realize their commonalities, and inspire them to go beyond their differences.
Seniors
Storytime is an uplifting, and deeply entertaining experience for seniors. It helps to overcome loneliness, flex memory muscles, and bring meaning to a long life.
We also offer Intergenerational Storytime, bringing youth and seniors together to connect, share, and learn from each other.
Students
We bring Storytime to schools for students, from high school onward. The experience opens them to each other in a profound and captivating way, helping to prevent bullying, isolation, discrimination, and division as it brings them together. The experience is also a powerful connector for international and exchange students. With so many youth in crisis, Storytime improves young people’s empathy, confidence, sense of belonging, and wellbeing.
Shared interest, pop up groups
Would you like to join a Storytime event or group? We organize pop-up or recurring Storytime gatherings for shared interest groups, and charge fees to participants. In recurring groups, relationships and community deepen powerfully over time.
We have created diverse groups for people with complex mothers, consciousness-seekers, divided peoples, coffeeshop regulars, and women working in sustainability, to name a few.
If you want to start your own recurring group and have us facilitate, reach out to us!
our impact
Why we share our stories
Social connection
Storytime is an antidote to disconnection, loneliness, and division. As we listen to each other and are equally deeply heard, the walls between us dissolve and we feel bonded, even loved.
We become better colleagues, friends, and community members.
Inspiration and Rejuvenation
In a world filled with stress, burnout, and mental health challenges, Storytime offers a powerful, uplifting experience in celebration of our humanity.
Storytime inspires purpose and team spirit.
Confidence and Listening
Storytime is an interactive co-creation that invites participants to practice telling their stories and listening to others.
A confidence-builder, it is a highly entertaining way to improve language, storytelling, and listening skills.
by the numbers
290+
Gatherings
5150+
stories told
85%
repeat attendance
OUR SECRET SAUCE
Founder Brenda Keesal adapts Storytime to help connect and inspire a community of global volunteers at Ukraine Now. Hearts of Ukraine campaign, The Village.
An open heart, opens hearts
The magic of Storytime is simple, yet powerfully effective.
In a Storytime gathering, when one person opens their heart, they open the door for someone else to do the same. The magic spreads from me, to you, to us. A movement is born.
Let’s talk about how we can uplift your people.
What people are saying about Storytime
Truly amazing and therapeutic
Attending the Storytime gatherings at Ukraine Now was a truly amazing and therapeutic experience. They were a source of strength and solidarity, helping me navigate the horrors of the war in Ukraine during the early days of invasion and empowering me to take real action. We could open our hearts, share experiences, and build lasting relationships.
Food for humanity
As music is food for the soul, then Storytime is food for humanity; it goes to the core and the essence of what we feel and ultimately what we need.
Storytelling for a new century
Storytime re-invents the interactive art of storytelling for a new century, evolving the oldest art form of the world, to embrace the hottest technology of our day.
Innovation Consultant, Product Mgr, Data Scientist Business Strategy Analyst,
UX Designer
London, UK
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Ready to transform your group, team, or event?
Fill out our short email form and we’ll book a free consultation to discuss how we can customize Storytime for your needs.
Our fabulous Storytime Facilitators, Brenda and Rachael, model values of respect and love together, listening, and sharing, in how they work and play.
Meet our team.
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