Pedal Parables 2024 - Storyteller Sign-up

Storytellers wanted! Old Spokes Home is joining together with Local Motion to host our second-annual night of storytelling with a theme of lives lived on and around bicycles. Limited to 5 minutes, storytellers will be asked to tell a tale from your life that you experienced thanks to bikes. The goal is to both entertain and enlighten; to share knowledge that you have arrived at thanks to your time on, with or around bikes. Please note - not all stories need to be about epic tours or winter commutes in sub-zero temps. All two-wheeled enthusiasts are welcome.

We've created this form as a way to recruit and keep track of potential storytellers.  We've got  room for 10 - 12 stories and if 2023 is any indication, we will likely have room for a few stories told spontaneously.  This sign-up sheet is to help us with planning.  If we wind up with a surplus of storytellers, we will make selections with the goal of having a great mix of stories told by a great mix of folks. 

Wednesday February 7, 6:30 PM @ Old Spokes Home. 

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Story Guidelines

Thanks so much for signing up to tell a story at our Pedal Parables event.  If you have questions, please e-mail Jon Copans at jon@oldspokeshome.com.  To help you prepare, here are some guidelines for telling your story: 

You have 5 minutes. 

There will be a chime played to let you know you have one minute left. If you’re not done at 5 minutes, we will unfortunately have to cut you off, and we don’t want to do that!

Your story should have a beginning, a middle and an end.

Structure is important for impact and effect. You don’t need to teach everyone a lesson, but you should give them a conflict and a resolution.

Your story must relate to bikes.

It doesn’t need to explicitly be about bikes or biking, but bikes and biking should have something to do with it. (Ideally something significant.)

Amateurs welcome!

Preferred, actually. We want to hear stories from all corners of the Vermont cycling community.

Practice! 

Storytelling is an art, and like all arts, it takes practice. The more you practice, the better you will tell your story. And, of course, make sure that you can present your story the way you want in five minutes.

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