2024 Conference Schedule

Green font shows KDLA-approved 11.75 possible professional development contact hours for Kentucky's public librarians.

About Open Mics: All are welcome to tell a story -maximum length 7 minutes, so if your story is longer, tell an excerpt and folks can ask you about the rest later!

Friday, November 1

1:00-4:45 Pre-Conference, Jesse Stuart Experience 2.25

Transportation is provided. You'll start at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park. You'll visit Stuart's home, his statue, and the Jesse Stuart Foundation. Then, you'll return to Greenbo.

4:00 -- Greenbo State Park Lodge restaurant open for dinner until 7 p.m.

All Conference events take place in the lower level.

6:00-7:00 Registration - Downstairs Lobby

7:00-9:00 Evening Storytelling Event, Carter Room 2

Stories told by our Featured Teller Octavia Sexton, plus Open Mic.

Appropriate for middle school ages -- adults.

Learn more about Octavia's repertoire here.

Saturday, November 2

7:00 Breakfast FREE for Lodge Guests

8:00-8:45 Registration - Downstairs Lobby

8:15-8:40 Singing the Morning In - Carter Room .5

A few easy-to-learn and easy- to-lead songs and other musical activities you can use in your storytelling programs to connect stories and/or to regain listeners' attention.

8:40 -- 8:50 Greetings and Announcements - Carter Room

(Y after a workshop room means the session is appropriate for young people.)

9:00 -- 10:30 Workshop Session One 1.5

Creating Your Own Jack Tale by Octavia Sexton - Greenup Room, Y

Use your own community, culture, and environment to create a new Jack Tale

Come with an Anecdote; Leave with a Story by Barbara Schutzgruber & Dorothy Cleveland - Boyd Room Learn a blueprint for turning an anecdote into a story

10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 - 12:15 Workshop Session Two 1.5

Reclaiming Traditional Stories by Loren Niemi - Greenup Room, Y ages 13 - 17

Three techniques you can use to revive traditional stories

Two Sides of the Coin: Integrating Storytelling into STEM by Barry Stewart Mann - Carter Room, Y

Explore using storytelling strategies to teach Math and Science

12:15 -- 1:15 Lunch

1:15 -- 1:45 Open Mic - Carter Room .5

1:45-2:45 KSA Membership Meeting (+ Open Mic if a short meeting)

2:45 - 3:00 Break

3:00 -- 4:30 Workshop Session Three 1.5

Sausages and Stories: Let's Talk Process by Anne Shelby - Greenup Room, Y

A look at the processes storytellers use to develop stories

Tiny Treasures - Early Childhood Tales & Techniques by Carrie Sue Ayvar - Boyd Room, Y

Storytelling skills essential for Early Childhood Language and Emergent Literacy

4:30-7:00 Visiting, Networking, and Supper

(Some KSA folk may offer activities like a nature hike or a sing along too.

If so, announcements will be made at the close of Workshop Session Three.)

7:00-9:00 Evening Storytelling Program - Carter Room 2

Stories told by our Featured Teller Octavia Sexton, plus Open Mic

Appropriate for middle school ages -- adults.

Learn more about Octavia's repertoire here.

Sunday, November 3

7 - 10 Breakfast FREE for Lodge Guests

10:00 Board Meeting, Old Town Room (off the upstairs lobby)