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Michael Kass

‘My son wants to know why you voted for Trump’ (Christmas, 2016)

I’m sitting with my parents and two of their friends in a Chicago bar. It’s Chistmas Eve, 2016.

Nov 6

Nov 6

Why your use case is not a story

With the words ‘story’ and ‘storytelling’ getting thrown around willy-nilly these days, it’s not surprising that their definition has…

May 29

Why your use case is not a story

May 29

An Urgent Request From The Trees

A couple years ago, I had the opportunity to stand in the center of a cathedral of Ancient Redwoods and facilitate a group of 100 or so…

Mar 7, 2021

An Urgent Request From The Trees

Mar 7, 2021

Why so many Zoom meetings are soul sucking cesspools of doom and what to do about it

A recent story by NPR’s Pallavi Gogoi proclaimed that CEOs want to ‘Ditch those awful Zoom calls.’ Not just any CEOs, either. Big time…

Oct 26, 2020

Why so many Zoom meetings are soul sucking cesspools of doom and what to do about it

Oct 26, 2020

Reconnecting with the Heart Center

Here’s something I notice: If I go more than four or five days without doing some sort of meditation, breathwork, or embodied movement…

Sep 7, 2020

Butterfly energy emanating from the heart

Sep 7, 2020

Disentangling from Outcome Culture

The first time I danced with a meditation practice, it disguised itself as a theater warm up.

Aug 31, 2020

Disentangling from Outcome Culture

Aug 31, 2020

Beyond ‘Best Practice:’ Ethical Storytelling and Cultural Transformation

I’ve been leading organizational storytelling workshops since 2012. For the first few years, I enthusiastically taught the narrative…

Aug 21, 2020

Beyond ‘Best Practice:’ Ethical Storytelling and Cultural Transformation

Aug 21, 2020

The Unexpected Beauty of Staying in Place

Four years ago, right around my 40th birthday, I signed up with Rites of Passage to spend three days in the desert alone, fasting. I know…

Mar 27, 2020

The Unexpected Beauty of Staying in Place

Mar 27, 2020

Debunking Three Fundraising Myths

My favorite part of the storytelling workshops that I offer for not-for-profit and community benefit organizations are the questions and…

Jul 10, 2019

Debunking Three Fundraising Myths

Jul 10, 2019

‘Sometimes you don’t even want to breathe’

‘What if you put your grandfather on the boat?’

Jul 10, 2019

‘Sometimes you don’t even want to breathe’

Jul 10, 2019

Michael Kass

Michael Kass

I’m on a mission to help build a future for all beings by harnessing the power of the story to create change. Want to help? www.storyandspirit.org

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