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An Evening of Storytelling
| When | Friday, July 20, 2018, 6 – 8pm |
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| Where | Main Library 1026 E Kearsley St Flint, MI 48503 |
| Event type | General |
| Details |
LaRon
Williams is our MC with Flint Storytellers: Brenda Harris, Cathee
Johnson and Sharon Boone! Three fantastic and local Flint Storytellers
engage the audience in folktales, song and laughter! They will present
tales from many lands with remarkable stories to take you on an evening
of adventure.
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| Audience | Infant, Toddler, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, High School Age, College, Adult, Senior |
| Room | General Reading Room |
| Link | www.flintliteraryfestival.org |
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Quin Hoffman is the Director of a talk show called Exposure that airs on the Impact 89fm student-run radio station at MSU. They have recently decided to create a 5 to 10 minute segment at the end of the show called, "the Michigan Storytellers Segment." They are looking for people to come on and tell their stories on air. The program looks to emulate the Moth Radio Hour with true, interesting/meaningful/funny stories.
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Scam Alert Targeting Performers with Websites
(The company is unnamed here as there may be more than one. Wouldn't want to have a slander problem either, but the method deserves mentioning for the safety of my fellow performers)
Storytellers and possibly other performers are being targeted by telemarketers for a digital marketing company promising website Search Engine Optimization for a low introductory price, normally $__ , but $_ to introduce their company. Fortunately I t
In case you didn't see my Facebook reply: DON'T DO IT!!! They called me. Read online reports about the company and say: No Thank You. Do Not Call Further.
LoiS(till a researcher and am learning to do it before buying)
I sent the alert to Storytell, the international email list for storytellers, and a fellow storyteller on the west coast said:
But
gosh, it’s been WEEKS since they settled the Federal and New York legal
cases filed against them. What could possibly be wrong?
They
were accused of poor practices that were technically illegal in some
jurisdictions. One of the most annoying was posting fake reviews on web
sites. I know that’s been done for a long time on Amazon and other
sites, but there’s actually a term for it now: it’s called
“Astroturfing.” I’ve been afraid to ask why, but I assume it’s because
it looks real but isn’t.
At
the Folk Alliance Region West conference I’ve met a couple of people
who do help performing artists do digital marketing. Legitimate ones do
exist, but they’re not the ones who cold-call you, for the most part.
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