Workshop Topics

Stories, Skills & Space to Create

Student workshops and adult professional learning, customized for your community.

Student Workshops

Everybody Has a Story

Identity, voice, experience, and the importance of telling your own story.

Feel It. Name It. Write It.

Using writing and storytelling to explore emotions and SEL.

From Imagination to Bookshelf

How an idea becomes a finished children's book.

Characters Have Feelings Too

Character development meets empathy, motivation, perspective, and emotional intelligence.

Write the World You Want to See

Representation, belonging, identity, and inclusive storytelling.

Poetry Is My Superpower

Using rhythm, imagery, emotion, and wordplay to express yourself.

Young Authors Lab

Students create and develop stories of their own.

AI Is a Tool, Not the Author

An age-appropriate exploration of AI, creativity, bias, originality, ethics, and human authorship.

Create a Space Now

A collaborative storytelling experience centered on voice, community, creativity, inclusion, and belonging.

Adult & Educator Workshops

  • SEL Through Story
  • Representation Is Part of Literacy
  • SEL Beyond the Bulletin Board
  • Helping Children Tell Their Own Stories
  • Inclusive Storytelling Without Tokenism
  • Poetry, Reflection & Emotional Expression
  • AI, Authorship & Education
  • From Classroom Idea to Classroom Book

Choose the topics that fit your community.

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Shakeema FunchessAuthor • Educator • Poet • SEL Advocate • Creative Learning Facilitatorbooks@adventuresinzen.com518-269-8326www.adventuresinzen.com