If you want to explore new dimensions of your stories and experience new insights into your careers, an investment in  Kevin's "Permission To Play" workshops will reward both you and your audiences for many years ahead.

As a working artist and the director of Storyteller.net, I have seen and created coaching methods and styles for nearly a quarter of a century.   Dr. Kevin Cordi is one of the true voices of leadership in the craft of storytelling and its application across disciplines.

With "Permission to Play," Dr.  Kevin Cordi has created a coaching method where anyone, from the seasoned world-class performer to the just-starting-out public speaker, can explore and create dynamic new stories in a freeing and supportive environment.

~ Sean Buvala, Founder of www.storyteller.net

Sometimes I take my storytelling a bit too seriously, so I’m so glad I went to Kevin Cordi’s workshop. His "Permission to Play" program was well worth the two hour drive it took for me to get to Avondale, Arizona on a Sunday night.

Instead of being tired during the drive home, I was energized just thinking about all the storytelling information and ideas Kevin shared with us. The workshop group was big enough to provide variety, but small enough to make the entire experience a personal and meaningful one. This is particularly good in an experimental atmosphere, and during the two hours we played at our work Kevin had each of us under his spell. 

I, for one, felt like a kid in a drama class as we were given permission to create, expand and rethink the story line, situation and characters in a story. 

Kevin understands how the right side of our brain works, and he is gifted in engaging the imagination of even the most reticent participant. I watched with awe as members of our workshop began to improvise and “play” in a story. One person pounded on a chair, another crawled under the arms of anther who had spontaneously become “the hole in the fence.” What fun it was to allow a story to unfold in such wild and delightful ways without the usual restraints. But do not be misled with all this abandon. Kevin was in charge all the time, but subtly so. He is a superb group collaborator/coach/mentor/teacher.

Whenever I feel stuck as I struggle to make a story “mine,” or I start to take my work too seriously, I will recall what I learned that Sunday night and give myself permission to play and breathe new life and vitality into the tale to make it worthy to share. Thank you Kevin! I’m glad I went to your workshop and I hope to have other opportunities to participate and learn more about "Permission to Play" - one of the most useful storytelling methods I have encountered to date.

~ Glenda Bonin , Arizona Storyteller