{"id":1576,"date":"2015-09-28T08:48:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T08:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2017-07-01T12:21:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T12:21:54","slug":"five-reasons-you-should-come-to-the-power-of-storytelling-in-cluj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/five-reasons-you-should-come-to-the-power-of-storytelling-in-cluj\/","title":{"rendered":"Five reasons you should come to The Power of Storytelling in Cluj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1. Jacqui Banaszynski<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This veteran reporter, editor and teacher \u00a0is\u00a0coming to Cluj for the second time. Her speech from last year was one worth remembering. To understand why, you can read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/letter-from-jacqui-banaszynski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the letter<\/a> she wrote to her friends about her trips to Romania.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1476549_343392385838716_3135948023843077820_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1584 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1476549_343392385838716_3135948023843077820_n.jpg\" alt=\"1476549_343392385838716_3135948023843077820_n\" width=\"960\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1476549_343392385838716_3135948023843077820_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1476549_343392385838716_3135948023843077820_n-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1476549_343392385838716_3135948023843077820_n-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Chris Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With two National Magazine Awards and two National Headliner Awards, Chris is also known for giving some of the most emotional keynotes at The Power of Storytelling conferences. This year\u2019s edition will be his fourth visit to Romania \u2013 which he sweetly refers to as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySecondEmpire\/status\/627103298256920576\">his \u201cchurch\u201d<\/a> \u2013 and his first in Cluj.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A1gpEGPu4lI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Starlee Kine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She was our guest in Bucharest in 2012, where she deconstructed some of her famous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This American Life<\/a> episodes. This year, she has a new hit show: Mystery Show, where she is host and producer, quickly became one of the post popular podcasts in the world. She\u2019s also designed a cutting board for chopping onions on while heartbroken; written <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/75906247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the saddest cartoon<\/a> you\u2019ll ever see about tattoos; been one half of Starlee and Arthur Review, the first animated series (probably) done on Post-It Notes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Alex G\u00e2lmeanu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alex is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/11-speakers-11-reasons-to-come-to-the-power-of-storytelling\/%20http:\/www.alexgalmeanu.com\/\">one of the most important<\/a>\u00a0Romanian photographers, having been published in nearly all Romanian magazines, and featured in national and international exhibitions in Bucharest, Paris, Toulouse, Nantes, Rejkyavik, and Cork. He constantly experiments with new ways of telling stories through images &#8211; you can see more on his Instagram account:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/8FXFciQuzL\/\" target=\"_top\">In #patrat. #Bucharest #street #streetphotography<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A photo posted by Alex Galmeanu (@alexgalmeanu) on <time datetime=\"2015-09-26T06:28:35+00:00\">Sep 25, 2015 at 11:28pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Drago\u0219 Bucurenci<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A communication coach, journalist and civic activist, Drago\u0219\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.khastalia.com\/\">trained<\/a> more than 1,000 managers in public speaking, interpersonal communication and storytelling, and was awarded \u201cBest Training of the Year\u201d at the Business-Edu Awards Gala in 2010. During the past year, he served as Communication Adviser to the European Commissioner for Regional Policy.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is not the first time The Power of Storytelling conference spread its wings to Cluj. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.ro\/news\/Cluj-edition-takeaways\/\">Have a look at last year&#8217;s edition takeaways<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Jacqui Banaszynski This veteran reporter, editor and teacher \u00a0is\u00a0coming to Cluj for the second time. Her speech from last year was one worth remembering. To understand why, you can read the letter she wrote to her friends about her trips to Romania. 2.\u00a0Chris Jones With two National Magazine Awards and two National Headliner Awards, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/five-reasons-you-should-come-to-the-power-of-storytelling-in-cluj\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Five reasons you should come to The Power of Storytelling in Cluj<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[38,41,57,60,99,100,101,102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions\/2967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}