{"id":1993,"date":"2016-05-03T20:03:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T20:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2017-06-30T18:37:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T18:37:17","slug":"2016-speakers-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/2016-speakers-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 speakers announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the preparations for our 6th edition are under way, we are ready to reveal the amazing line-up of speakers that will join\u00a0us\u00a0this October (14-15) in Bucharest:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_cheryl_strayed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1933 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_cheryl_strayed-150x150.png\" alt=\"rsz_speakers_cheryl_strayed\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_cheryl_strayed-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_cheryl_strayed-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_cheryl_strayed.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Strayed, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cherylstrayed.com\/wild_108676.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wild<\/em><\/a>, turned into an Oscar-nominated film. She also wrote New York Times bestsellers<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cherylstrayed.com\/tiny_beautiful_things_114549.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><em> Tiny Beautiful Things<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cherylstrayed.com\/brave_enough_127560.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Brave Enough<\/em><\/a> and co-hosts the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbur.org\/series\/dear-sugar\" target=\"_blank\">Dear Sugar Radio<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_jon_mooalem.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1936 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_jon_mooalem-150x150.png\" alt=\"rsz_speakers_jon_mooalem\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_jon_mooalem-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_jon_mooalem-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_jon_mooalem.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Jon Mooallem, longtime contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonmooallem.com\/WILD-ONES\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wild Ones<\/em><\/a>, a book that investigates our relationship with nature. Jon also contributes to Pop-Up Magazine, The New Yorker and Radiolab.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_07_speakers_ellis_carson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1963 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_07_speakers_ellis_carson-150x150.png\" alt=\"rsz_07_speakers_ellis_carson\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Carson Ellis is a world-class illustrator, and book author. Her work includes New York Times bestsellers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/book\/home-9780763665296\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Home<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildwoodchronicles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Wildwood Chronicles<\/em><\/a>. She also made editorial illustrations for The New York Times, Poetry Magazine, and The New Yorker, among others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_08_speakers_colin_meloy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1966 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_08_speakers_colin_meloy-150x150.png\" alt=\"rsz_08_speakers_colin_meloy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Colin Meloy is the singer\/guitarist and songwriter for The Decemberists band and author of the New York Times bestselling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildwoodchronicles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wildwood Chronicles<\/em><\/a>, a trilogy of novels for middle-grade readers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_dvora_meyers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1939 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_dvora_meyers-150x150.png\" alt=\"rsz_speakers_dvora_meyers\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_dvora_meyers-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_dvora_meyers-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_speakers_dvora_meyers.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Dvora Meyers is a writer and journalist based in New York. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, ESPN, Slate. Her book about women\u2019s gymnastics, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-End-Perfect-10-Gymnastics\/dp\/1501101366\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The End of the Perfect 10,<\/em><\/a> will be published in July.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_12_speakers_brian.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1990 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_12_speakers_brian-150x150.png\" alt=\"rsz_12_speakers_brian\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_12_speakers_brian-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_12_speakers_brian-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_12_speakers_brian.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Brian Lindstrom is a documentary filmmaker, author of award-winning films such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alienboy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Alien Boy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1Wnoy0rpbXM\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Finding Normal<\/em><\/a>. Brian\u2019s documentaries profile people society puts an &#8220;x&#8221; through and aim to reduce stigma and reveal the humanity of those living on the margins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_09_speakers_catalin_tolontan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1975 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_09_speakers_catalin_tolontan-150x150.png\" alt=\"rsz_09_speakers_catalin_tolontan\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_09_speakers_catalin_tolontan-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_09_speakers_catalin_tolontan-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_09_speakers_catalin_tolontan.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> C\u0103t\u0103lin Tolontan is one of the most reputable sports and investigative journalists in Romania,\u00a0winner of ten \u201cjournalist of the year\u201d awards in the past 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/rsz_speakers_tara_skurtu1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2001 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/rsz_speakers_tara_skurtu1-150x150.png\" alt=\"rsz_speakers_tara_skurtu\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/rsz_speakers_tara_skurtu1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/rsz_speakers_tara_skurtu1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/rsz_speakers_tara_skurtu1.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Tara Skurtu is a Boston-based poet and translator. She\u2019s a Fulbright lecturer in creative writing at Transilvania University of Bra\u0219ov, and is about to publish her first collection of poetry, <em>The Amoeba Game<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11713425_10206155911709450_1585802287_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1178 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11713425_10206155911709450_1585802287_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"11713425_10206155911709450_1585802287_n\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11713425_10206155911709450_1585802287_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11713425_10206155911709450_1585802287_n-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> Wendy MacNaughton is an illustrator and graphic journalist whose books include <a href=\"http:\/\/thepowerofstorytelling.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ccefd4dc6d126cc6d4ee5180b&amp;id=0b6b87a924&amp;e=2bedaa831f\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Meanwhile in San Francisco<\/em><\/a>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pen-Ink-Tattoos-Stories-Behind\/dp\/1620404907\" target=\"_blank\">Pen &amp; Ink<\/a><\/em>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lost-Cat-Story-Desperation-Technology\/dp\/1608199770\/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?ie=UTF8&amp;refRID=1T4Z7ENJE5JTYGN8N13V\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lost Cat<\/em><\/a> and the New York Times bestseller <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gutsy-Girl-Escapades-Your-Adventure\/dp\/1632861232\/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&amp;refRID=0VSHGRHRHFXYXG5ZAX4H\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gutsy Girl,<\/em><\/a> written by Caroline Paul.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jacqui-Banaszynski.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1240 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jacqui-Banaszynski-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jacqui-Banaszynski\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jacqui-Banaszynski-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jacqui-Banaszynski-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jacqui-Banaszynski.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> Jacqui Banaszynski is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, editor, and globetrotting coach. She has been here for every edition, and is returning once again; the conference wouldn\u2019t be the same without her.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_10_speakers_jonah_sachs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1970 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rsz_10_speakers_jonah_sachs-150x150.png\" alt=\"rsz_10_speakers_jonah_sachs\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> Jonah Sachs is the Co-Founder and CEO of Free Range Studios and an internationally recognized storyteller, author, marketer, designer and entrepreneur,\u00a0author of\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/winningthestorywars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Winning the Story Wars<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more about them in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/speakers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Speakers section<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll open registrations in June!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the preparations for our 6th edition are under way, we are ready to reveal the amazing line-up of speakers that will join\u00a0us\u00a0this October (14-15) in Bucharest: &nbsp; Cheryl Strayed, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Wild, turned into an Oscar-nominated film. She also wrote New York Times bestsellers Tiny Beautiful Things &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/2016-speakers-announced\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2016 speakers announced<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[60,112],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993"}],"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=1993"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2011,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993\/revisions\/2011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepowerofstorytelling.org\/edition-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}