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Interested in having Sally speak at your company, school, organization, book discussion group, event or fund-raiser? Please use the Contact form to schedule a phone call or web conference with Sally to discuss your goals and opportunities, and to brainstorm how she might work with you.

If there’s a fit, Sally will create and conduct a program, lecture or workshop which will address your particular challenges and objectives.

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Sally’s Newest Blog:

Walking the Starry Path - "'It's up there in the sky for us all to see, a prayer every night. A good story fill you up when you hungry, when you lonely. A good song take the hurting out your spirit. No harm believing in that.' She gave him a wind-up music box. 'Play this and think of the stars smiling on you.'" from From Redwood and Wildfire by Andrea Hairston When I was a young child, my mother had two sure fire ways to get me to go to bed. My favorite was when she would read me to sleep. As I drifted off, riding the rhythms of her voice, I would often continue to weave the tale in my dreams. My dreamtales became so real to me that I was sometimes surprised when she read the same stories to me again and they finished in a different way than I remembered. The other was to tune the radio to "fairie music." (Looking back, I suppose it was the name I gave to classical orchestrations that purred rather than crashed.) Sometimes, Mother would be frustrated in trying to find a station playing just the right kind of sweet music I wanted. But when she did, it billowed through my mind, guiding me to see stars dancing and to feel the breeze of dreams. The music, like the stories, carried me to a place in my imagination that existed beyond the here and now. When I speak to audiences about storytelling, I often say that it is hardwired into the human psyche. From the beginning of time, stories have been the way we teach and learn, how we communicate and think, the pattern we give to our questions about the world around us and the shape we try to give to our beliefs and attempts ...more

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Using Creativity & Storytelling to Build Bridges

Thank you for visiting my website. I firmly believe that Creativity and Storytelling are hardwired into the human mind — it’s how we learn, share and define ourselves. It’s also been one of the keys to our evolution as a species and as a society. In these increasingly divisive times, we need to harness our native creativity to find solutions together. I hope we can work together to build those bridges. ~Sally Wiener Grotta

“There is hope for the future when authors like you open readers’ eyes and hearts to understanding and overcoming hatred and prejudice.” ~ Shirley Covet

What Are Your Challenges, Interests and Goals, and How Might I Help?

I create custom programs. However, here are some of my standard offerings. (Please click the pictures to find out more.)

Inspiring creativity and team cohesion

Capturing the imagination of your customers or readers

Celebrating Traditional Tradespeople

Discovering new potentials through creativity

Taking your photography to the next level

Nurturing your creativity

Finding the funds for your creative project

Leverage Sally’s expertise & experience for your project

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Read & Discuss

I am delighted when book discussion groups and others invite me to join in their discussions about my novels Jo Joe and The Winter Boy. Usually, we connect via Skype or Zoom, though occasionally I will come in person. Sample excerpts and Study Guides are available for both books. (Please click on the images below for more information.)