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Her 40 year journey has led Michale, founder and CEO of Story by Design, from elementary school classrooms and children’s hospitals into corporate boardrooms and conference halls, fundraising galas and even onto Soviet television. Don’t miss her interview!
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Michale’s Young Storytellers for Peace US/USSR exchange program generated extensive international press coverage. Don't miss her interview!

' Boost Your Impact And Influence Through The Power Of Story'

Story by story, country by country. Her forty-year journey has led Michale, founder and CEO of Story by Design, from elementary school classrooms and children’s hospitals into corporate boardrooms and conference halls, fundraising galas and even onto Soviet television. Telling favorite stories of American children along with Russian Fairy tales to 50 million viewers, she promoted intercultural understanding during the Cold War, earning the nickname “Russia’s American Fairy Godmother.” Michale’s Young Storytellers for Peace US/USSR exchange program generated extensive international press coverage, was the subject of an award-winning, nationally aired PBS documentary “Young Storytellers in Russia.” Michale and her Young Storytellers were invited to meet privately with President Ronald Reagan prior to their ground-breaking journey. Read More

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Do you know how powerful great story telling is? You might think about novels or TV shows… But story telling is more powerful than that. And it can change the world🌎 Today‘s guest did just that. Read More

Michale Gabriel

Founder/CEO/Master Storyteller & Coach

Story by story, country by country, her forty-year journey has led Michale, founder and CEO of Story by Design, from elementary school classrooms and children’s hospitals into corporate boardrooms and conference halls, fundraising galas and even onto Soviet television. Telling favorite stories of American children along with Russian Fairy tales to 50 million viewers, she promoted intercultural understanding during the Cold War, earning the nickname “Russia’s American Fairy Godmother.”Michale’s Young Storytellers for Peace US/USSR exchange program generated extensive international press coverage, was the subject of an award-winning, nationally aired PBS documentary “Young Storytellers in Russia.” Michale and her Young Storytellers were invited to meet privately with President Ronald Reagan prior to their ground-breaking journey.

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Michale is a Parent’s Choice award-winning storyteller and contributing author to the “Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul” series, The Healing Heart and the author of Using Children’s Literature, Storytelling, Writing, Drama, and Art to Enhance Your Classroom Program. She is the founder of the Storytelling Residency Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital, The Tell Me A Story program for rural Alaska, Young Storytellers for Peace US/USSR Exchange, Teachers for Peace US/USSR Exchange and Storytell International.

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Michale is a Parent’s Choice award-winning storyteller and contributing author to the “Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul” series, The Healing Heart and the author of Using Children’s Literature, Storytelling, Writing, Drama, and Art to Enhance Your Classroom Program. She is the founder of the Storytelling Residency Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital, The Tell Me A Story program for rural Alaska, Young Storytellers for Peace US/USSR Exchange, Teachers for Peace US/USSR Exchange and Storytell International.

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