Author Archives: Melva Gifford

About Melva Gifford

Melva is an author and storyteller.

Spelling Satan

I keep spelling Satan wrong. How can I remember Satan the devil and not a piece of cloth satin? Satan constantly uses his agents to motivate us to act in a negative way, thus two As.

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Comedy Writing Exercises to Create New Material

A presentation offered by Judy Carter. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker. – How to make any subject funny (even the most boring – Comedy is super logical. If people don’t laugh, it might not be funny. … Continue reading

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How to be a Distinguished Club in Toastmasters

Notes are taken from the TM meeting. – Distinguished Performance Report. – This is the 23rd year since the club was chartered. – The name changed. Club used to be called “Mainstreamers”. Mainstreamers were the trains that ran through town. … Continue reading

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Love Your Enemies

These notes are from a church talk. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker. A husband and wife talked on the same topic. Wife: – Matt 5:43-44 – An enemy is someone who is actively opposed to another. … Continue reading

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Rudy Giuliani and Trump Campaign’s Legal Team Press Conference

Rudy Giuliani and Trump Campaign’s Legal Team Hold Press Conference on 11/19/20. Since factbook is censoring conservative voice please add the broken link to view it. add https://www.youtube.com/ with watch?v=ChPZ8749oXo

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Spelling Channel

Bad: channle Good: channel A channel is a passage. Use the visual image of l at the end of the word to represent a passage or channel.

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How Stories Work

These are notes from a presentation offered by Drash. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker. – Learning to unpeel and know a story and how it works. Make friends with it. – When you are working with … Continue reading

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Using your Zoom as a storyteller

These are notes from a story swap hosted by the Utah Storytellers organizing. They presented a nice presentation on how to more effectively use Zoom tools for our storytelling efforts. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker. As … Continue reading

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Documentaries on Facebook

The Facebook Dilemma, Part One (full film) | FRONTLINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T48KFiHwexM The Facebook Dilemma, Part Two (full film) | FRONTLINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuA4qxPbpQE

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Spelling Caucus

Bad: cacus Good Caucus Caucus happens when yoU give your state and local reprehensive your onion so they can represent yoUr opinions on state or national issues. So remember there are two Us.

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