Photograph by Karin Albinsson
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The Story of StoriesAre you interested in learning how Stories for Society came to be? Read the Story of Stories below and learn more about our team members:
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The Stories for Society Team is comprised of an Administrative Board, Advisory Board and Facilitator Team.
Administrative Board
Julie Catterson Lindahl Founder, Chairperson and Facilitator
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Julie Lindahl is an author and educator, and holds a B.A. in English Literature from Wellesley College, an M.Phil. in International Affairs from Oxford University and was a Fulbright Scholar. Julie is the founder of Stories for Society, which emerged originally from after school story-reading for children, her interest in the transformational power of literature and her many years of research and work concerning health and well-being. www.julielindahl.com.
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Eva Norén Facilitator and Member of Administrative Board
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Eva Norén has attained her Master of Business Administration with several years of study within the area of behavioural sciences. Today she works as an independent consultant specializing in communications and creativity development. She also works as a project leader and moderator for qualitative research projects.
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Lilien Kastberg Member of Administrative Board
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Lilien Kastberg grew up in South America, and lived and worked in the US for 25 years. Her Swedish missionary parents' involvement in social issues inspired her to follow their example of giving back to the community in the places where she has lived and worked. Although she is educated as a teacher, her main occupation has been in the field of administration and finance. She serves as treasurer for Stories for Society.
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Expert Advisors and Facilitators
Lauriane Baillet Facilitator and Expert Advisor
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Laurianne Baillet has worked both as a teacher and pedagogical leader since moving to Sweden in 2004. She has worked at international schools and shouldered the functions of IT co-ordinator, working group leader and principal.
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Dan Boyden Participative Theatre Expert
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Dan is a theatre practitioner, trainer and arts consultant currently based in London, with a background in theatre and the creative arts. Over the past 15 years he has built a career designing and delivering creative projects, often with marginalized groups and communities in the U.K and Internationally. He is a recent Winston Churchill Fellow and Director of The Change Collective, an organisation in the UK that uses creativity and the arts as a tool for social change and development and is interested in the next generation of thinking and practice, linking creative approaches and a social mindset with change at all levels. Dan has worked with Stories for Society since 2014 to strengthen the drama component of its method. http://www.thechangecollective.com
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Megan Cosgrove Facilitator and Expert Advisor
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Megan Cosgrove is an Executive Coach and Human Resources Professional. Megan has experience as human resources leader in the education sector in Canada as well as a teacher. Megan has consulted in both the public and private sectors and now runs her own boutique coaching practice Traverse Coaching and Leadership Development. www.traversecoaching.com
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Deborah Duerr Facilitator and Expert Advisor
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Deborah Duerr is a graphic designer, curator and art teacher. She started her own art school in 1996 as a reaction to the reduction of art curricula throughout the Swedish school system. Deborah is also the head art teacher at Lilla Akademien and Lilla Akademiens Musikgymnasium. With many businesses placing creativity as a top priority, she has created and delivered valued workshops. www.galleriduerr.se, www.duerrsutbildning.se
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Martin Dworén Expert Advisor
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Martin Dworén is the Head of Corporate and External Relations for the world’s largest youth center, Fryshuset. www.fryshuset.se
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MaiBritt Giabobini Expert Advisor
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MaiBritt Giacobini holds an MD and PhD, and is a specialist in child and youth psychiatry and clinical genetics. In 2007, together with two colleagues, she founded Prima Barn och Vuxenpsykiatri AB, an psychiatric care clinic that has since become a major provider of services in Scandinavia. www.prima.se
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Manne af Klintberg Expert Advisor
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Manne af Klintberg is a well-known activist for children’s rights, and live performer as well as television personality as Manne the Clown. Served as Chairperson for the International Play Association’s chapter in Sweden campaigning for children’s right to play. www.ipa-sweden.org
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Håkan Sandberg Expert Advisor
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Håkan Sandberg is a marketing pedagogue with a broad background in humanistic and commercial organizations. Today he works as a communications consultant with a learning perspective concerning organizations, groups and individuals.
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