Classroom Workshops are best for grades 3 and up. Bill’s workshops focus on the nitty-gritty aspects of his work, offering insight into the writing process and reminding everyone involved that stories and songs require work and perseverance.  
  Story to Book - In addition to his thoughts on how stories are written and polished, Bill also brings along rough artwork and proofs to show the actual process involved in making a story into a book and what a book looks like before it’s actually printed and bound. Students are left with the understanding that writing is a challenge and a joy.  
 

Songwriting 101 - In this workshop Bill will share some of his songs, explain his songwriting process and write a song with the group. As part of this workshop Bill shares his insights about poetry as songs and stories with an emphasis on the relationship between the written, spoken and sung word.

  
 
 
  Teacher workshops: A Love of Story - Bill offers after school workshops to interested teachers, focusing on two aspects of his work - storytelling and writing. He gives teachers simple hands-on experience in telling stories to use as a teaching tool and to help their students develop their own storytelling skills. A serious student of story, Bill offers teachers a better understanding of how and why story works and how to encourage students to explore the wonderful world that story offers. Perhaps most important, Bill’s workshop for teachers honors the best of what they do and leaves them energized to keep doing their job.  
 
 
  The Teaching Power of Stories - To Bill, a teacher is someone who gives stories to others so they can make their own. Regardless of the subject taught, story is central to how people make sense of the world and build a community with others. In this workshop, participants will look at how stories work in people’s lives, what stories define their own lives, and how to use story in an educational setting. Teachers will leave with new ideas for using story in the classroom and a deeper understanding of their work as teachers. Appropriate for all people who see themselves as teachers.  
 
 
     
  Bill had been leading workshops for educators and performers his entire adult life, and has a gifted way of teaching that leaves people informed and energized. Topics for workshops including: Storytelling From the Beginning, Telling Personal Stories, Performance Skills, and Songwriting. As an author with ten published books, he can offer workshops in story structure and the writing process. Bill has also worked as a coach with many writers and performers. His workshops range in length from an hour to a week.