At Conferences, Institutes, & Corporate Seminars


An inspiring keynote speaker and workshop leader, Rafe Martin has spoken at countless international, national, regional, and statewide conferences, institutes, and corporate seminars.

International Storytelling FestivalRafe speaks eloquently about power of the imagination as he shares a uniquely practical and exciting vision of stories in words—both written and told. He demonstrates how reading, writing, and storytelling are actually the greatest adventures, capable of taking us on a journey deep into our own imaginations. He makes clear that storytelling, reading and writing may be the oldest technologies on this earth, but they remain the best—most effective and powerful—tools we have, even today, for teaching us not just how to become literate, but how to create meaningful lives.

Some Conference Appearances

International Conference of the International Reading Association
American Library Association National Convention
National Council of Teachers of English
Literacy Compass (formerly Bill Martin’s conference series)
Tennessee Library Association
Alabama Reading Association
The National Storytelling Institute
Vassar College Summer Institute on Children’s Book Publishing
Ohio State Literacy Conference
Mazza Collection Summer Institute, Findlay University
Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME)
American Orff-Schulwerk Association National Conference
Seventh Generation
Greenpeace: Change It!
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Agency) Ames
Utah Educational Library Media Association
Mid Hudson Reading Council
New York City Storytelling Festival
Peabody Essex Museum
Albright Knox Art Gallery
The Texas Book Festival
The Tennessee Library Association
The National Storytelling Institute and National Storytelling Congress
The Alabama Library Association
The Ark, Ann Arbor MI
The Utah Educational Library Media Association
American Museum of Natural History