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Tim Ralphs

@TimRalphs

Tim Ralphs is storyteller, OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation Minister and host of Beeston Tales. cisgender, he/him

 Sneinton, Notts
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Joined November 2011
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I want to posit a new military maxim: the existence of a military problem does not necessarily mean there exists a military solution.
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Equity@EquityUK15 Feb 2024
1/7 We are deeply concerned that Arts Council England’s new guidance for funded organisations will censure the freedom of expression of arts institutions and gag artists, especially those working in the activist or political space.
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5 years ago Milton Keynes was dubbed ‘tent city’ by the media. Today, no one needs to sleep rough on our streets. How did we do it? A thread by the Cabinet Member responsible 👇 – at Milton Keynes, England
Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) profile picturePeter Foster@pmdfoster3 Nov 2023
🚨NEW. Suella Braverman pushes to restrict tents for rough sleepers, and proposes making it a civil office for charities to give tents to homeless via @FT with ⁦@LOS_Fisher⁩ on.ft.com/3QpJf0p
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Which event are you coming to? To see the full YFOS programme head over to yorkshirefestivalofstory(dot)com - there is so many events to choose from, why not come to a few?
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Reading @StepheHarrop's wonderful, searching new book on the current generation of women storytellers, while devising & rehearsing a new performance myself, is like setting off a box of firecrackers in my head. And on a Sunday morning too! /1
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This has always been my gender
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The latest British Social Attitudes survey, released today, shows a sharp rise in prejudice against trans people. Only 64% say they are ‘not at all prejudiced’ - a huge fall from 82% in 2019. We are alarmed, but sadly not surprised. And this is a shift that benefits no-one.
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I am incredibly proud to be one of the artists whose work forms part of this brilliant, witty, incisive, groundbreaking and possibly incendiary book by the wonderful @StepheHarrop. This will be a fab online event. 🔥 #femaleartist #storyteller #theatremaker
Adverse Camber (@adversecamber20) profile pictureAdverse Camber@adversecamber2020 Sep 2023
EVENT ANNOUCEMENT 📢 Contemporary Storytelling Performance ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH @StepheHarrop hosted @TimRalphs 📆Tuesday 3 October, 7.30pm 🖥Free - Online We are really excited to hear about this groundbreaking new book, and the research Stephe has undertaken, and hearing 1/2
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A steadily growing body of scientific evidence demonstrates that "rapid-onset gender dysphoria" claims do not reflect transgender adolescents’ experiences and that “social contagion” is not causing more young people to seek gender-affirming care. trib.al/nSQ70Fq
Evidence Undermines 'Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria' Claims

Evidence Undermines 'Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria' Claims

Fears of “social contagion,” used to support anti-transgender legislation, are not supported by science

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Among the dead, none is king, none is subject, there is no division of the seasons; for us the whole world is spring, the whole world is autumn. No monarch on his throne has joy greater than ours. youtu.be/k0bjykX3D30
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115 years ago today, a man arrived in a small Western town and before anyone even learned his name he somehow died eating paste. The town buried the stranger and gave him a memorial stone. Nobody knew him, but they still wanted the future to know he was here once, he was alive.
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Mental illness is a brain disorder? Right? We thought so. Hang on though, our new study @JAMAPsych shows that poor body health is a more pronounced manifestation of mental illness than poor brain health. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… 🧵1/9
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Q: How can very technical, scientific research that doesn't use human participants use storytelling? A: Speaking to an audience, being personal, using emotion, and structure. And leaving space for the listener to join the dots.
Leave space for the listener. let them join the dots or reach their own conclusions so your message will land with greater impact.

ALT Leave space for the listener. let them join the dots or reach their own conclusions so your message will land with greater impact.

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Tapping into human experience and emotions can make your story memorable. Using tangible, evocative details using the senses can help provoke a reaction.
Use tangible, evocative details. Think of the different sense you can appeal to, or what will provoke an emotional response.

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The audience is interested in who you are. Speaking in the first person leads to deeper connection.
Speak from I. Our audience is interested in who you are. Speaking in the first person leads to deeper connection

ALT Speak from I. Our audience is interested in who you are. Speaking in the first person leads to deeper connection

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Our panellists will be @drmelaniebell @meenakshisarkar and Kathleen McGrath from the @DialectHeritage Project.
My first words: Postgraduate Diploma. Kathleen McGrath

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We are all born in a cage. Dr Meenakshi Sarkar

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Women on set: industry pioneers. Prof Melanie Bell

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8 wonderful videos from our research #storytelling evening 'Living with humans, living with nature' in Sep 2022 in Sheffield, UK, are now available - feat. wolves, elephants, trees, thoughts on responsible living and so much more: digitalmedia.sheffield.ac.uk… 1/
Research storytellers from 'Living with humans, living with nature' plus professional storyteller and coach Tim Ralphs

ALT Research storytellers from 'Living with humans, living with nature' plus professional storyteller and coach Tim Ralphs

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Our next show is the launch of Monstrous, a poetry pamphlet in the voices of various mythological and folk creatures, by @Tom_S_Juniper with support from @TimRalphs. Join us on 8-Dec-22 on Zoom. #poetry #storytelling #folktales #BookLaunch #MonstrousPoetry monstrousbl.eventbrite.co.uk…
Image reads "Allographic presents Tom Juniper" and "Monstrous Book Launch" with Allographic and Zoom logos, images of Tom Juniper (a white person with short, blue hair and a colourful shirt), the cover of Monstrous (pale green with a scary being leaning over a bar) and support artist Tim Ralphs (a white man with long, dark hair in a three-piece suit, looking as though he's cowering away from the book cover).

ALT Image reads "Allographic presents Tom Juniper" and "Monstrous Book Launch" with Allographic and Zoom logos, images of Tom Juniper (a white person with short, blue hair and a colourful shirt), the cover of Monstrous (pale green with a scary being leaning over a bar) and support artist Tim Ralphs (a white man with long, dark hair in a three-piece suit, looking as though he's cowering away from the book cover).

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Vaskange@Vaskange26 Jul 2022
The original video of my artwork here. Stay tuned, to discover more infinite stories!
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Thank you: -our storytellers -inimitable @TimRalphs for storytelling training -co-organised by UoSheffield's Institute for Global Sustainable Development @IGSD_Shef &UoYork's Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre @York_IGDC -funding from Belmont via Conviva research project
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