INTELLIGENT ENTERTAINMENT for 21st Century
STORIES FOR OUR TIME
"I wish I could write a story as well as Karen-Eve can tell one…” Robert Morgan, NY Times Best Seller author of Gap Creek, The Truest Pleasure, etc.
“What sheer delight to be transported by Karen-Eve’s silky voice to places beyond myself where I found laughter, insight, and adventure.” The Times, London UK.
“Karen-Eve’s talk enthralled our members and guests. We can’t wait for her to be back” – Program Director, Lake Point Landing. Senior Living Facility
" Karen-Eve's performance transported me to the land. I could smell the stew and baking bread, taste the sweet water with a parched throat and feel the earth call out for help."
The TImes News, 2015
NEED A SPECIAL SPEAKER, ENTERTAINER or EMCEE?
Whether at an OLLI, retirement home, wedding, festival, club meetings, or executive leadership event, Karen-Eve’s stories of the human spirit connect, inspire and delight listeners of all ages, genders, and professions.
As a speaker, storyteller and performer, Karen-Eve sparkles! Using the power of story and rhyme, she weaves a presentation with purpose and meaning in a way to capture your mind and heart. An avid life long learner and searcher, she studies constantly and collects information and knowledge on many subjects relevant to our busy, 21st century lives. She is a living TED talk on many topics!
This speaker and teller, experienced in many cultures, tells stories for our time. Her silk and spicey delivery entertains and engages audiences to reflection, recognition and action. From the ancient forests of the Old World to Sci Fi to the cool mountains of Appalachia, she brings new life and emotions to stories, folklore and old/new legends to help us live more fully in the stress of the 21stC. In addition to traditional and modern tales, she uses common threads and the works of Sandburg, Terry Wiltshire, Rumi and Robert Morgan.
Karen-Eve (yes a double first name) is an international public speaker and storyteller, NC native, former General Manager of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and founder of the DO TELL STORYTELLING Festival. She believes that storytelling is intelligent entertainment for the 21st century. Speaking and listening have key places in our time. We need time to sit, connect and listen to each other . Listening leads to understanding others which leads to compassion, tolerance and happier lives.
She has been a board member o f the NC Storytelling Guild, is a member of the Asheville Storytelling Circle and is founder/chair of STEAP, Inc. (storytelling, education and arts programs). She has traveled the Globe speaking on a number of motivational topics and telling her delightful, relevant and inspiring stories.
Age Groups: Adult Audiences; Family Audiences; High School/Young Adult; Middle School; Sr Adults. She can source tellers for children and Spanish speakers.
Story Genres:
Spiritual/ Sacred; Character Education; Family & Personal; Folk Tales. Fairy Tales, Fables, Tall Tales; Ghost & Scary; Healing &Therapy; History; Holidays; Humor; Literary; Multicultural; Myths; Original; Tandem Tales; With Song; Nature & Woodland, Grey tales (for older wiser folk); romance/love, modern day stories
Workshops: Business / Corporate; Educators; Librarians; Organizations; Religious Groups; Storytellers; Students; Reconcilliation; Creativity; Motivation; Creating Responsibility in Kids & adults; Keys to happiness, Personality & Team building; Leadership. Custom workshops on offer.
CUSTOM PROGRAMS BY REQUEST
She knows hundreds of engaging stories.
Hear her engaging programs such as:
WILDWOOD TALES- go to the land for inspiring tales for today.
STORIES FOR OUR TIME- stories to connect us to our souls, our selves and others.
THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES-Join Karen-eve as she walks through Provence over a 40 year period to visit the old man who changed the landscape between 1917 and 1960.
" Karen-Eve's performance transported me to the land. I could smell the stew and baking bread, taste the sweet water with a parched throat and feel the earth call out for help." The TImes News, 2015
How can Karen-Eve work
with you?
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Program presenter
Program presenter•Facilitator and coordinator
Facilitator and coordinator•Key note speaker, EMCEE
Key note speaker, EMCEE•Workshop leader (see listing)
Workshop leader (see listing)•Inspiring sermons and talks
Inspiring sermons and talks•Motivational speaker (see listing)
Motivational speaker (see listing)•Entertainer for dinner parties, weddings, birthdays, festivals, special events
Entertainer for dinner parties, weddings, birthdays, festivals, special eventsPerform marriages, baptisms, memorials and more ! AMM ordained.
Where might Karen-Eve perform, emcee or speak ?
•Dinner parties, special events, family reunions, weddings, clubs
Dinner parties, special events, family reunions, weddings, clubs•OLLIs, Civic groups, camps, gatherings
OLLIs, Civic groups, camps, gatherings•Retreats, churches, community groups
Retreats, churches, community groups•Special interest groups- fiber guilds, leadership, gardens, galleries,
Special interest groups- fiber guilds, leadership, gardens, galleries, •Festivals and conference centers
Festivals and conference centers•Professional development events/seminars
Professional development events/seminars•Workshops, celebrations, picnics…& more!
Workshops, celebrations, picnics…& more!Prices start at $200 for 40 minutes of engaging entertainment.
Karen-Eve Bayne
Creativity Crushers
What takes your creative energy?
Motivational talk for Piedmont Fiber Guild. This event was a huge success, and the second time Karen-Eve was invited to do a program for the Guild. This talk began with a Navajo story and moved into what inhibits creativity.
BOOK HER NOW FOR YOUR CLUB or GROUP-- 828 388 0247. Special local offers.
PR INFORMATION- If you have booked Karen-Eve for an event you may use the photos on this website of HER, not her art, and THIS biographical information for PR.Otherwise, this information is not to be shared or copied. Art inf available from My Art Page. Please use her full name: Karen-Eve Bayne and website for print and digital information. No other use of this information is allowed. For questions, please contact her by email.
(Website designed by Lisa Olson)
Bio for PR:
Karen-Eve Bayne (yes a double first name) is an international public speaker, fiber artist, and storyteller, NC native, former General Manager of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and founder of the DO TELL STORYTELLING Festival, founder of the non profit STEAP, Inc.. She hails from Hendersonville, NC . She graduated from UNC Asheville with a BA in sociology, studied international business at INSEAD, France, and did her graduate work in Theological Studies at Trinity College, UK.She holds dual citizenship in the USA and UK, where she worked in international telecommunications for many years. She is a life coach and AMM ordained minister.
Please use information from the appropriate web page for fiber art, speaking, storytelling or workshop facilitiation.Please get in touch with her on the contact page for more information.
Links to other paper and magazine features:
do tell festival benefit
feature on Karen-Eve Aug 2015 see Blue Ridge now
