14 Powerful Christmas Writing Prompts

Christmas Moments with ribbon lights and beads

With the music in the stores switching over and the realization that the Yule Time is rapidly approaching, I present the first of a few holiday-specific prompt sets for those of you who are looking to strike up conversations related to Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, and more. These posts are a small way…

How to Preserve Holiday Traditions Using Storytelling

Holiday Traditions & Storytelling with Kids

This holiday season, I wanted to help all of us have more significant conversations as we sit around at grandma’s house or wherever you spend your warm, fuzzy moments. Making holiday traditions last far beyond the dinners and the presents. That’s where Legacy Hunt comes into the picture. One of my main purposes behind creating…

How to Connect To Your Audience Through Shared Experiences Like Grief

Have you ever found yourself in a position where you knew you had something to say about a topic (like grief?), but the topic was so raw and so vulnerable you couldn’t wrap your head around how to say it well? Troy Sandidge, of Find Troy, recently found himself in that type of situation. Troy…

Using the Legacy Recorder as a Volunteer

Volunteer Mindset For starters, let’s get into the mindset of a volunteer who is looking to help someone tell their life story or has been trying to work with people tell their life stories. They’ve been doing a little bit here or there, but they don’t really feel like they’ve done the best job that…

Five-minute Storytelling to Reconnect Staff, Residents, and Families

When a loved one goes into a senior care facility, the number of people who support them grows. In addition to their family members, they now have the center staff and residents in their circle. And it’s important to realize that each of these individuals has something to contribute. Five-minute storytelling is a way to…