Sonny Kelly, PhD (Professor Ready)
Dr. Sonny Kelly is a professional performer, storyteller, motivator, speaker, veteran, and scholar. Currently a full time professor of Communication (Public Speaking, Interpersonal/Intercultural Communication) at Fayetteville Technical Community College, Dr. Kelly holds a PhD in Communication ands Performance Studies from UNC Chapel Hill, MA degree from St. Mary’s University (Communication Studies) and a BA degree form Stanford University (International Relations). Dr. Kelly has been has performed across the nation as a storyteller, actor, motivator, lecturer, and trainer for over two decades. He aims to educate, engage, and empower diverse audiences across the globe!
Assembly Performance:Talkin "The Talk"
Talking “The Talk” is an interactive performance-based workshop experience that Dr. Kelly has designed to build personal connection within communities. This workshop helps community members to discuss diversity, community, and resilience in a lasting and transformative way. Dr. Kelly invites participants into a complicated, but loving, family space where participants are called in and not called out. This workshop opens up a space within communities where all are encouraged to speak up, listen up, and imagine new possibilities together through art, poetry, and storytelling.
Duration: 90 minutes
Grade Level: Pre-K, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Maximum Number of Students: 2000
Maximum Number of Performances: 10
Technical Requirements:
- Microphone
- Computer
- Projector (slide show)
- Screen for Projector
NC Essential Standards: K.C.1, 1.C.1, 2.C.1, 3.C.1, 4.C.1, 5.C.1, 6.C.1, 7.C.1, 8.C.1, B.C.1, I.C.1, P.C.1, A.C.1; K.C.2, 1.C.2, 2.C.2, 3.C.2, 4.C.2, 5.C.2, 6.C.2, 7.C.2, 8.C.2, B.C.2, I.C.2, P.C.2, A.C.2 K.A.1, 1.A.1, 2.A.1, 3.A.1, 4.A.1, 5.A.1, 6.A.1, 7.A.1, 8.A.1, B.A.1, I.A.1, P.A.1, A.A.1 K.CU.1, 1.CU.1, 2.CU.1, 3.CU.1, 4.CU.1, 5.CU.1, 6.CU.1, 7.CU.1, 8.CU.1, P.CU.1, I.CU.1, P.CU.1, A.CU.1
Cost: $500 one program / $800 two programs (same school, same day)
Assembly Performance:Storytelling for Community Bu
Participants will forge diverse personal connections and collective resilience in innovative and practical ways. Using storytelling, poetry, prose, and examples from participants' own experiences and original creations, Dr. Kelly will lead them through a process of developing positive and confirming communication environments versus negative and disconfirming communication environments. Participants will learn effective ways to create and maintain positive interpersonal relationships by optimizing diversity through a continuous, thoughtful, and artful practices of inclusion and connection.
Duration: 90 minutes
Grade Level: Pre-K, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Maximum Number of Students: 2000
Maximum Number of Performances: 10
Technical Requirements:
- Microphone
- Computer
- Projector (slide show)
- Screen for Projector
NC Essential Standards: K.C.1, 1.C.1, 2.C.1, 3.C.1, 4.C.1, 5.C.1, 6.C.1, 7.C.1, 8.C.1, B.C.1, I.C.1, P.C.1, A.C.1; K.C.2, 1.C.2, 2.C.2, 3.C.2, 4.C.2, 5.C.2, 6.C.2, 7.C.2, 8.C.2, B.C.2, I.C.2, P.C.2, A.C.2 K.A.1, 1.A.1, 2.A.1, 3.A.1, 4.A.1, 5.A.1, 6.A.1, 7.A.1, 8.A.1, B.A.1, I.A.1, P.A.1, A.A.1 K.CU.1, 1.CU.1, 2.CU.1, 3.CU.1, 4.CU.1, 5.CU.1, 6.CU.1, 7.CU.1, 8.CU.1, P.CU.1, I.CU.1, P.CU.1, A.CU.1
Cost: $500 one program / $800 two programs (same school, same day)
Workshop:Storytelling for Community Building Works
Participants will forge diverse personal connections and collective resilience in innovative and practical ways. Using storytelling, poetry, prose, and examples from participants' own experiences and original creations, Dr. Kelly will lead them through a process of developing positive and confirming communication environments versus negative and disconfirming communication environments. Participants will learn effective ways to create and maintain positive interpersonal relationships by optimizing diversity through a continuous, thoughtful, and artful practices of inclusion and connection.
Duration: 90 minutes
Grade Level: Pre-K, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Maximum Number of Students: 2000
Maximum Number of Performances: 10
Technical Requirements:
- Microphone
- Computer
- Projector (slide show)
- Screen for Projector
NC Essential Standards: K.C.1, 1.C.1, 2.C.1, 3.C.1, 4.C.1, 5.C.1, 6.C.1, 7.C.1, 8.C.1, B.C.1, I.C.1, P.C.1, A.C.1; K.C.2, 1.C.2, 2.C.2, 3.C.2, 4.C.2, 5.C.2, 6.C.2, 7.C.2, 8.C.2, B.C.2, I.C.2, P.C.2, A.C.2 K.A.1, 1.A.1, 2.A.1, 3.A.1, 4.A.1, 5.A.1, 6.A.1, 7.A.1, 8.A.1, B.A.1, I.A.1, P.A.1, A.A.1 K.CU.1, 1.CU.1, 2.CU.1, 3.CU.1, 4.CU.1, 5.CU.1, 6.CU.1, 7.CU.1, 8.CU.1, P.CU.1, I.CU.1, P.CU.1, A.CU.1
Cost: $600 one program / $1000 two programs (same school, same day)