Better Said Than Done Founder Jessica Robinson is a professional storyteller, presenter, speaker, host, emcee, author, educator, workshop leader, teaching artist, and story coach.
Jessica is available to: emcee events; lead presentations, webinars, or workshops; produce or perform in storytelling shows for venues, or corporate, educational, and non profit events; or to perform her solo shows “Tech Babies,” about infertility and prenatal complications; “Covid and Kids and Zombies,” about surviving the covid/zombie apocalypse with littles at home; or “Magic Hour,” a trio of magical stories for grown-ups and her newest solo show “American Witch.”
Contact Jessica here.
Upcoming Storytelling Performances or Appearances –
March 25, 2024 – Shared a story and was interviewed on WSJS, Triad Radio.
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE
April 16, 2024 – Leading a storytelling workshop for BAE Systems in Fairfax, VA
April 17, 2024 And Beyond – I am thrilled to be a co-author of the anthology Clarity: Stories About the Moment That Changed It All. Order Here.
April 20, 2024 – VASA: The Gathering – I’ll be attending as a member of the Board of Directors, and also presenting a workshop on how to run and promote a storytelling program.
Details and Registration Here
April 28, 2024 – Leading a workshop, online, on Braiding Stories – teaching how to weave together multiple stories.
Details and Registration Here.
May 4, 2024 – Emceeing Rebel Alliance: Stories about Empires and Rebellion – at Clare and Don’s Beach Shack in Falls Church, VA.
Tickets on Sale Here
May 16, 2024 – Performing a story for Braided: Stories Intertwined, online
Tickets on Sale Here
May 18, 2024 – Co-leading a Social Media and Branding Workshop for the NSN Pro Sig Group. It is open to the public. FREE for NSN Pro Sig Members. $10 Non-members. Details and Registration Here.
Jessica Robinson also offers individual story coaching. Contact jessica (at) bettersaidthandone (dot) com to discuss.
Jessica Robinson began performing stories in front of audiences in 2007, and founded Better Said Than Done in 2011. In addition to performing with Better Said Than Done, Jessica has performed locally (in the DMV) for Story District, Tales in the Village, The Grapevine, Perfect Liars Club and GMU’s Fall for the Book Festival. Jessica’s one woman show, “Tech Babies” – about technology, infertility, and prenatal complications – was first performed in 2015 at Stories in the Round. Jessica performed at Exchange Place at the International Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN in 2018. From 2019 to 2020, Jessica performed in the Susquehanna Folk Festival’s Liar’s Contest, appeared on PBS’ “Stories from the Stage,” was a New Voice at the Stone Soup Storytelling Festival, and featured in the Women’s Storytelling Festival. Virtually, Jessica performed for the Queens Theater, Artists Standing Strong Together (ASST), Six Feet Apart Productions, Stories for Healing, the First Person Arts Festival, Mostly True Things, The Story Space, Bridgeport Pechakucha, at 2 National Storytelling Network (NSN) virtual Conferences, and as a New Voice in the Forest Storytelling Festival. She also shared stories on the Bonkers Brit, Ellementa Woman, Orchid Story, and Funny Parents Podcasts. Since 2022, Jessica has been a featured storyteller at the Stone Soup Festival, the Washington Folk Festival, the Allegheny Highlands Festival, and the 2023 Florida Storytelling Festival.
Watch videos of Jessica Robinson, storyteller here.
Jessica’s short stories have been published in the anthology Sucker for Love, the anthology Roar: True Tales of Women Warriors – which won Honors in the 2019 Storytelling World Awards – as well as The Northern Virginia Review. She is the author of the urban fantasy novel Caged, published in 2016 under the pen name J.P. Robinson. Jessica has been leading storytelling workshops since 2011. In addition to Better Said Than Done workshops for individuals, Jessica has led storytelling workshops for The Story Center at MCPL, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, George Washington University School of Business, Story Crossroads, AHRQ, The Brookings Institution, and the World Bank, to name a few.
Jessica is the owner of, and video producer for, the corporate video production company Capture Video.
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