Kendall Haven
The only West Point grad to turn professional storyteller, Kendall Haven also holds a graduate degree in Oceanography. A master teller, Haven has performed for over 6.8 million worldwide during his 32 year career and has led the research effort for the National Storytelling Assn. into effective stories and into the process of story-based influence and persuasion. An internationally recognized Subject Matter Expert on the neuro-science of story, Haven is the only storyteller recruited for the recent DoD DARPA research program to explore the cognitive neurology of how stories exert influence. He serves as a story consultant to departments in various governmental science agencies as well as for numerous corporations, nonprofits, and educational organizations.
Haven has published 34 books of and on stories and storytelling and has won 20 major awards for his writing and performance storytelling.
www.kendallhaven.com
