- February 7, 2013
- Docent Training, Chicago Architectural Foundation, Chicago, Illinois (private).
- February 14, 2013
- More Alike than Not, Evanston Community Foundation, Evanston, Illinois
- March 8-9, 2013
- Charleston Tells Storytelling Festival, Charleston, South Carolina
- March 21-23
- RootsTech 2013 Conference, Keynote and workshop on 3/21, Salt Lake City, Utah
- April 26-28, 2013
- Northlands Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
- June 10-15, 2013
- Teller-in-Residence, International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, Tennessee
- July 5-9, 2013
- ETSU Institute Intensive, Jonesborough, Tennessee
- July 26-27, 2013
- Powell's Wood Storytelling Festival, Federal Way, Washington
- August 29-31, 2013
- Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, Orem, Utah
- October 4-6, 2013
- National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, Tennessee.