Speaking Topics

Let author and storyteller Gayle Martin make your next event truly memorable.  Gayle has been "edutaining" audiences with her unique brand of storytelling since 2001, providing family-friendly and thought-provoking entertainment programs for schools, universities, museums, corporate events, fund-raisers, banquets, conventions and spouse programs, just to name a few.

Additional information on these topics, including video samples, is available on the Media Room page.

Speaking Topics

How to Write a Story

This multi-media presentation covers basic storytelling techniques such as plot and character development, using the book, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, as the model.  Suitable for schools, churches, associations and seniors.  The program is approximately 30 minutes long and can be presented to students as young as the 4th grade.

Speaking Fee:  $250* for Arizona schools in Pima, Pinal or Cochise counties.

Living History Presentation - The Tombstone Storyteller

Take a journey to the real Old West, where opportunities abound but danger lurks..

Elizabeth has just completed the journey of a lifetime.  She and her husband came to Tombstone to strike it rich and found themselves in a Wild West boom town complete with stagecoach robberies and a gunfight near the O.K. Corral.  Suitable for schools, churches, spouse programs, association groups and seniors.  The program is approximately 45 minutes long and can be presented to students as young as the 4th Grade.

"Very inspiring to see a different side of Wyatt Earp and Tombstone."

- Amy Ikari, Gardena, California

"Great storytelling. Held listener's interest."

- Tom Henderson, Tucson, Arizona

Speaking Fee:  $250* for Arizona schools in Pima, Pinal or Cochise counties.

Living History Presentation - The WWII Housewife & Defense Worker

Uncertain times... Unexpected life changes... Separation from loved ones...

Anna's world has been turned upside down by war as she is left to cope with shortages while working at a "man's job."  She faces these challenges with grace and dignity as she exemplifies the selfless efforts made by countless women during WWII.  Suitable for schools, churches, spouse programs, associations and seniors.  The program is approximately 30 minutes long and features many historic artifacts.  It can be presented to students as young as the 4th grade.

Speaking Fee:  $250* for Arizona schools in Pima, Pinal or Cochise counties.

"A must see for young people.  They learn things they never knew."

- Anne Wolbert, Arizona State University West

"Believability, well rehearsed, well done.  Very relevant and helpful."

- Chaplain Stephen J. Zachary, USN

* Please contact us for pricing information for non-school venues or for schools outside Pima, Pinal or Coshise County, Arizona.