Resilient Stories launches RV tour to expand workshops nationwide

Founder Danielle Dahl is taking Resilient Stories on a national RV tour to bring storytelling workshops, community events, and its Spark to Heal symposium model to new cities. The effort also ties into Dahl’s goal of presenting at as many 1 Million Cups communities as possible while building a network of local hosts.

Why it matters: - Resilient Stories is moving from a Billings-based platform to a national model. - The tour is designed to help communities create local spaces for storytelling, reflection, creativity, and connection. - The expansion could put workshops and symposium programming in more cities through approved local hosts.

What happened: - Danielle Dahl, founder and CEO of Resilient Stories, launched an RV tour to bring the organization’s workshops, community events, and Spark to Heal™ model across the U.S. - Dahl and her husband left Billings in a 32-foot RV and began traveling for speaking engagements, entrepreneurial events, story collection, and host outreach. - Dahl said the bigger goal is to see what happens when Resilient Stories no longer belongs to one zip code. - Communities, organizations, potential workshop hosts, storytellers, sponsors, and media can connect through ResilientStories.com. - Dahl will start in Texas and plans to remain there until April.

The details: - Resilient Stories began as a platform for people to share personal experiences about grief, relationships, trauma, identity, illness, adversity, and everyday resilience. - The organization has expanded into the Voices of Resilience anthology series, creative wellness workshops, community events, speaking programs, and Spark to Heal, a full-day storytelling symposium built around lived experience and connection. - The next stage includes a licensing program that would let approved hosts bring Resilient Stories workshops into their own communities. - Dahl also plans to expand Spark to Heal beyond Montana. - Dahl said she wants growth through partnerships with people already connected to their communities rather than by overloading her own schedule.

Between the lines: - The tour is both a business expansion and a relationship-building effort. - Dahl is using the road trip to test whether a locally rooted storytelling model can scale nationally without losing its community feel. - The RV format also creates content and visibility, not just travel logistics.

What’s next: - Dahl plans to present Resilient Stories at as many 1 Million Cups communities as possible during the tour. - She hopes to surpass the current record for the most communities visited by a single presenter. - The tour will also collect stories for future interviews, written contributions, anthology projects, and other storytelling opportunities. - Dahl is documenting the trip through the social series Tales From the RV. - Miles Between Stories will highlight people, partnerships, and future Resilient Stories hosts discovered along the way. - Resilient Stories says its long-term goal is a network of locally led experiences built around people being seen, heard, and understood.

The bottom line: - Resilient Stories is trying to turn a Billings startup into a national storytelling network, one city and one community host at a time.