Speaker

Skilled Speaker and Storyteller Dolores Sloan

Dolores Sloan is a vibrant and insight­ful speak­er, who believes that his­to­ry is best under­stood through the expe­ri­ences of those who lived it, where the lis­ten­er can iden­ti­fy with the uni­ver­sal life themes made vis­i­ble in the work and acts of both great and lit­tle people.

As com­ments attest by those who have expe­ri­enced her pre­sen­ta­tions, she is a skilled sto­ry­teller, who illu­mi­nates the dates and places of his­to­ry, enabling the lis­ten­er to view the actors and actions in a fresh light. 

When­ev­er pos­si­ble, Sloan uses a mul­ti­me­dia approach to enrich her pre­sen­ta­tions, whether pro­ject­ed images that accom­pa­ny her talk or an exhib­it avail­able to the audi­ence before and after the pro­gram. When pos­si­ble, she invites artists and indi­vid­u­als from the Jew­ish, aca­d­e­m­ic and greater com­mu­ni­ties to join her in pan­els as part of the event. She also offers pro­grams in col­lab­o­ra­tion with per­form­ers in music and oth­er artis­tic genres.

Each pre­sen­ta­tion is designed for the par­tic­u­lar audi­ence and venue, whether attend­ing a lun­cheon, an evening event or a full day of pro­grams for diverse audiences.

Rae Cohen, Raquel Ben­si­mon and Arthur Ben­veniste dis­cuss the sig­nif­i­cance of their Sephardic lega­cy, as Dolores Sloan facil­i­tates for the pro­gram “Homage to a Resource­ful and Resilient Peo­ple,” at Sephardic Tem­ple Tifer­eth Israel in Los Angeles.

I am writ­ing to thank you for the won­der­ful class you con­duct­ed for HaMakom Con­tin­u­ing Edu­ca­tion this past Thurs­day. It was immense­ly infor­ma­tive and beau­ti­ful­ly thought through. All the feed­back I have had so far was pos­i­tive; peo­ple enjoyed the class and learned much. 

Marge Lazar
Chair, HaMakom Con­tin­u­ing Education 
San­ta Fe, NM