Who it's for
When someone is facing something
If you or someone you love has had hard news, this is built to be led by the person, at their pace, with every story under their control, and with nothing finished that they do not want finished.
What makes it work
Built for exactly this.
They decide everything
What is asked, what is sealed, who hears it and when. A story can be sealed for a grandchild's eighteenth birthday.
Any amount counts
Five minutes is a visit. A single sentence recorded is worth having. There is no "behind".
No urgency marketing, ever
We do not count down, and we never use the word "before". If this is not for them, it is not for them.
Start here
Free, whether or not you use Tellforth.
Question listQuestions to askIn the order a good interviewer would ask themGuideHow to help someone who is dying tell their storyA gentle method for capturing a dying person's story on their terms: control, pace, what to ask first, and what to never do.The booksEvery kind of bookMemoir, novel, young adult, picture book, and moreOccasionAfter a diagnosisAfter hard news, a calm way for a person to tell their story if they choose to: voice visits of any length, every story under their control, and nothing finished they did not want finished.
Also for
Other people it was made for.
A book of your grandparents' storiesFor families who want a grandparent's stories told, by voice, at their pace, and written into a real book while there is time.Your parents' story, finishedFor adult children who want to give a parent the gift of being listened to, and get back a book in their voice.For hospice and palliative care teamsA legacy program for patients and families: dignified, controlled by the patient, and useful to the team.A book your child wrote, starring your childFor parents who want to catch a child's own stories, in their own words, and turn them into a picture book they are the hero of.The story of the company, told by the people who built itA founder memoir or company history gathered by interviewing the people who were there, in scenes, with the near-death included.A veteran's story, told the right wayFor families who want a service story recorded without re-opening wounds: ordinary first, led by the veteran, kept straight.
Tellforth
Tell it forward.
The stories are already there. All that is missing is someone to ask.
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