Are you interested in helping someone else to tell his or her story? We encourage everyone who can to reach out to an aging family member or friend. Seniors have valuable stories to tell, and we all can benefit from listening and preserving these historical treasures.

Read about how best to collaborate with a senior, or perhaps someone in ill health. Consider holding short sessions to work on the memoir. We’ll discuss how to ask questions to elicit the best possible response. Understanding how to help the person you’re working with is the key to a successful memoir project.

Another possibility for collaboration is a group endeavor; they will preserve the collective memories of the group. Group projects can require some effort to orchestrate, but they can be very rewarding, too. What are the best ways to gather stories from all the members of the group? Why is it essential that one person be “in charge” and take responsibility for making final decisions about the book? These book projects have one great advantage: each group members is responsible only for a small contribution, yet they will receive great communal rewards (a bigger book than they would have ever done alone) in the end.

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