This week’s word cloug/tag cloud from Wordle.net based on A Storied Career.
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Q&A with a Storytelling Guru: Ardath Albee, Part 5
See Ardath’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Ardath Albee (Question 7): Q: Can you talk a bit about how story generates active relationships with customers? A: People want to have relationships with people “like” them. To generate active … Continue reading
Q&A with a Storytelling Guru: Ardath Albee, Part 4
See Ardath’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Ardath Albee (Question 6): Q: How did you discover that story-based marketing tools, such as B2B Website Stories and Email Story Campaigns were effective? A: Trial and error. What I learned was that … Continue reading
Q&A with a Storytelling Guru: Ardath Albee, Part 3
See Ardath’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A and Part 2. Q&A with Ardath Albee (Questions 4 and 5): Q: The culture is abuzz about Web 2.0 and social media. To what extent do you participate in social media (such as through LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Second … Continue reading
Q&A with a Storytelling Guru: Ardath Albee, Part 2
See Ardath’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Ardath Albee (Question 3): Q: The storytelling movement seems to be growing explosively. Why now? What is it about this moment in human history and culture that makes storytelling so resonant with so many people right now? A: … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Ardath Albee, Part 1
What a thrill to present the 15th in my Q&A series with story practitioners, this one with Ardath Albee. I came across Ardath as part of my great interest in using storytelling in marketing (in part because any marketing use of storytelling also relates to marketing oneself in job searches … Continue reading
Obama, SMITH Magazine Convergence: 6 Words
This week, I blogged about President-elect Obama’s solicitation of stories on his change.gov site, and later about Larry Smith’s Top 10 List of User-Generated Storytelling Blogs.The next day, I learned of somewhat of a convergence between these two: SMITH Magazine and the National Constitution Center ask you to help President-elect … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Sharon Lippincott, Part 5
See Sharon’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Sharon Lippincott (Question 5): Q: Among storytellers I’m doing Q&As with, you place a much higher importance on writing than most. What aspects of the writing process for telling your life … Continue reading
Friday Wordle
This week’s word cloud/tag cloud, created on Wordle.net, from this week’s entries on A Storied Career.
This Is More Like the Holy Grail: Top 10 User-Generated Storytelling Blogs
On blogs.com, Larry Smith of SMITH Magazine published a Guest Top Ten List —Top 10 User-Generated Storytelling Blogs. In an entry the other day, I ruminated on the question of “What is the Holy Grail of Online Content?” I posited a few ideas suggested by a group of bloggers writing … Continue reading