We remember stories better than we do other forms of learning-delivery, report Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide in their blog, Eide Neurolearning Blog. I wish they’d cited the exact research studies they’re referring to The research reports they cite are below the blog entry the above link goes to. The … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2009
My Big, Fat Career-Storytelling Synthesis
Sometimes I feel like a lonely voice crying out in the wilderness about the value of storytelling in the job search and career advancement. Particularly when I was in my PhD program describing my dissertation about using stories in the job search, other scholars would look at me as though … Continue reading
Did You Land a Job By Telling Your Story Through Social Media?
My colleague, Chandlee Bryan, of CareersInContext, is looking for folks who landed jobs through social media: Did you or someone you know land a great job due to smart use of social media and social networking applications? I am in the process of preparing a presentation for the Career Management … Continue reading
“Bandwidth Exceeded” Wordle
I switched A Storied Career and three other blogs I maintain to a new host and server last year. Toward the end of 2008, I started getting e-mails around the end of every month that I was in danger of exceeding my bandwidth. This month it finally happened — earlier … Continue reading
Vicariously Experiencing The Moth
Ever since Annette Simmons turned me on to The Moth, I have been in love with this nonprofit that is dedicated to “promoting the art of storytelling” and “celebrat[ing] the ability of stories to honor the diversity and commonality of human experience, and to satisfy a vital human need for … Continue reading
Great Opportunity to Hear, Vote On Moth Stories
As a companion piece to today’s other entry about The Moth, here’s a terrific chance to hear some Moth stories and vote on the selections for the Audience Favorites Vol. 6 CD. The choices consist of the 51 stories featured on the Moth’s Mainstage in 2008. You can hear some … Continue reading
A Rich Source for Story Prompts
The Story Ideas Virtuoso is Deb Gallardo. Her site offers story ideas and writing prompts for creative and fiction writers, but many of them can work for brainstorming memoirs or as a foundation for group story-based activities. For example, Gallardo suggests the Innocent Bystander idea in which: You overhear a … Continue reading
Recession Stories: Told and Sought
Three items today relating to stories about our tough economy: CNNMoney.com is running a series this week called “Stories from the Recession’s Frontline,” using Rhode Island (“a tiny state with big problems”) as the backdrop for these troubling narratives: We will tell the stories of the jobless returning to school … Continue reading
How to Guarantee You’ll Tell Stories in Your Presentation
Came across an idea that’s not new to me but is worth sharing. Karl Kapp suggested in a blog entry that to force presenters to tell stories instead of reading dry facts, stats, and bullet points from slides, use slides with no words — just images. I did that with … Continue reading
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Twitter Followers
Over the weekend, my social-media-and-storytelling pal Thomas Clifford sent me eight Twitter followers. This influx of followers finally convinced me that I should follow all the folks who have been following me. So why wasn’t I following them earlier? It’s hard to explain. Ever heard of the FIRO-B assessment? Among … Continue reading