In my teleseminar this week, I talked about 9-11 and the post-9-11 culture as one of the pivotal influences in society’s need to connect through stories. Back in February, I read a blog entry about the popular storytelling venue The Moth. The blogger, my Twitter friend Will Coley, wrote: “[People] … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2009
It’s Here! Storied Careers Free E-Book Now Available for Download
My free 88-page, illustrated e-book, Storied Careers: 40+ Story Practitioners Talk about Applied Storytelling, is now available. I’ve been gratified by many positive comments from the 43 contributors who reviewed a beta release of the book over the past week. Please go to this page from which you can directly … Continue reading
Why Is Storytelling So Resonant Now?
This is a page to accompany a Worldwide Story Work Teleseminar I’m hosting today, Sept. 9, 4 pm EDST, entitled: The Golden Age of Storytelling: Why Is Story Exploding? What Does It Means for Practitioners? Register for the teleseminar here (you may need to become a member of Worldwide Story … Continue reading
Teleseminar Wednesday; Free E-Book Release Thursday
Big doings this week: I will host a Worldwide Story Work Teleseminar tomorrow, Wed., Sept. 9, 4 pm EDST, entitled: The Golden Age of Storytelling: Why Is Story Exploding? What Does It Means for Practitioners? If you’re thinking of attending, please access the handout I prepared for the teleseminar — … Continue reading
Time for Labor Day Storytelling Twitterthon
Cathie Dodd’s Storytelling Twitterthon begins at 6 am PST Labor Fay, Sept. 7. Says Cathie: Start sharing sharing your personal stories. It will be going all day,so whenever you have a moment stop by and be apart of it. Some have already started sharing their stories. Just go to Twitter … Continue reading
Denning’s Attention > Desire > Reasons Formula Especially Suited to Cover Letters
Continuing to update some entries from the early years of A Storied Career while I finalize my e-book, Storied Careers and prepare for hosting a teleseminar on 09-09-09. New entries will resume Tuesday, Sept. 8. Over the years of this blog, and in my book Tell Me About Yourself:, I’ve … Continue reading
Case Studies in the Job Search Are Storytelling, Too
Continuing to look back at the early years of A Storied Career while I finalize my e-book, Storied Careers and prepare for hosting a teleseminar on 09-09-09. New entries will resume soon. Career coach Wendy J. Terwelp touts the value of story, or case studies, in the job search, noting … Continue reading
Storytelling Twitterthon on Labor Day: Everybody Has a Story … What’s Yours?
Cathie Dodd, one of the subjects of my Q&A series is trying a storytelling Twitterthon on Monday, September 7, Labor Day in the US, from 6:00 am – 9:00 pm PDT. You can RSVP and see more info here on Facebook. Looks like you need to friend Cathie on Facebook … Continue reading
Storied Networking Advice Endures
Continuing to look back four years ago to the first year of A Storied Career while I finalize my e-book, Storied Careers and prepare for hosting a teleseminar on 09-09-09. It’s interesting to look back at that first year. My entries were a lot shorter (I could learn from my … Continue reading
A Classic: Famed “Story” Resumes
While I’m working on finalizing my e-book, Storied Careers and preparing for hosting a teleseminar a week from today, I’m republishing an updated “classic” entry from the first year of A Storied Career. These two examples of “story resumes” never fail to make me smile. Alexandre Gueniot explains that he … Continue reading