It’s been almost two months since my last roundup of storytelling tweets that enjoyed significant buzz in the Twitterverse. Time to look at what folks think is worth re-tweeting in the storytelling world: The book Why Now Is the Time Crush It! Cash in on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Categorizing and Appreciating the Narrative Web
Reader Raf Stevens’s challenge to me to present examples of good storytelling had the interesting effect of getting me thinking about categories of storytelling that one can access on the Internet. Here’s the list so far: Digital/video storytelling Live storytelling performance, captured on video Live storytelling performance, captured on audio … Continue reading
Distinguish Between Types of Stories Employers Tell
Pointing to a staggering “proliferation of recruiting videos since the advent of Web 2.0,” David D’Angelo writes on ERE.net that employers often confuse the goals of two different types of stories they typically tell prospective workers. The two categories of story in these videos (which can be seen in such … Continue reading
Listen to and Preserve a Loved One’s Story Today, The National Day of Listening
The day after Thanksgiving is the day that StoryCorps has set aside to ask folks to spend one hour recording a conversation with someone important to them. You can interview anyone you choose: an older relative, a friend, a teacher, or someone from the neighborhood, StoryCorps suggests. For this National … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Family Gatherings Call for Story Sharing — and Crucial Discussions
Guest entry by Alexandra Drane and the Engage With Grace team. We’re continuing a tradition at The Health Care Blog started last year. Asking you to take a moment this weekend to discuss your desires for how to live the end of your life as meaningfully as possible — If … Continue reading
An Up-Close Look at How the Story Box Project Works
I’ve previously mentioned THE STORY BOX PROJECT, but you might not have a good feel for how it works just by reading its own site and THE STORY BOX PROJECT global publishing and sharing Ning group. Limor Shiponi has chronicled her experience with THE STORY BOX PROJECT both on the … Continue reading
Live, Clickable Links Added to Free E-Book
When I first published my free e-book, Storied Careers: 40+ Story Practitioners Talk about Applied Storytelling back in September, I didn’t have the right software to make the links in the book “live,” meaning clickable so you are taken to the referenced Web site. Now I have the software, so … Continue reading
You Don’t Have to Be Hardcore Into Digital Storytelling to Use These Tools
Ozge Karaoglu’s Blog recently presented 100 Digital Storytelling Tools for Your Digital Selves + Natives (Part 1), 100 Digital Storytelling Tools for Your Digital Selves + Natives (Part 1), 100 Digital Storytelling Tools for Your Digital Selves + Natives (Part 3), and 100 Digital Storytelling Tools for Your Digital Selves … Continue reading
DocLab 2009 with Live Stories Theme Is Under Way
Who knew there was an emerging web documentary genre? A small part of IDFA, the 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, is dedicated to this genre. Doc Lab, Amsterdam’s “hotbed of experiment, is the special area of the festival exploring the relationship between ‘new media’ and documentary filmmaking. The program … Continue reading
Our Stories Are Among the Few Things We Can Control
Recently saw an interesting premise on the blog (called Naming and Treating) of K and J Investigations and Case Management. In a post titled Diagnostic Voices of Community: “control over our stories”, the blogger(s) — Kathy and/or Jeff Gaddess — start by citing the words of New York Times columnist … Continue reading