If you’re a newbie in the world of organizational or applied storytelling, you will likely appreciate Robert Star’s slideshow, Release the Stories in Your Organization. The concepts and arguments in favor of storytelling in organizations will be familiar to veterans of organizational storytelling, but they are nicely organized and presented. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Is the Internet Killing — or Nourishing — Storytelling?
Ben Macintyre’s Times of London article from two weeks ago, The internet is killing storytelling continues to generate huge buzz on Twitter, and I expected to vehemently disagree with it. But I surprised myself by acknowledging that Macintyre has a few good points. First, I like the staccato spew of … Continue reading
Two More Voices Join the Storytelling-in-the-Job-Search Chorus
Roxanne Ravenel doesn’t really break any new ground in Building Career Success Stories: Why Storytelling is Essential to Finding Your Next Job, but she reinforces the importance of storytelling for responding to behavioral job-interview questions and provides an example of the class Challenge > Action > Results formula. I’m delighted … Continue reading
Healthcare Winning Video Is Somewhat Storied
When I give publicity to a contest in this space, I feel I should follow up and reveal the winner. A few weeks ago, I posted about the Obama administration’s healthcare video contest, noting that some entries among the top 20 finalists were more storied than others. On the continuum … Continue reading
What’s Next for Believe Me Author?
Today, I conclude my series of three questions I asked of Michael Margolis, author of the new book, Believe Me: Why Your Vision, Brand, and Leadership Need a Bigger Story (see yesterday’s entry and Friday’s.) Michael writes that the Believe Me manifesto is just the beginning. “Follow-up books will be … Continue reading
Believe Me: Targeting Short Attention Spans and Conversation
As I noted in yesterday’s entry, I’m introducing Michael Margolis’s new book, Believe Me: Why Your Vision, Brand, and Leadership Need a Bigger Story by asking him some questions about it, as well as sharing my own impressions. I asked Michael what kind of reaction the book has generated. Here’s … Continue reading
Believe Me: Why the World Needs a Storytelling Manifesto for Change-Makers and Innovators
My friend Michael Margolis has just come out with the terrific new book, Believe Me: Why Your Vision, Brand, and Leadership Need a Bigger Story. In addition to being fun and easy reading (even a slow reader like me can devour it in a single sitting), the book offers free … Continue reading
What’s the Story of the Story? Narrative Critical Method and the New Leadership Story
Why does the public buy into stories like the Balloon Boy? Why do the media purvey stories that are often not as they are portrayed to be — and the public gets sucked in? Those were questions raised yesterday in a thought-provoking teleconference by Paul Costelllo, director of the Center … Continue reading
Still More Job Action Day Stories: Their Layoffs Fueled Their Creativity
Yep, it’s true that the next Job Action Day is almost a year off, but the message from this year’s event — about taking positive action for your career is worth repeating. I received a ton of great stories about laid-off workers who found new opportunities. These four transformed unemployment … Continue reading
My Big, Fat Marketing-Storytelling Synthesis: 10 Observations, Part 2
Continuing interesting story observations folks have made about marketing, advertising, public relations, and branding, from yesterday’s entry … Even names and labels can tell a story. Sarah Mahoney says (in an article that now appears to be password-protected) many marketers miss the opportunity to create a storyline through labels, … Continue reading