Here’s a piece I’ve been meaning to post for a long time. First had it scheduled for January, then February, then April, and now here we are. Some interesting story observations folks have made about marketing, advertising, public relations, and branding: Storied characters provide a human way for marketers to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Is This the Future of Storytelling in Newspapers?
Seemingly at just the exact moment yesterday when I was posting my entry about storytelling in the troubled world of newspaper journalism, my friend Thaler Pekar was expressing great enthusiasm on Facebook for an upcoming publication, San Francisco Panorama, a one-time-only newspaper to be published by McSweeney’s. Here’s why the … Continue reading
Four Pronouncements about Storytelling in Journalism
We had only one heartbreak during our wonderful summer and early fall in Kettle Falls, WA — we were unable to have a daily newspaper delivered to us. The Spokesman-Review of Spokane had recently cut costs by ending home delivery in our area. Given that we were 20 miles from … Continue reading
The Sticky Guy (One of Them Anyway) Says Stories Make Your Resume Sticky
If it’s Friday, it must be “Fast Company columnist supports storytelling resumes” day. At last that has been the case the last two Fridays, and both times Thomas Clifford told me about the articles. Last week it was Nick Corcodilos supporting storytelling in or instead of resumes. Today, it’s Dan … Continue reading
More Job Action Day Stories: They Turned Their Stories into Business Ventures
Job Action Day is technically over for this year, but there’s no reason its message about taking positive action for your career can’t continue — especially since I received so many great stories about laid-off workers who found new opportunities. These three applied their experiences — their stories — to … Continue reading
Story Prompts, Activities for All Occasions: Part 2
Continuing a list of story prompts and activities begun in yesterday’s entry: The next prompt requires some herculean thinking and work, as well as knowledge of transmedia storytelling. It comes from a blog entry for a class called Theories of Texts and Technology taught by Blake Scott. (The entry is … Continue reading
Story Prompts Offer Versatile Applications: Part 1
I love collecting story prompts and activities because they have applications across the spectrum of the kinds of things I explore here, on A Storied Career. Organizational practitioners can use them as warmups/icebreakers or to get at deeper objectives. Memoirists and journalers can use them to get their creative juices … Continue reading
Job Action Day 09: Recession is the Mother of Invention: Stories of Opportunity Springing from Unemployment
Today is Job Action Day 2009, a day for job-seekers to take action steps right now — today — to move forward in their careers. The Quintessential Careers family of blogs (including this blog and Quintessential Careers Blog, Quintessential Resume and Cover Letter Tips Blog, and Career Doctor Blog), is … Continue reading
Mistitled Book Offers Effective System for Composing Stories for the Job Search
If I mentioned to you a book titled Memory Mining, what would you think it was about? Improving your memory? Digging through your memory to construct your life story? What if I told you the book’s subtitle: Digging for Gems from Your Past Good Work? For what purpose? Why should … Continue reading