What a special holiday treat to bring you a Q&A with Evelyn Clark, one of the first organizational story practitioners I became aware of when I first got into storytelling in 2004. Evelyn is truly one of the pioneers of the discipline. This Q&A will appear over the next several … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2009
Margolis’s Holiday Gift: Free Download of Believe Me
Michael Margolis submitted the following as a comment to yesterday’s entry, but since comments aren’t very prominent here, I’ve made his announcement its own entry: As a holiday gift, starting today, I’m releasing a free digital download copy of my storytelling manifesto, Believe Me. Anybody on my lists will get … Continue reading
How to Become a Better Storylistener
An interview by Michelle James with Michael Margolis enjoyed significant buzz and retweeting on Twitter — and with good reason; it’s filled with gems. One of my favorites is Michael’s response to the question “What is one technique or approach that people could start applying today to bring more creativity … Continue reading
Holiday Shopping as Storytelling Fodder
This weekend, the last before Christmas, is bound to be a big one for holiday shopping. My newspaper said the crowds will be “outrageous,” which I find a little hard to swallow given the economy. The blogger at Thoughts While Waiting suggests that holiday shopping provides an opportunity for storytelling. … Continue reading
Too Late for This Year, But Next Year, Consider Advent Story Project
With just a week to go before Christmas, it’s probably too late this year to implement the storied Advent project I saw on the blog My Photo Video. But file it away for next year as a nice idea for telling the story of family holiday preparations. The blog’s editor … Continue reading
2009’s Top Growth Areas for Applied Storytelling: Part 2
Here’s the second half of my list of applied storytelling’s top growth areas in 2009. See yesterday’s entry for the first half. More business and cultural leaders recognize that storytelling skills are crucial in the 21st century. Story practitioners Lori Silverman and Karen Dietz are seminal evangelists for the idea … Continue reading
… And Rakontu, Too …
Posting this on behalf of Cynthia Kurtz, who had technical difficulty posting a comment (and I, too, had trouble posting it in comment form, so I made it into a regular blog posting) — and she’s right that my list should have included Rakontu in today’s post: Great list, Kathy. … Continue reading
2009’s Top 10 Growth Areas for Applied Storytelling: Part 1
Well, I wanted this entry to be the top 10 applied-storytelling developments in 2009, but none of the areas I identified within applied storytelling — with the possible exception of No. 10 — are really new this year. Instead, these are areas experiencing tremendous growth and buzz this year. If … Continue reading
Seeking Stories from Women Who Are Leaders in Their Own Life
Lisa Rossetti is developing a female leadership development and coaching program and will soon launch the Web site Q2Lead. I offered to publicize her research needs: As a writer and narrative researcher, I am collecting conversations and stories from women who are Leaders in their own Life. Women often do … Continue reading
Three Storytelling Applications Attest to Applied Storytelling’s Diversity
Here are three ways that folks are applying storytelling in creative, innovative ways: PSST! is a collaborative film project of 17 brilliantly produced films by 51 teams of designers, directors, animators and composers. Every film is comprised of three sections — beginning, middle and end — each produced by three … Continue reading