Novelist Jess Walter has spent most of his life in Spokane, WA, and a lot of that time wanting to leave. He expresses his ambivalence about Spokane in a cleverly written piece, “Statistical Abstract for My Hometown, Spokane, Washington,” which mixes Spokane fun facts with pathos-filled anecdotes about life in … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Will New Facebook Profile Really Tell the Story of Our Lives?
This week saw lots of buzz over the new Facebook profile timeline, which will be rolled out to users on the 29th. I couldn’t help loving the emphasis on story, as in the tagline “Tell your life story with a new kind of profile” on Facebook’s page about Timeline. The … Continue reading
How Storytelling Compares to Corporate Speak
Lou Hoffman‘s telling infographic has been making the rounds this week. In the blog post in which he introduced it, he writes: “… we contend there’s often a gap between the content developed by the PR function and the type of content needed by journalists, bloggers and other influencers. Our … Continue reading
Job-Search Storytelling Workbook Is Here!
I have met my self-imposed deadline to complete Tell Me MORE About Yourself: A Workbook to Develop Better Job-Search Communication through Storytelling by today. (The plan was to offer it by the end of summer; I settled for the first day of fall.) You can check out the table of … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Jane Freese: Liberals Need Better Stories to Market their Ideas
See a photo of Jane, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Jane Freese, Question 5: Q: If you could identify a person or organization who desperately needs to tell a better story, who or what would it be? A: Political … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Jane Freese: Storytelling Helps Job-Seekers Create a Full Picture of Who They Are to Employers
See a photo of Jane, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Jane Freese, Question 4: Q: You recently held your first Telling About Yourself workshop. How did it go, and to what extent will you tweak it for the next time? A: … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Jane Freese: Storytelling is a Wonderful Tool for Making Job Applicants Memorable
See a photo of Jane, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Jane Freese, Question 3: Q: Your discovery of applied storytelling for business and job search sounds a lot like mine in that it came about during an academic program. Can you tell that … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Jane Freese: The Stories We Tell about Ourselves Guide Our Course through Life
See a photo of Jane, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Jane Freese, Question 2: Q: How did you initially become involved with story/storytelling/narrative? What attracted you to this field? What do you love about it? A: I became involved in story through a storytelling course … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Jane Freese: Emblematic Moments Lend Themselves to Personal Storytelling in Job Interviews
I’m so happy to have a new Q&A to run this week. I believe I encountered Jane Freese during my usual wanderings and research for blog content and was thrilled to find yet another kindred spirit working with storytelling and career/job search. I am most excited to have her join … Continue reading
New Job Interviewing Book Features Chapter on Telling Stories
Eric Kramer, whose specialty is presentation interviews, has just published a huge, comprehensive interviewing book, Active Interviewing. The book offers a full chapter, “Tell Stories That Engage and Persuade.” He notes that stories in interviews should have a plot, theme, and dramatic tension. The listener of a story in a … Continue reading