The tally is in for Sunday’s Blog Action Day: 2,710 bloggers from 109 countries registered to take part in Blog Action Day 2011. Go here to see the range of bloggers from different cultures, countries, and languages who committed to blog about food for Blog Action Day, October 16, 2011.
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Q&A with Two Story Gurus: Graham Williams and Dorian Haarhoff: Stories Can Free Us or Trap Us
I recently had the most pleasant experience of having Graham Williams, pictured at right, nominate himself and his partner, Dorian Haarhoff, to participate in a Q&A interview. I loved the self-nomination, not only because I knew the pair would be motivated to respond quickly (they did!), but also because I … Continue reading
Blog Action Day 2011: Where Food and Story Intersect #bad11
For the fourth year, I am participating in Blog Action Day. This year’s topic is food. As a blogger about applied storytelling, my goal with Blog Action Day is to explore the ways food and story intersect. We can tell something of a visual story with food. Food is is … Continue reading
Blog Action Day (Topic: Food) Is Sunday
I’ll be participating in this effort — with a story spin — for the fourth year on Sunday:
Public-Speaking Horror Stories Are Necessary
So there I was, cruising along toward the first major Toastmasters benchmark of 10 speeches. I gave my ninth speech this week. In every speaker’s career comes a speech, or perhaps more than one, that he or she beats himself or herself up over. In his blog, Manner of Speaking, … Continue reading
Narratives During Career Change Help Us Try Out Possible Selves
If you’re interested in the connection between story and career, Herminia Ibarra is a name you need to know. I first encountered her well-known Harvard Business Review article (Ibarra, H. & Lineback, L.K. [2005] “What’s Your Story?” Harvard Business Review, January, 83 [1]: 64-71) during my dissertation research and referred … Continue reading
Unearthing Your Career Story
I am often beyond surprised by which of my blog posts gets attention and resonates with readers. My Saturday post about the Earth’s stories got some mini-buzz. But who would ever think of connecting geology with one’s career story? Apparently my colleague Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter. She has written a brilliant post … Continue reading
The Earth Is the Original Nonlinear Storyteller
The Earth is a wonderful storyteller. When we spent our first summer in Eastern Washington, I became absolutely fascinated by the diverse geology of our new locale. We live in an area that, 250 million years ago, was under the Pacific Ocean, though not far from the coastline — at … Continue reading
Stories Show Job-Seekers Care about their Job History
Gerrit Hall’s article, The Relevance of Storytelling in Your Job Search, was not exactly epiphanic for someone like me who has been immersed in job-search storytelling for several years now. But Hall did mention a rationale for job-interview storytelling that was new to me. Job-seekers who respond in story form … Continue reading
In Memory of a Visionary Storyteller
In Steve Jobs’ legendary 2008 Stanford commencement speech, which has been posted all over the virtual world since his untimely death, he says he plans to tell three stories and does so. The speech is rightly cited as a classic example of using stories in presentations. I can think of … Continue reading