Like many of my most recent batch of Q&A invitees, Nora Camp and her work popped up as suggestions in my Scoop.it curation. I am most excited to have her join the Q&A series because she and her company, Duo.ca, are approaching brand storytelling in a unique way. This Q&A … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2012
81st Q&A Debuts
I’m planning a new round of Q&As this late winter and spring. I recently sent out 29 invitations (would have sent more but found that an amazing number of blogger/practitioner Web sites had no contact information). Seventeen practitioners responded affirmatively, and a particularly quick and eager respondent, Nora Camps of … Continue reading
How Much Story Can You Fit into 30 Seconds?
Yesterday on Facebook, the ever creative Park Howell shared a 30-second TV spot (embedded below) his company, Park & Co., had created about donating to Goodwill. In the spot, a young boy packs his teddy bear into his backpack and pedals his bike to a Goodwill center to donate it. … Continue reading
Story Gets an Analysis and a Critique: Two Presentations
Two TED Talks came to my attention in the last couple of days — one that embodies an affecting story (as many TED Talks do) and another that casts a critical and suspicious eye on stories themselves. I often see storied presentations, and I often see written pieces on integrating … Continue reading
Life Writing: A Bit of Looking Back, A Lot of Looking Ahead
Some interesting life-writing items I’ve come across recently reflect end-of-the-old-year/beginning-of-the-new-year themes. Professional Personal Historian Dan Curtis published a list of The Top Personal History Blogs of 2011, some of which I know well and will also be well-known to readers here. (Do read his post to learn his criteria for … Continue reading