UPDATED 2020: This post was originally about a deal on a PDF copy of the 16-page e-book: Stories in the Job Interview: A How-to Guide to Creating and Using Stories to Stand Out in the Job Interview. At this writing, the book is 99 cents on Kindle. This post is … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Q and A with a Story Guru: Suzanne Henry: Storytelling will Become the Norm for Both Nonprofit and Corporate Communications
See a photo of Suzanne, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Suzanne Henry, Questions 9, 10, and 11: Q: Watch Tyler Cowen’s TED Talk and react to what the speaker says are the problems with stories. A: This was a … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Suzanne Henry: Storytelling Is a Surprisingly Easy Sell
See a photo of Suzanne, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Suzanne Henry, Questions 7 and 8: Q: What has surprised you most in your work with story? A: It surprises me that it’s such an easy sell. Every marketing director to … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Suzanne Henry: PR People Who Don’t Use Storytelling Will Find Themselves Behind the Curve
See a photo of Suzanne, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Suzanne Henry, Questions 5 and 6: Q: Your Web site notes “we only accept clients for which we can truly make a difference.” How would you characterize the type of client for whom … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Suzanne Henry: Adhering to McKee’s Story Definition in which Change Must Occur for Protagonist
See a photo of Suzanne, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Suzanne Henry, Questions 3 and 4: Q: What people or entities have been most influential to you in your story work and why? A: In 2002 I took Robert McKee’s Story seminar, which is basically … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Suzanne Henry: The Best Story Always Wins
I frequently encounter the work of Suzanne Henry and her firm Four Leaf Communications LLC in my Scoop.it curation of organizational storytelling. I truly admire her emphasis on storytelling in public relations and communications and am so pleased she is participating in this Q&A series, especially since she went above … Continue reading
Intern Videos, LOTS, Company Narratives, Job Journaling, Personal Branding, Sales Stories: A Career-Storytelling Roundup
Here are some recent dispatches from the world of story in job search and career. I have to appreciate the language at Intern Sushi, a new site that “gives interns and companies a multimedia platform to tell their stories.” That platform consists of “one-minute videos and digital profiles, interns and … Continue reading
Reinvention Summit Redux Is Coming April 16 – 20
In 2010, here’s what I said about Michael (GetStoried) Margolis’s Reinvention Summit: Provided an astonishing array of high-quality presentations, full of well-respected luminaries in the storytelling and related fields — at mind-bogglingly accessible prices. Participants enthusiastically gulped from a fountain of knowledge, expertise, and practical ideas. The summit also forged … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Cindy Atlee: Use Free Story-Typing Tool for Personal Branding
See a photo of Cindy, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Cindy Atlee, Question 5: Q: Personal branding is probably the hottest area of career development and job search right now — but every practitioner recommends a different way of … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Cindy Atlee: Practice Story Vigilance
See a photo of Cindy, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Cindy Atlee, Question 4: Q: Watch this TED Talk and react to what the speaker, Tyler Cowen [pictured], says are the problems with stories. A: Well, like it or not, we’re … Continue reading