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
Yearly Archives: 2012
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
Q and A with a Story Guru: Cindy Atlee: Our Ability to Use Story as a Framework for Our Experience Has Never Been More Relevant
See a photo of Cindy, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Cindy Atlee, Question 3: Q: The storytelling movement seems to be growing explosively. Why now? What is it about this moment in human history and culture that makes storytelling so resonant with so … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Cindy Atlee: Discovering What Storylines Shape Group Purpose and Passion
See a photo of Cindy, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Cindy Atlee, Question 2: Q: You completed Dr. Carol S. Pearson’s postgraduate program in Transformational Leadership, and I know archetypes are the centerpiece of her work. To what extent have you integrated archetypes into your … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Cindy Atlee: Establishing Identities Based on Storylines and Characters that Capture What’s Most Authentic and Distinctive
I had come across Cindy Atlee and her company, The Storybranding Group, in my curation travels, but her work especially caught my eye when I noticed her Professional Values & Story Index (PVSI), which I wrote about here. A significant mentor for Cindy has been Carol Pearson, who works with … Continue reading
Tuesday’s World Storytelling Day Celebrates Trees
The vernal equinox on Tuesday marks World Storytelling Day (see also Wikipedia entry). Each year has a theme; this year’s is “trees.” I can’t recall a beginning-middle-end tree story in my life, but trees have always been important to me. Growing up on a small farm, my sisters and I … Continue reading
Two Cool Ways that SXSW Got Storied
Someday I’d like to attend the South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference in Austin. In the meantime, it’s nice that the conference gets comprehensively covered in clever ways with strong story elements. Here are two that caught my eye this year: Storify: Storify, the tool that helps users tell stories … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: David Sidwell: ‘I Knew We Had to Begin Telling New Stories about Ourselves’
See a photo of David, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with David Sidwell, Question 5 Q: What’s your favorite story about a transformation that came about through a story or storytelling act? A: When I was first hired to be … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: David Sidwell: Current Storytelling Movement Has Roots in Folk Music
See a photo of David, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with David Sidwell, Question 4 Q: The storytelling movement seems to be growing explosively. Why now? What is it about this moment in human history and culture that makes storytelling so resonant … Continue reading