The Sewall-Belmont House & Museum, which maintains an extensive collection of suffrage banners, archives and artifacts documenting the continuing effort by women and men of all races, religions and backgrounds to win voting rights and equality for women under the law, educates the public on the history of the National … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
Check Out Two Don’t-Miss Story Videos
Here are two videos that have earned buzz in recent weeks. If you haven’t seen them yet, I think you’ll enjoy them (heck, you’ll enjoy them even if you have seen them). The first is a series of stories held together with the thread of set of nouns (inspiration, intuition, … Continue reading
‘Heroes’ Publication Tells Stories of Valor and Sacrifice
With Memorial Day and D-Day just passed, we have military courage and sacrifice on our minds. On Flag Day next week (June 14), Stars and Stripes, the military’s independent source for news and information, will publish Heroes (photo shows 2011 edition) in honor of the many soldiers, sailors, airmen and … Continue reading
Expanding on the Job-Interview-as-Shared-Narrative
One of the most exciting posts and concepts I’ve come across in the last couple of years came from my colleague Walter Akana (pictured) in 2010 — The Job Interview As Shared Narrative, which I wrote about here. Now Walter has taken the concept to the next level with an … Continue reading
Storytelling Career Fulfillment, Journaling Career Success, and Wrestling with the Storied Resume (Again)
Three dispatches from the world of story and job search/career … I stumbled across a blog I’m surprised not to have found before, Figuring Out Fulfillment, which describes itself as “a storytelling project about finding a career and finding yourself.” Providing a nice set of prompts, bloggers “Margaret and Bill” … Continue reading
First Q and A Do-Over: Lisa Rossetti
My post last week about the state of my Q and A series and the updated book compilation I plan when I hit 100 Q and A’s generated more interest than I was expecting. Some practitioners wanted to jump on the Q and A bandwagon so they can be included … Continue reading
How Would You Use Storytelling to Unite Your Community and Bring People Together? Submit a Proposal
GOOD Maker, a tool to help people make good things happen, wants to know how you would use storytelling to unite your community and bring people together and is asking you to tell us how you use storytelling to unite and improve your community: Propose an idea that will allow … Continue reading
Entrepreneurial-Success and Life-Success Stories Sought from 55+ Folks
The Center for Productive Longevity (CPL) is initiating a national competition, The Later-Life Story Contest, to invite the best entrepreneur success stories and inspiring life stories from people 55 and older. Description The competition consists of two distinct submission categories: Entrepreneur Success Stories and Inspirational Later-Life Stories. Submissions will be … Continue reading
Counting Down (or is it Up?) to 100 Q and As
Do you want to be included in an ebook compilation of story practitioners? I’ve been writing some posts in the last few days that mark the seventh anniversary of A Storied Career. A popular feature I began in September 2008 has provided much of the meat and potatoes of the … Continue reading
Free Story Power Teleseminar Today
Sally (pictured) and Ray Strackbein offer a free teleseminar, 5 Steps to Story Building, this evening (May 29). Here’s a description: What’s the one thing effective speakers have in common? They tell powerful stories. That’s what makes their presentations pop. What do ineffective speakers have in common? They tell no … Continue reading