I recently came across The Imperfect Board Member, another in the growing collection of business books that are told in story or fable form. Here’s how the publisher describes the book: Using a fictional story followed by thorough analysis of the seven keys to great board governance and effectiveness, The … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
Thank You, Readers
On Thanksgiving, I thank you, readers of A Storied Career. One of my goals this year was to revive this blog, blog every day, and build the audience. An average of about 100 readers a day visits A Storied Career, and I am so grateful for your support. Thanks also … Continue reading
My Story of a (Futile) Year of Trying to Reduce Waste
I have determined that I have spent an hour a week — so 52 hours over the last year — doing something that has not been at all effective. Today is the one-year anniversary of this activity, and I have decided to stop. It started a year ago when a … Continue reading
What Do You Want Your Dying Story to Be? The Engage with Grace Project
I feel as though I write about death a lot in this blog, and if that’s true, it’s partly because our stories are such an important part of the legacy we leave behind. My virtual friend Jessica Lipnack introduced me to the Engage with Grace project. The idea of the … Continue reading
Recent Discoveries: Storytelling Tools and Venues
Opportunities for folks to tell their stories on the Internet appear endless. I discover new ones at least weekly. Here are a few recent finds, most of which also appear on my sidebar (descriptions are in the words of the originators): VUVOX is an easy to use production and instant … Continue reading
When Survivors Are Compelled to Tell Stories of the Departed
Heather Summerhayes Cariou made a promise to her sister, Pam, that she would tell Pam’s story after she died. The result was the book, Sixtyfive Roses. The accompanying Web site tells more: Heather’s sister Pam was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at the age of four and given only a short … Continue reading
Where Were You on This Day in History? We All Remember Our Stories
I cannot think of Nov. 22 without remembering JFK’s assassination. Nov. 22 means nothing to my husband because he was born in 1960 and has no memory of JFK’s death in 1963 (I imagine President-elect Obama, born in 1961, also has no memory of this day). But history is full … Continue reading
Wordle to End the Workweek
This week’s word cloug/tag cloud from Wordle.net based on A Storied Career.
Obama, SMITH Magazine Convergence: 6 Words
This week, I blogged about President-elect Obama’s solicitation of stories on his change.gov site, and later about Larry Smith’s Top 10 List of User-Generated Storytelling Blogs.The next day, I learned of somewhat of a convergence between these two: SMITH Magazine and the National Constitution Center ask you to help President-elect … Continue reading
Friday Wordle
This week’s word cloud/tag cloud, created on Wordle.net, from this week’s entries on A Storied Career.