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
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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
Favorite 2011 Story Finds — From A to Z
Another blogger inspired me to create an A-Z list of highlights of story finds for the year. Strictly speaking, not all of these are finds. Some are my own creations or initiatives. Others are practitioners I’ve highlighted in the past who’ve been resurgent in the last year. Still others are … Continue reading
Yet Another Storied Way to Assess Your Year, Plan the Next One
To my current theme of year-end review and new-year goals, I’m adapting some ideas from an article by Ernest R. Stair in the January 2012 issue of Toastmaster magazine (to read the full article, you’ll need to return to the link later in January — unless you’re a Toastmasters member). … Continue reading
The Gift of Story in Santa’s Bag
I know I’m a bit late in the day of Christmas with this post. Just a few last-minute bits I came across with nice, storied elements for the holiday: These American Lives, edited by Ira Glass, tell of ordinary lives “with an untold tale.” In the Huffington Post Religion section, … Continue reading
Journaling Technique That Will Pay Off at End of 2012
I’m on a roll with storied techniques for reviewing and reflecting on accomplishments and such at year’s end. The latest is a re-discovery of an old friend, John Caddell. John created The Mistake Bank, a place for folks to tell stories about their mistakes and what they’d learned from them. … Continue reading
Story Your Future with Personal Scenario Planning
As we reflect on 2011 and set goals for 2012, using techniques such as the Milestones and Memorable Moments exercise I shared last week, here’s another interesting tool. Peter Schwartz’s Your Future in 5 Easy Steps: Wired Guide to Personal Scenario Planning actually appeared back in 2009, but I came … Continue reading