Though I am unlikely to be able to attend, my friend Trey Pennington is putting on a mighty tempting conference later this month. It’s called Social Story: How To Tell Your Story Through Social Media, and another friend, Sean Buvala, will present there. While I suspect that the conference will … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
This Might Just Be the Holy Grail of Presentation Storytelling — About Storytelling
I’ve long been interested in storytelling in presentations and have followed the SlideShare presentation contests (especially the Tell a Story incarnation), as well as storytelling-in-presentation gurus like the guys at ethos3, Nancy Duarte, and Joyce Hostyn. Somewhere in the midst of my study of this subject, reader Raf Stevens brought … Continue reading
Recapping Business Novels and Adding a New One
Since the early days of this blog, I’ve been fascinated by the concept of the “business novel” or fable and have blogged about every one I’ve come across. At the end of this entry, I’ve listed all the biz novels (I think) that I’ve ever featured in this space, with … Continue reading
Last Five Months in Storytelling: The Re-Mix
Up until a week or so ago, I felt I was playing a massive game of catch-up following our cross-country move and completion of our new house in Washington. I purposely lined up a slew of new Q&A interviews with story practitioners to run during this period when I felt … Continue reading
Story Drives Dance: National Dance Day Is Today
My earliest and most sustained ambition was to be a dancer — specifically a ballerina. After five years of childhood dance lessons, I realized I was no good at learning steps. Many years later, I identified my disability as a very poor capacity for kinesthetic learning; my brain simply could … Continue reading
Update on NPR/Flickr Girls’ Diary Project
NPR and Flickr have added more scanned pages from girls’ diaries, as part of the project I reported on here. I also belatedly realized that this diary project is connected with the Hidden Life of Girls project I wrote about here. I wish the connection were more clear on these … Continue reading
Designers Sought to Tell Stories of Sex-Trade Victims
Michael Margolis’s newsletter made me aware of this worthy project, “Be a Biographer” from The Blind Project: “Be a Biographer” invites designers, artists and creative-minded people to help tell the stories of victims and survivors of the commercial sex trade through their designs. “We want to connect your talents with … Continue reading
Questions About Organizational Storytelling, Linguistic Sensemaking, Antenarrative?
David Boje is one of the leading scholars of organizational storytelling. I encountered large bodies of his work while in my PhD program, and I must admit it takes me an enormous amount of effort and brain power to wrap my head around his research and concepts. But he has … Continue reading
Pet-Loss Stories Sought
Robin Souers (who happens to be my sister) is writing an article or perhaps a series of articles on pet loss and grief. She’s seeking stories that are more than just facts. “I’m especially interested in the thoughts and feelings people experience when they lose a pet and how they … Continue reading
Anecdote’s Story Finder Is a Treasure Trove
A week or so ago, a friend asked me to help her come up with a seven-minute story to read for a Toastmaster’s assignment. I was flummoxed and disappointed with myself. Here I am exposed to stories all the time, but I lacked any type of mental or virtual database … Continue reading