I’ve referenced Storytelling for User Experience by Whitney Quesenbery and Kevin Brooks several times — and now the book is finally here. The publishers were kind enough to send me an ebook copy of it. I’m looking forwarding to reading but am not sure how valuable a review by me … Continue reading
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Q&A with A Story Guru: Kim Pearson: Telling Your Story Can Help You Forgive Yourself
See a photo of Kim, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Kim Pearson, Question 2: Q: What’s your favorite story about a transformation that came about through a story or storytelling act? A: A few years ago I was teaching my class “Making History” at a local … Continue reading
Update: Audio, Slides, Blog Reflections from Storytelling Weekend
Steve Denning reports that audio recordings of Friday’s Smithsonian symposium Storytelling to re-invent the workplace are now available. Also available are audio excerpts from Thursday night’s introduction to organization storytelling by Svend-Erik Engh and Thaler Pekar: here and here. Thaler has published her reflections on the weekend here.
Q&A with A Story Guru: Kim Pearson: Telling the Stories of Others as a Ghost
My cousin Jennifer introduced fellow Washingtonian Kim Pearson to me. I am fascinated my Kim’s primary profession as a ghostwriter because I used to do something similar; one of my favorite jobs was as a speechwriter. Both ghostwriters and speechwriters have to get inside the heads of the people they’re … Continue reading
Storytellers Try Google Search Stories
After my entry the other day about Google Search Stories Video Creator as a storytelling tool, I noticed that a couple of storytelling folks had tried out the tool. On her blog Story Route, Cathryn Wellner crafted a memoir of her career using Google searches. Bernadette Martin shared hers with … Continue reading
Social Media as Both Storytelling and Means to Communicate About Story
In the run-up to Storytelling Weekend, practitioners had an interesting conversation on Golden Fleece’s Working Stories discussion group about the desirability of tweeting the conference. Steve Denning, leader of yesterday’s Smithsonian portion of the conference, maintained that he is “old school” and not fond of the idea of people tweeting … Continue reading
Cool Tool, But Does It Really Yield Stories?
When I first mentioned stories based on Google searches, I didn’t realize that Google had created a mashup application using Google searches and YouTube (which Google owns). One of my Facebook friends turned me on to Google Search Stories Video Creator, described this way: Every search is a quest. Every … Continue reading
Friendship Storytelling Contest Starts on Twitter Today
Cathie Dodd of Tears of Joy Video has been running number of Twitter storytelling contests. I’ve been asked to participate on the judging panel for the contest, on the theme of “friendship,” that starts today. Here’s what Cathie has to say about the contest: Do you have a good friend? … Continue reading
The State of Organizational Storytelling
On the eve of this year’s storytelling weekend in Washington, DC, conference leader and business-narrative pioneer Steve Denning received a critical question from a blog reader: “Why have you abandoned storytelling?” Denning quotes the full question in blog entry: “Why have you in the last eighteen or so months allowed … Continue reading
This Week’s Storytelling Weekend Marks 10 Years … and Many Storied Memories
The fabulous storytelling weekend in Washington, DC, is happening this week, beginning Thursday. Each day, Thursday through Saturday, is a separate event, and all promise to be enriching and engaging with exciting agendas. The weekend marks a decade for the conferences and workshops. Steve Denning, who helms the Friday event … Continue reading