I’ve been exploring for a while the extent to which social media are storytelling media. Author Emily Liebert would likely say that stories can be found within social media. As noted on the Facebook fan page dedicated to it, Liebert’s new book, Facebook Fairytales: Modern-Day Miracles to Inspire the Human … Continue reading
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How About a Storied Internship?
I’ve heard of corporate people whose job functions deal extensively with storytelling and who even have titles like Chief Storytelling Officer. But until recently, I had not seen an opportunity for someone with a burgeoning interest in storytelling to get in on the ground floor. Michael Margolis is offering an … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: George Dutch: Our Stories Can Be Mapped
See a photo of George, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with George Dutch, Question 5: Q:You provide readers of your book with the downloadable exercise, Enjoyable Achievements and Autobiographical Events, and offer a resulting “personalized, customized written JobJoy Report.” You … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: George Dutch: We Are All Inspired by Stories of People Who Overcome Tremendous Odds
See a photo of George, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with George Dutch, Question 4: Q: What’s your favorite story about a transformation that came about through a story or storytelling act? A: We are all inspired by stories of people who … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: George Dutch: The Best Stories Will Save Us from the Consequences of Our Worst Behaviors
See a photo of George, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with George Dutch, Question 3: Q: The storytelling movement seems to be growing explosively. Why now? What is it about this moment in human history and culture that makes storytelling so resonant with so … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: George Dutch: Story Helps to Find Patterns, Plots, and Meanings
See a photo of George, his bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with George Dutch, Question 2: Q: How did you initially become involved with story/storytelling/narrative? What attracted you to this field? What do you love about it? A: Like most children, I was steeped in stories, and … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: George Dutch: Our Personal Stories Have the Power to Help us Heal
It took me a long time to realize that I was not the only “story guru” in the professional organization of which I serve on the executive board, the Career Management Alliance. Story also figures prominently in the practice of Alliance member George Dutch. Unlike the way previous Q&A subjects … Continue reading
Innovative Autobiographical/Biographical Texts Designed for the Web
Elayne Zalis (pictured), whom I met on Facebook, has compiled a huge, fascinating collection of Autobiographical/Biographical Webs: Selected Links, an outgrowth, she told me, of her academic studies of experimental video autobiographies in the late 1980s and early ’90s. “I was in the humanities,” she said, “so my critiques are … Continue reading
On the Move … Blogging Spottily
Nothing has tested my resolve to blog 7 days a week more than my move from Florida to Washington state, currently under way. I’ve missed a few days in March and early April, especially in the last week. The last-minute packing, closing on our house, and cleaning it for the … Continue reading
Following Up With David Willows: Helping Folks Find Their Place in the Story
After I published the first installment of my Q&A with David Willows, a reader e-mailed me to ask about this passage: In my current work as the director of external relations of a large international school, it is true that I often say that my role is all about telling … Continue reading