I wish I had been writing little hash marks each time “story” or “storytelling” was mentioned at last night’s Oscars. So many who spoke cited the importance of storytelling in the movies. The very first honoree, best supporting actor Christoph Waltz, cleverly crafted his acceptance speech in story form, describing … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
Here’s Where to Review the Week in Storytelling
One of my newest discoveries, Gregg Morris (pictured, from his Twitter profile), produces a weekly feature in his What’s Your Story? blog called The Week in Storytelling. I freely admit that I am seduced by the fact that Gregg cites a number of entries from A Storied Career and calls … Continue reading
Are Brands Static? Are Static Brands Storied? Are Storied Brands Static?
I’m still feeling curmudgeonly about the concept of personal branding, and when I read skeptical views about personal branding like one called “I am Not a Brand. I am Me,” by Gareth Jones, my curmudgeonliness is reinforced. One of Jones’s arguments against the personal-branding concept contrasts typical brands with humans: … Continue reading
Tellers: How Do You Organize Your Stories?
Reader Stephanie Jones asked me a question I couldn’t answer but readers who are oral-performance storytellers perhaps can: Do you know of any web tools that would enable a storyteller to keep a log of the stories they tell, along with notes about the stories, sources, places they’ve told, etc.? … Continue reading
Things That Are NOT Stories
Recently, some of my favorite story practitioners have been registering protests over manifestations of “story” that they consider to be too loosely characterized or defined. I’ve written a number of times (most recently here) about the six-word stories that are the stock in trade at SMITH Magazine and have caught … Continue reading
Welcome, Transformative Narratives Blog
Because so many great storytelling sites and blogs exist out there, with new ones emerging all the time, I don’t usually write full blog entries about any single site or blog but rather group them together and/or list them on one of my inside pages. But I’m singling out the … Continue reading
Video Resumes as Holy Grail of Storied Job-Search? Not So Much
One of a whole list of possibilities I’ve considered over the years in my quest for what the perfect storytelling resume would look like has been video resumes, which I wrote about as recently as the Ink Foundry internship series that started here. I’ve long been aware of issues with … Continue reading
These Questions Can Help You Position Your Story
Michael Margolis recently published a list of “20 questions that can support you in your story positioning.” Although a few of the questions are best suited for entrepreneurs seeking clients, the list as a whole is great for job-seekers, too. Michael writes: If you go about answering these questions for … Continue reading
Business-Storytelling Model May Inspire Additional Applications
Pam Hoelzle has developed what she calls a “visual and quick outline to aid in business and organizational storytelling.” Especially given the nifty graphic she’s developed to go along with the outline, I think we can safely call it a “model.” I was naturally intrigued to apply this model to … Continue reading
New App Integrates Storytelling with Social Media
…. Well, with Facebook anyway. I’ve written about many forms of Twitter storytelling, but Snipisode is the first storytelling app I’ve come across for Facebook. Snipisode, developed Agency Zen, lets you type or paste in a whole story and then with a click of a button snip up the story … Continue reading