First: Internship Story Has Happy Ending My recent involvement with Ink Foundry’s contest to choose a social-media intern based 3-minute videos submitted by candidates reinforced the value of story-rich social media in the job search. Readers might want to know how the contest came out. The candidate whom I felt … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
Post-Valentine’s Call for Connections through Story
Still basking in that Valentine’s Day afterglow? Looking to start your workweek with a smile? Enjoy Terrence Gargiuolo’s beautiful, brief video, Organizational Relationships. Terrence kicks off by asking some thought-provoking questions about technology and whether it has brought us closer together or hindered relationships. He wonders whether we can fulfill … Continue reading
Oh Boy! Part 2 of User-Experience Storytelling is Here!
Francisco Inchauste’s eagerly anticipated Part 2 of his Better User Experience with Storytelling article kicks off with interviews with four practitioners in the field — Dorelle Rabinowitz, Curt Cloninger, Christian Saylor, and Cindy Chastain (You might want to read Inchauste’s comments illuminating my entry about Part 1 of his article.) … Continue reading
Tell Your Job-Search Story and Win a Bunch of Cereal
Golden Grahams cereal is soliciting ridiculous job-search stories for a contest. Weekly drawings will eventually result in 75 winners getting a dozen boxes of Golden Grahams cereal each. Given that entrants must tell their “stories” in even fewer characters (122) than they could on Twitter (140), I question the narrative … Continue reading
Another Option for Mastering Story Delivery: Acting Class
Here’s the latest entry in my (unintentionally) ongoing series on how to learn and master a story so your oral delivery of it sounds natural. Heather Summerhayes Cariou, author of the acclaimed memoir about her sister, Sixtyfive Roses, responded to the most recent entry in this series, writing: As a … Continue reading
Visual Storytelling, Learning Styles, and the Corporate Boardroom
I learned two new things from a Worldwide Story Work teleconference this week presented by Malcolm Jones, an expert in ideation and sketching. Well, probably a lot more than two, but these were the ones that really stood out. An affinity for visual storytelling over text-based storytelling (or vice versa) … Continue reading
Mary A. Hartt, What Was Your Story?
Family history, a strong interest of mine, is a rich source for stories. I don’t have to go far back in my family tree, for example, to uncover the story of my maternal great-grandfather’s mysterious disappearance or my great-grandmother’s many years in an insane asylum. Yesterday, I polished my coin-silver … Continue reading
Technique for Mastering a Story Depends on Your Learning Style
A few weeks ago, I presented the dilemma of blogger Jared (Moon Over Martinborough), who recently began podcasts and was concerned that his oral delivery didn’t sound sufficiently “campfire-story”-esque. I tossed around a few thoughts on achieving a natural-sounding delivery, including suggesting Jared not even read from his written text … Continue reading
Story Goodies You May Have Missed from the Twitterverse
It’s been at least two months since I’ve looked at storytelling items that are getting significant buzz on Twitter — usually in the form of multiple retweets. The primary application I use to alert me to storytelling items on Twitter has been out of commission, and my alternate methods aren’t … Continue reading
Want to Brand Yourself as a Thought Leader? Read and Listen
Updated Feb. 13: Michael Margolis has just introduced a new article, How to Brand Yourself as a Thought-Leader: Seven Must-Ask Questions, which is also the topic of a recorded telecall from Feb. 10 and a PDF of the article. Michael says of the topic: “Whether you’re an independent professional or … Continue reading