I’ve been following (here and here) the efforts by the marketing agency Ink Foundry to choose a paid intern based on the videos candidates have submitted. I suggested that candidates tell stories in their videos. The submission deadline for the videos has now passed, and Ink Foundry is inviting the … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
User-Experience Storytelling Article Provides Superb Primer
User-experience (UX) storytelling was one of the storytelling applications that was new to me in 2009. I interviewed Whitney Quesenbery (who is writing a book on the subject) and wrote about Cindy Chastain. Now, along comes Francisco Inchauste, who has published a wonderfully written and illustrated blog entry that not … Continue reading
Reinvention Stories Sought for Book
The folks behind Lemonade, an inspirational film about 16 advertising professionals who lost their jobs and found their calling, now want to create Lemonade (The Book). The volume “will assemble a collection of essays from people telling stories of reinvention in their own words. Only this time, it won’t be … Continue reading
Story Luminaries Announce New Offerings
Yesterday’s mail brought news from three well-known names in applied storytelling: Thaler Pekar in partnership with Svend-Erik Engh and Michael Margolis. And, wow, this year’s Washington, DC, storytelling weekend is starting even earlier — and in New York City! Kind of the opposite of previewing a show on the road … Continue reading
Oral History in the Digital Age
What do you get when you cross oral history with digital storytelling? The blog TC3 Idea Exchange explores the notion of using technology to present oral histories. I can’t find the name of the individual blogger, but the T3 Consortium “is a diversified LLC enterprise supporting key business-to-business and business-to-consumer … Continue reading
100 Years Ago, Narrative Helped Save US Public Lands
I’m reading — via audiobook — a terrific book, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan, about the biggest wildfire in US history, which in 1910 consumed 3 million acres in eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana, destroying five towns and killing at least … Continue reading
Storying Your Way to a Fulfilling Relationship
The portion of the Finer Minds Web site that promotes Chris Cade’s free downloadable workbook, “Using the Power of Stories to Attract Your Ideal Relationship” notes that folks can “attract and experience their most loving and empowering relationship through the simple and fun art of storytelling.” Cade’s workbook and the … Continue reading
Do We Want Authenticity in Our Storyteller-in-Chief?
… and is our current Storyteller-in-Chief even telling stories? Political and communications analysts have written recently about President Obama’s storytelling — or lack thereof — both in his State of the Union speech and in the first year of his presidency. Some, like Jason Snyder, said that the State of … Continue reading
It’s National Storytelling Week in England
This is the first year I learned of England’s National Storytelling Week (this year, Jan. 30 to Feb. 6), although the event is now in its 10th year. The material about the week at the Society for Storytelling site suggests the week mostly focuses on oral storytelling to and for … Continue reading
Generosity, Thy Name is Terrence Gargiulo
I’m not sure how I managed NOT to attend Terrence Gargiulo’s latest free webinar this week, but I missed it. As usual, he is offering the recorded webinar, Facilitation Techniques with Stories, free to people like me who missed it (also embedded below). He also offers a downloadable Facilitator Guide: … Continue reading