I have evangelized about personal branding for a number of years, including here on A Storied Career. Deep in my core, I believe in the concept of personal branding. But I admit to some doubt and cynicism. Finally someone else has expressed similar cynicism. Carlos Miceli wrote recently on the … Continue reading
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Video Has Vastly Expanded the Story Universe: Is It a Whole Different Game?
In my world of curating information in the realm of applied storytelling, the term “digital storytelling” has truly exploded in the last year. It has been big for a few years now and is only getting bigger. I’d estimate that at least a third of storytelling tweets I follow relate … Continue reading
Even More about The StoryBox Project
If you were intrigued by my recent post about The StoryBox project, you can learn even more about it through this report aired on an NBC affiliate:
Thomas Clifford Names Tell Me About Yourself Among His Top 2009 Book Picks
My friend, corporate-communications media producer, author, and speaker Thomas Clifford, has included my book, Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get Jobs and Propel Your Career, on his Top 10 Books of 2009. Here’s what he said about the book: Want to learn how to use stories in your career, … Continue reading
A Tale of Job-search Story Success: Judy Rosemarin Followup
Storytelling in the job search is a recurring theme in A Storied Career, and I’ve presented support for the notion, along with how-to’s, but not a lot of evidence of how well storytelling works in the job hunt. Today’s entry is the story of marketing professional free agent Bryan Lee, … Continue reading
Many Coaches are Turning to Storytelling Methodologies
You can tell that a particular way of doing things is catching on when a practitioner carves a niche out of teaching others how to do it. Lisa Bloom has recently begun to teach coaches how to use storytelling in coaching. In her newsletter, Kachanga, in an article that also … Continue reading
My Big Giant Yard-Sale Story: 5 Lessons Learned
Another of my occasional forays into stories of my own life … As regular readers know, my husband and I plan to move from DeLand, FL, to Kettle Falls, WA, in April. We are downsizing to the smaller house we are building in Kettle Falls, so we knew we wanted … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Judy Rosemarin: A Job-Search Storytelling Methodology Based on Intentionality, Audience-centricity, and Authenticity
See a photo of Judy, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Judy Rosemarin, Questions 5 and 6: Q: Are there any current uses of storytelling that repel you or that you feel are inappropriate? A: Gossip or false advertising. Q: … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Judy Rosemarin: Story Triumphs Over Elevator Pitch
See a photo of Judy, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Judy Rosemarin, Question 4: Q: What’s your favorite story about a transformation that came about through a story or storytelling act? A: While teaching one of my classes, some people were … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Judy Rosemarin: Storytelling Had to Emerge Because We Long for the Connection
See a photo of Judy, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Judy Rosemarin, 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