Had a couple of good comments to yesterday’s entry about Slideshare’s World’s Best Presentation Contest 2009. Raf Stevens challenged me to share more examples of good storytelling, particularly from among Slideshare presentations. I accept the challenge, although I find it difficult to identify good slideshow storytelling because the slides are … Continue reading
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Story Doesn’t Fare Well in World’s Best Presentation Contest 09
I’ve gotten into the habit of evaluating the storytelling in the presentation contests that Slideshare holds. The first one I looked at a little more than a year ago was dubbed The World’s Greatest Presentation Contest. No special emphasis on storytelling was implied or included in the contest, but because … Continue reading
Survey with Monday Deadline Asks for Reactions to Organizational Scenarios/Stories
On behalf of researcher Nicole Cundiff, I pass along this invitation to take a survey that closes on Monday, October 5: The purpose is to assess different types of organizations and their leaders. Cundiff is especially interested in survey-takers who are part- or full-time workers from public, private, non-profit, or … Continue reading
Waiting in Line? Try Cultivating Stories
I’m belatedly reading one of the classics of the storytelling world (especially personal storytelling), Storycatcher by fellow Washington resident Christina Baldwin. Early in the book, she tells this tale: Attending a conference in California not long ago, I found myself standing in a line waiting to buy fancy coffee. One … Continue reading
On Rabbit, Rabbit Day: Twitterings about Storytelling from the Last Month
Do you know the story of rabbit, rabbit day? Neither does anyone else according to Wikipedia, yet millions say some variation of “rabbit, rabbit” on the first day of every month. I never knew about this tradition until I married my husband, in whose family of origin the habit is … Continue reading
Transmedia Storytelling for the Individual/Job-seeker: What It Might Look Like: Part 2
In yesterday’s entry, I proposed deploying transmedia storytelling on an individual basis for the purpose of, say, getting a job or attracting clients. I used a framework suggested by Jeff Gomez, president and CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, for looking at individual transmedia storytelling. Gomez (who very kindly stopped by … Continue reading
My Wackiest Proposal Yet: Transmedia Storytelling for the Individual, Job-seeker: Part 1
What I’m about to propose here may be wacky, but it’s also timely, given personal-branding guru Dan Schawbel’s blog post yesterday asking readers to predict when traditional resumes will die. My proposal: Individuals and job-seekers can use transmedia storytelling to tell their personal stories and brand themselves. It’s wacky primarily … Continue reading
Thank YOU, Bernajean, for All You Do for Storytelling
Bernajean Porter, who is kind enough to frequently retweet my entries here on A Storied Career, made a lovely comment on yesterday’s entry. Since comments are a bit obscured here, I thought I’d bring it to the forefront as Bernajean deserves much credit for all she does for storytelling: I … Continue reading
Should Storytelling Be a Required 21st-Century Skill?
On her Langwitches Blog recently, Silvia Tolisano wrote, “I am intrigued and fascinated by the resurrection and increase in The Need for Storytelling Skills in the 21st century.” In turn, she cited an earlier entry in which she had invoked the likes of Daniel Pink and Jason Ohler in arguing … Continue reading
2010 Will Be Documented in a Story a Day by 365 Peeps
Yep, it’s that time of year. Fall is here, and thoughts turn to the holidays and the next year. the3six5 is a project that will attempt to “document each day in 2010.” Participants will write about the events of the day — tell the story of the day — but … Continue reading