A few months ago, personal-branding guru Dan Schawbel sent me a review copy of his book, Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, which came out this spring. Unfortunately, I haven’t had a chance to review it yet for A Storied Career’s parent site, Quintessential Careers, but … Continue reading
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Storytelling’s Far from a Lost Art: More on Memoirs on the Go
“One thing that people ask me all the time is: ‘is storytelling dying?’” said Dale Jarvis, the Intangible Cultural Heritage development officer for Newfoundland, in a transcript of a podcast interview on PreservationToday.com I know what Dale’s talking about. I constantly see articles lamenting “the lost (or dying) art of … Continue reading
What They’re Tweeting about Storytelling
Time for my monthly look at storytelling zeitgeist in Twitterland. Here are items that have gained significant attention: Add to the annals of Twitter storytelling, Columbus across the Atlantic, in which Chuck Steele is “twittering the ship’s log of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to the New World.” An Ad Age … Continue reading
My Community-Supported Agriculture Story
One of my occasional departures from curating and commenting about storytelling material — and instead telling the story of my own life …. The day crackled with anticipation yesterday. The hours passed slowly, and we felt like children on Christmas Eve. Finally, it was time to pick up our box … Continue reading
Memoirs on the Go and the Blurring of the Personal and Public
I came across an interesting interview last week with Cynthia Franklin, author of Academic Lives: Memoir, Cultural Theory and the University Today. I was attracted to the interview by Scott Jaschik because I sometimes think about and consider writing about my all-too-short academic life as a college instructor. But the … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Jim Ballard: Stories Provide a Way into the Hungry Heart
See a photo of Jim, his bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Jim Ballard, Question 5: Q: You wrote to me: “To me, each of us has a Story Mind (as against what I call Lecture Mind), that allows something … Continue reading
A Dozen Eye-Openers about Telling Stories in Presentations
This year’s SlideShare “Tell a Story” contest underscored the emergence of of storytelling as a significant component in presentations (even if slide shows aren’t always compatible with good storytelling). (I had thought the “Tell a Story” contest replaced the more generic contest SlideShare held last year but just learned the … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Jim Ballard: Storytelling through Lyric Writing
See a photo of Jim, his bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Jim Ballard, Question 4: Q: What future aspirations do you personally have for your own story work? What would you like to do in the story world that you haven’t … Continue reading
Did You Have an Imaginary Friend? You May Be a Good Storyteller
A study of of 48 boys and girls aged 5-1/2, found that the 13 girls and 10 boys who currently or previously engaged in imaginary companion play had more advanced narrative skills than children who did not engage in this type of play, reports ScienceAlert: Children’s interaction with imaginary friends … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Jim Ballard: Storytelling for a Troubled World
See a photo of Jim, his bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Jim Ballard, 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 … Continue reading