“MFK” describes herself as a “thirtysomething gal with a good old-fashioned writing degree and a bloated, shiny, sexy MBA.” She works for a Fortune 50 Company and blogs at Open-Source Career Back in the spring, she wrote a guest blog entry for Blog@Work, a blog that unfortunately seems to be … Continue reading
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Q&A with a Story Guru: Annie Hart: Redefining Story
See a photo of Annie, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Annie Hart, Questions 4 and 5: Q: You are neuro-linguistic programming trainer. I’ve always felt NLP had some relationship to storytelling. How do the two areas overlap, in your view? A: NLP has … Continue reading
Visual Storytelling Wears Diverse Faces
Periodically, I like to present a collection of visual materials with significant storytelling content. This collection is especially rich. Romantic visual storytelling: A storied wedding invitation that has made the rounds of the Internet is that of Jill and Matt. The invitation tells the story of the relationship up to … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Annie Hart: We Need a New Story to Live By
See a photo of Annie, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Annie Hart, Questions 2 and 3: Q: How did you initially become involved with story/storytelling/narrative? What attracted you to this field? What do you love about it? A: My mother tells the story of how … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Annie Hart: Story Has the Power to Effect Change
I believe it was through Twitter that I learned of Annie Hart, and I was immediately intrigued by her “stories change the world” philosophy. She is likely one of the very last Q&A practitioners who will make it into my upcoming free e-book, Storied Careers: 40+ Story Practitioners Talk About … Continue reading
Applying Online Storytelling Techniques to the Job Search
Time once again for one of my favorite pastimes, looking at ways to apply material about storytelling to the job search. Today’s target is a posting about Donnie Claudino, TechSoup Canada’s marketing manager, who spoke at a conference about teaching charities about using online technology to improve their fundraising and … Continue reading
Twitter Storytelling: Chapter 2
“Twitter is a storytelling tool,” writes Tim Girvin. “Every person tells a micro-story in the 140 characters of text that are tied to the messaging output from many tiers of devices.” I’m not totally convinced, and neither are all of story practitioners in my Q&A series. But folks have continued … Continue reading
Difficulty NOT Talking About the Difficult Stuff
Storytellers, memoirists, journalers, bloggers — anyone who talks or writes about himself or herself in a public forum — is faced with the dilemma of how much to reveal about oneself. Penelope Trunk, whom I wrote about not long ago for her brave column on the relationship between her two … Continue reading
Do These Videos Pass Test for ‘Compelling, Inspiring, Radically Simple’ Storytelling?
Video is everywhere these days … it’s more and more ubiquitous. Often I’ll see an interesting Twitter tweet or other storytelling reference that when I click on it, turns out to be a video. Nothing wrong with that except that I have zero patience and often am too restless to … Continue reading
Storied Food and Changing Eating Habits
My 22-year-old son works as a produce specialist in a health-food store and has become quite an evangelist for natural foods. He has been campaigning to change his parents’ eating habits and urged me to read The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. So I’ve been reading it — or rather … Continue reading