See a photo of Karen, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Karen N. Johnson (Questions 5 and 6) Q: You refer to data visualization and cite Edward Tufte in your presentation. How does the graphical representation of data enhance … Continue reading
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Q&A with a Story Guru: Karen N. Johnson, Part 4
See a photo of Karen, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Karen N. Johnson (Question 4) Q: You wrote in your blog: “I started explicitly seeking books on the subject last summer and by the end of the summer my fledging theory … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Karen N. Johnson, Part 3
See a photo of Karen, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Karen N. Johnson (Question 3) Q: What kinds of reactions do you get from audiences and others when you give presentations like “Learning How to Tell the Story Behind Your Test Results?” Are … Continue reading
Academic Journal Special Issue Focuses on Storytelling and Change
I’ve been looking forward for a long time to the special issue of the academic journal Organization that has just been released. Normally, academic journal articles aren’t widely accessible without payment or subscription (except through libraries), but the publisher, Sage, happens to be having a month of free access right … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Karen N. Johnson, Part 2
See a photo of Karen, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Karen N. Johnson (Question 2): Q: Your IT career began as a technical writer. To what extent did those writing roots predispose you to incorporating storytelling into software testing? A: I have a couple of … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Karen N. Johnson, Part 1
Somewhere along my storytelling journey, I started to notice people using storytelling in very unexpected ways in technical fields — areas like user experience design, agile software development, and software testing. I’m thrilled that Karen N. Johnson, who uses story in software testing, brought her wise observations to the Q&A … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Chris Benevich
I was attracted to the work of Chris Benevich and her company Panache Writing because of her Compelling StorytellingSM technique. I’m excited to learn more about it and her. Bio of Chris in her own words: In 2003, I launched my independent writing and communications consultancy. I have had the … Continue reading
Fill Your Easter Basket with Web-based Storytelling Tools
Storytelling tools continue to emerge on the Internet at a rapid pace. On this Easter day, I bring you a roundup of them: whirrl has generated significant buzz in the blogosphere and twitterverse. This tool, currently in beta, is a “storytelling application for the web and mobile that lets people … Continue reading
Is It Smart to Denigrate Blogging as Inferior Storytelling?
An organization called JTA created a huge flap recently by denouncing the storytelling capabilities of bloggers. JTA must be one of those acronyms whose letters once stood for words but now is just an acronym; in any case, I could not find out on its Web site what the letters … Continue reading
Your Overachieving Host Plans to Semi-Slack for About Three Weeks
My dear readers … March and April have whupped my posterior. Promoting one book while writing another. Several other writing projects and presentations. My usual Quint Careers duties. Something on the calendar nearly every day. And getting ready to depart for our summer residence, Kettle Falls, WA …. Here’s what … Continue reading