See a photo of Susan, a link to her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Susan Luke (Question 4): Q:How important is it to you and your work to function within the framework of a particular definition of “story?” (i.e., What is a … Continue reading
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Q&A with a Story Guru: Susan Luke, Part 3
See a photo of Susan, a link to her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Susan Luke (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 … Continue reading
Have Any HR Horror Stories?
Creative Business Resources is holding a HR Horror Stories contest. Details, fully outlined here, including submission instructions (deadline is March 27), are highlighted here: Have a story from work that would give your HR manager a headache? Submit your HR horror story and you could win The Office Ultimate Package … Continue reading
Current Storytelling Buzz in the Twitterverse
Here’s what folks on Twitter have been saying about storytelling in the past few days: Storytelling has apparently been a prominent topic at at the media festival/conference South By Southwest (SXSW). One Twitterer called “narrative” the SXSW “term of the week,” going on to note that the term suggest[s] a … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Susan Luke, Part 2
See a photo of Susan, a link to her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Susan Luke (Question 2): Q: How did you initially become involved with story/storytelling/narrative? What attracted you to this field? What do you love about it? A: I have been around stories and … Continue reading
Who’s Going to International Storytelling Weekend in DC?
I usually keep storytelling events separated out from the main part of this blog, but because the following is something I’m actually attending, and since it’s a premier event in the organizational storytelling world, I wanted to highlight it here: The weekend consists of an evening Intro to Storytelling workshop … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Susan Luke, Part 1
When I came across Susan Luke while researching material for A Storied Career, I was struck and intrigued by her job title, corporate mythologist. I had to learn more about this work. The Q&A with Susan will appear over the next five days. Bio: Susan Luke, CSP, is a corporate … Continue reading
Today’s Storytelling Buzz in the Twitterverse
I use two Twitter tools to alert me about what folks in the Twitterverse are saying about storytelling. My current favorite is Twicker (which works only on Mac OS 10). Twicker gives me a line of Twitter avatars across the bottom of my screen that represent tweets about storytelling. The … Continue reading
How Many More Times Is She Gonna Promote That Darn Book?
Umm, maybe just once more after it is actually released on April 1. I got copies of my new book this week. I’m really embarrassed because I’ve been writing the title incorrectly for months. The title is Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get Jobs and Propel Your Career, but … Continue reading
Surefire Cover-Letter Technique: Incorporating Stories
With my new book, Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get Jobs and Propel Your Career, about to be released (April 1, no foolin’), I thought I’d run this excerpt that also appeared on Quintessential Careers: Why would you went to employ storytelling in cover letters — or indeed in … Continue reading