See a photo of Corey, a link to his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Corey Blake (Question 6): Q:With the success of Edge! A Leadership Story (named a finalist in The National “Best Books” 2008 Awards), do you foresee … Continue reading
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Q&A with a Story Guru: Corey Blake, Part 4
See a photo of Corey, a link to his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Corey Blake (Questions 4 and 5): Q: What future trends or directions do you foresee for story/storytelling/narrative? A: With so much information accessible, I am a true … Continue reading
Egg Stories (Not Egg-sactly), Architecture Stories, Atheism Stories, and Financial Stories
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about applied storytelling, it is that there is virtually no subject to which storytelling cannot be applied. Here’s a little roundup of interesting storytelling applications: The American Egg Board collects what I thought were egg stories at its Gather.com site, Incredible, but on further … Continue reading
Building the Path Forward, Story by Story
As part of my ongoing examination of the value of stories in coping with the current economic crisis, I admired a blog entry by Christina Baldwin, author of Storycatcher. Noting that we are “finally facing the imperative to retool the global economy,” Christina suggests “we can assess what is happening … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Corey Blake, Part 3
See a photo of Corey, a link to his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Corey Blake (Questions 3 and 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 … Continue reading
A Good Test of Whether Storytelling Works
What if you saw an animated story with no narration on a Web site written in a language you don’t comprehend? Somewhere on the Web, I came across high praise for the storytelling in an animation on the Swedish IKEA Web site. (Click on the words “Da borjar vi!”). It … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Corey Blake, Part 2
See a photo of Corey, a link to his bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Corey Blake (Question 2): Q: What people or entities have been most influential to you in your story work and why? A: Barry Pearson’s work with me in his Shakespeare classes at … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Corey Blake, Part 1
I’ve developed a fascination with business novels — important organizational lessons taught through story. Thus, I was drawn to EDGE! A Leadership Story, co-authored by Corey Blake. The Q&A with Corey will appear over the next five days. Bio: Corey’s writing and visionary work has been published in Writer Magazine, … Continue reading
UK Storytelling Tool, Bloombla, Combines Social-Media Features
Bloombla (I personally find that hard to say) is a free storytelling tool that helps folks collect, manage, and share life experiences. Bloombla offers a status-update/tweet-like feature, a box that beings with “I’ve …” The user fills in the rest of the “Bloom” with anything from the trivial to the … Continue reading
From 6-Word Stories to 5-Frame Stories
I’ve written a number of times about 6-word memoirs/stories, particularly from SMITH magazine. A cousin of the 6-word story has emerged, and a new Ning group is dedicated to the activity, as is a Flickr group, Tell a Story in 5 Frames. Five-frame storytelling seems to be primarily for use … Continue reading