See a photo of Michael, a link to his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Michael Margolis (Question 5): Q: In the same interview on the site of the 2008 HANO Conference (and elsewhere), you say that “Your story is … Continue reading
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Storytelling to Explain Complex Concepts
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the value of visual storytelling for explaining complex concepts. What could be more complex and incomprehensible than our current economic crisis? Jonathan Jarvis uses story to explain in a video, “Crisis of Credit Visualized.” Jarvis completed the project as part of his thesis … Continue reading
Almost-Daylight-Savings Wordle
Ranking right up there with my favorite days of the year is the day Daylight Savings comes back, which this year happens Sunday at 2 a.m.-ish. Just gives me such a lift to have more daylight in the early evening. More time for bike-riding. Here’s this week’s word cloud/tag cloud … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Michael Margolis, Part 4
See a photo of Michael, a link to his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Michael Margolis (Question 4): Q: In an interview with you on the site of the 2008 HANO Conference, at which you were the keynote speaker, you said: “Look … Continue reading
Stories for the “Casual Reader?”
So, I was listening to the audiobook of Wikinomics today. My best friend raved about it more than a year ago, but I hadn’t listened to it before now because I generally save audiobooks for road trips, and even then, only road trips when I’m driving and obviously can’t read. … Continue reading
Fabulous Resource for Using Stories in the Classroom
I was excited when Phil Venditti of Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood, WA, commented here on A Storied Career, not only because Washington is my newly adopted home (for half the year), but also because storytelling in the classroom is a huge interest for me. I’ve written before about … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Michael Margolis, Part 3
See a photo of Michael, a link to his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Michael Margolis (Question 3): Q: What future trends or directions do you foresee for story/storytelling/narrative? What’s next for the discipline? What future aspirations do you personally have for your own … Continue reading
Religious Storytelling Not Always Steeped in Spirituality
Came across two articles recently about storytelling based on religious traditions. The religions involved are very different — Judaism and Hinduism — as are the purposes in telling these stories. “Rabbi” notes that he (or she) has been asked: “With so many stories why do you mainly tell religious ones?” … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Michael Margolis, Part 2
See a photo of Michael, a link to his bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Michael Margolis (Question 2): 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 story?) What definition … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Michael Margolis, Part 1
Michael Margolis was one of the facilitators (along with Madelyn Blair and Steve Denning) of the first Smithsonian Storytelling Conference I attended in 2005. I’ve followed his work and his firm THIRSTY-FISH since. The Q&A with Michael will appear over the next five days. Bio: Michael Margolis is a pioneer … Continue reading