Updating an Easter post from three years ago … “Padre,” the Rev. R. Craig Burlington, our rector at St. George’s Episcopal Church when we lived in Maplewood, NJ, told a wonderful story in his Easter sermon one year. Here it is as best I can remember: During Holy Week, the … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
Denning’s Attention > Desire > Reasons Formula Especially Suited to Cover Letters
Continuing to update some entries from the early years of A Storied Career while I finalize my e-book, Storied Careers and prepare for hosting a teleseminar on 09-09-09. New entries will resume Tuesday, Sept. 8. Over the years of this blog, and in my book Tell Me About Yourself:, I’ve … Continue reading
Case Studies in the Job Search Are Storytelling, Too
Continuing to look back at the early years of A Storied Career while I finalize my e-book, Storied Careers and prepare for hosting a teleseminar on 09-09-09. New entries will resume soon. Career coach Wendy J. Terwelp touts the value of story, or case studies, in the job search, noting … Continue reading
Storied Networking Advice Endures
Continuing to look back four years ago to the first year of A Storied Career while I finalize my e-book, Storied Careers and prepare for hosting a teleseminar on 09-09-09. It’s interesting to look back at that first year. My entries were a lot shorter (I could learn from my … Continue reading
A Classic: Famed “Story” Resumes
While I’m working on finalizing my e-book, Storied Careers and preparing for hosting a teleseminar a week from today, I’m republishing an updated “classic” entry from the first year of A Storied Career. These two examples of “story resumes” never fail to make me smile. Alexandre Gueniot explains that he … Continue reading
Handheld Un-Conference Explored How Digital Storytelling Can Improve Health Care
OK, I admit that this entry is from almost a year ago, and for some reason, I never published it at the time. The most current aspect of this project is the accompanying DVD expected to be released. The un-conference’s site asks interested folks to email to be notified of … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Cynthia Kurtz, Part 4
See Cynthia’s bio, photo, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Cynthia Kurtz (Question 4): Q: What future aspirations do you personally have for your own story work? What would you like to do in the story world that you haven’t yet done? A: I … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Cynthia Kurtz, Part 3
See Cynthia’s bio, photo, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Cynthia Kurtz (Question 3): Q: Are there any current uses of storytelling that repel you or that you feel are inappropriate? A: I’m sad about how much packaged entertainment and crafted messages have changed our world. … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Cynthia Kurtz, Part 2
See Cynthia’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Cynthia Kurtz (Question 2): Q: In the book, you write “I and others have seen from experience that this approach is superior to approaches that don’t respect the integrity of the raw story and end up (whatever their … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Cynthia Kurtz, Part 1
Another new and wonderful story acquaintance is Cynthia Kurtz, who is linked with the previous subject of this Q&A series Ron Donaldson, because they have both worked with Dave Snowden. I learned about Cynthia when I stumbled across her terrific free book on working with stories. Her Q&A will appear … Continue reading