Experience Corps, an award-winning national program, engages people over 55 in meeting their communities’ greatest challenges. Today, in 21 cities across the country, 2,000 Experience Corps members tutor and mentor elementary school students, help teachers in the classroom, and lead after-school enrichment activities. Independent research shows that Experience Corps boosts … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
Using Stories in Presentations, Part 2
The folks at ethos 3 Communications specialize in using stories in presentations, as evidenced by their blog, Presentation Revolution: Revolutionizing Presentations Through Storytelling. They also offer a nifty 22-page book, StoryBored: How to Improve Your Presentations Through Storytelling, as a free download. The booklet has a fun layout/design and lots … Continue reading
One Day, One Job, One Story
Willy Franzen blogs about entry-level jobs at One Day, One Job in a folksy, story-like way, often providing access to the employer’s own story, such as through video. From the blog’s About page: Every day we take a look at one employer and the jobs that they are offering for … Continue reading
A Leadership Story
I have long been intrigued with authors who use story to write books in innovative ways (I almost said “novel” ways). I’m interested in business novels, business fables, like Steve Denning’s Squirrel, Inc. and Spencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese?, and some of the others that appear on the sidebar … Continue reading
Anyone for a Blog Carnival?
In addition to the upcoming Q&As planned for A Storied Career, I’m researching the idea of doing blog carnivals. Please e-mail me if you might be interested in participating.
Using Stories in Presentations, Part 1
From a terrific list of 250 Things To Improve Your Presentations at Siam English come several items related to storytelling: Tell a story, make a point. Tell another story, make another point. Create a story bank. Each time something interesting happens — big or small — write it down. You … Continue reading
Create Stories to Engage Your Supporters
Colette Ellis of InStep Consulting for Nonprofit Central and Craig’s List Foundation recorded the 18-minute podcast, Once Upon a Time: Create Stories to Engage Your Supporters. It provides tips for nonprofit leaders to create engaging stories that will motivate potential supporters and volunteers (including a model for writing the story). … Continue reading
Weekly Wordle
This week’s Wordle.net word/tag cloud based on A Storied Career.
Two Men Talking … and Teaching about Storytelling
Both Two Men Talking and the related site narativ are rather spare Web sites into which one must do a bit of digging to see what they’re all about. A press release on Two Men Talking explains the origins: > Murray Nossel and Paul Browde met in 1974 in Johannesburg … Continue reading
Storytelling Meets Social Media: Part 3
It has been awhile (March) since Part 2 of this series. The convergence of social media and storytelling is hugely fascinating to me, but something prevents me from blogging more about it. Maybe I just want to do it justice. Although myriad examples of storytelling in social media can be … Continue reading