I learned yesterday that my book, Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling That Propels Careers, will be published by JIST Publishing. The book was the non-scholarly companion to my doctoral dissertation, so I am thrilled to have it accepted for publication. A common goal of academics is to have their dissertation … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
Wordle Story of the Week
This week’s Wordle.net word/tag cloud based on A Storied Career.
It’s Simply … The Story
Not surprisingly, I really enjoy “The Story,” from American Public Radio, hosted by Dick Gordon and produced at the University of North Carolina. “The Story,”‘s Web site “About” section explains that the show is about telling the stories of what one listener called “the ordinary us:” “The Story,” with Dick … Continue reading
Coming in September: Q&A Interviews with Story Gurus
I’m really excited about a project I have going on this summer. I’m conducting (via e-mail) five-question interviews with some of the best-known folks in both applied and performance storytelling.
Seventeen practitioners have already responded to the Q&A: Molly Catron, Terrence Gargiulo, Jon Hansen, Loren Niemi, Gabrielle Dolan, John Caddell, Shawn Callahan, David Vanadia, Svend-Erk Engh, Sharon Lippincott, Tom Clifford, Ardath Albee, Sharon Benjamin, Carol Mon, Ron Donaldson, Jessica Lipnack, and Stephanie West Allen.
Among others who’ve agreed to participate are Annette Simmons, Christina Baldwin, Tim Sheppard, Michael Margolis, Victoria Ward, Steve Lovelace, Sally Strackbein, Thom Haller, Karen Dietz, Tim Enerata, Eric Wolf, Erin Fogarty, Rick Stone, David Drake, Nicky Fried, Cynthia Kurtz, and Kathleen Golden.
I sent invitations to these folks and others, but if you are reading this, did not receive an invitation, and would like to participate, please read the extended entry for details, as well as the set of “general questions” that participants have been asked to choose from. (Each interviewee also gets two questions composed for his or her special area of expertise.) Please e-mail me if you’d like to participate or drop me a note in the Comments. Continue reading
True Confessions for the 21st Century
When my cousin/best friend and I were kids, we went through a phase in which we were utterly titillated by women’s True Confessions magazines. Truly, these magazines fed my early lust for stories just as surely as did the anecdotes in Reader’s Digest. The classic story, which we still remember … Continue reading
Story Resources Under My Nose
I continue to be amazed when I discover new story-related sites, resources, and blogs. After three years at this blog (though sporadically before this year), you might think I’d be aware of everything that’s out there. Just this week, I discovered Narrative Magazine. The publication’s mission statement says: Not since … Continue reading
Tell the Story of the Job You’d Do for Free
The Thank God It’s Monday newsletter from HumaNext/Communication Ideas suggests an exercise in which you ask yourself: What is the job you’d do for free? Asking that question, the newsletter says, is the path to discovering one’s life’s work, calling — or “genius,” providing the inquirer with these benefits: You … Continue reading
National Life Stories at the British Library
What a treasure the British Library offers in its collection of National Life Stories. According to the Web page for the collection, “National Life Stories … was established in 1987 to ‘record first-hand experiences of as wide a cross-section of present-day society as possible’. … NLS’s key focus and expertise … Continue reading
Friday is Wordle Day
This week’s Wordle.net colorful word/tag cloud based on A Storied Career.
Dems Seek Stories to Prove Recession is Not Imaginary
Got this e-mail this week from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: John McCain’s top economic honcho (Phil Gramm) called America “a nation of whiners” and said that we’re only in “a mental recession.” Are we all just imagining $4.00 a gallon gas? Were the 438,000 jobs that America lost already … Continue reading