Author Archives: KatHansen

See Ron’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A and Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Ron Donaldson (Question 5): Q: What future trends or directions do you foresee for story/storytelling/narrative? What’s next for the discipline? A: Up until recently I thought the most powerful use … Continue reading →

See Ron’s bio, photo, and Par 1 of this Q&A and Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Ron Donaldson (Question 4): Q. If you could share just one piece of advice or wisdom about story/storytelling/narrative with readers, what would it be? A: We all make sense of our world … Continue reading →

See Ron’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A and Part 2. Q&A with Ron Donaldson (Question 3): Q: What people or entities (such as Web sites, blogs, books, organizations, conferences, etc.) have been most influential to you in your story work and why? A: My top ten in … Continue reading →

See Ron’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Ron Donaldson (Question 2): Q: Can you explain your term Knowledge Ecology? To what extent does this discipline relate to storytelling? In line with Dave Snowden, you describe storytelling as a natural or naturalistic way to share knowledge. … Continue reading →

It’s so much fun to get to know story practitioners through this Q&A series, of which this is the 18th entry. This one is with Ron Donaldson, with whom I became familiar through the Golden Fleece group. See his bio and photo below. His Q&A will appear over the next … Continue reading →

See Carol’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Carol Mon (Question 5): Q: Your clients seem to be primarily organizations, but much of what you have to teach about communication skills seems as though it would work on an … Continue reading →

See Carol’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Carol Mon (Question 4): Q: One of the seminars you present is Tell Tales, Make Sales. How did you come to discover that storytelling is effective in sales? Do you have a story … Continue reading →

See Carol’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A and Part 2. Q&A with Carol Mon (Question 3): 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 do you espouse? … Continue reading →

See Carol’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Carol Mon (Question 2): Q: The storytelling movement seems to be growing explosively. Why now? What is it about this moment in human history and culture that makes storytelling so resonant with so many people right now?  A: … Continue reading →

What a delight to present the 17th in my Q&A series with story practitioners. This one is with Carol Mon, with whom I became familiar through the Golden Fleece group. See her bio below. Her Q&A will appear over the next five days. Bio of Carol Mon from her Web … Continue reading →