In an article in KMWorld Magazine, Dave Snowden writes that “everything is fragmented.” Further, he writes of a shift (in the world of knowledge management) to: … the unstructured, fragmented and finely granular material that pervades the blogosphere. … In the world of fragmented knowledge, the individual must gather at … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
Trusera Revisited: Inspired By Founder’s Story
Tara Holahan, the marketing coordinator at Trusera, about which I blogged here, wrote to me about the story-driven origin of Trusera: I see that we share a belief in the power of sharing firsthand experience, or stories, to benefit others. At Trusera, our goal is to create the largest repository … Continue reading
The Middle Ground Story
In her company’s blog, Creating Tomorrow (which is also the name of her company), Trina Roach relates this story she once heard: When I first started out in advertising, I was told the story of the agency’s successful launch campaign for a major client’s new product. When the agency introduced … Continue reading
Share a Story at Divine Caroline
The site Divine Caroline tells readers: We thought you might like a place to share a Story, get inspired, make a connection or figure things out. Lots of great stories here, mostly by women, about relationships, parenting, home/food, body and soul, travel, style, career/money, play, neighborhood and world.
Storytelling, Authenticity, and Outright Lying
When I read the following quote by Peter Guber in an article called “Four Truths of the Storyteller” in Harvard Business Review, I immediately thought of my mother: … many people assume that storytelling is somehow in conflict with authenticity. The great storyteller, in this view, is a spinner of … Continue reading
Autobiography, Memoir, or Lifestory: What’s the Difference?
In a reprint from her book The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing, Sharon Lippincott (who blogs at The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing) ponders whether there’s any difference among the terms autobiography, memoir, and lifestory. (She later uncovers a number of other terms for similar genres of writing … Continue reading
Still Deeply in Love with A Goodman: Part 4
Final bit from the nice outline (by “gwennis48” at the Luther I. Replogle Foundation) of key points from the presentation that Andy Goodman delivered. I’ve blogged previously about my fondness for Goodman’s Web site and company… Goodman suggests that the ideal word length for a verbally told story is 750 … Continue reading
New June Story Events
I’ve posted some new events in my Story Events section several coming up coming up very soon in June.
Stories are the Essence of a Culture
“Stories are the essence of a culture” is one of the tenets of the group behind Living Cultural Databases. Starkly, the group notes that “once the stories are no longer re-told, the culture is dead.” On oral heritage and the importance of storytelling, the group writes: Stories are the essence … Continue reading
Still Deeply in Love with A Goodman: Part 3
Another bit from the nice outline (by “gwennis48” at the Luther I. Replogle Foundation) of key points from the presentation that Andy Goodman delivered. I’ve blogged previously about my fondness for Goodman’s Web site and company… To build a lasting storytelling culture in your organization, identify the organization’s core stories, … Continue reading