Since comments are not very prominently displayed in this blog, I wanted to call attention to Stephanie West Allen’s comments about a recent entry, featuring the video of a presentation by Jill Taylor, a stroke victim and neuroanatomist. Apparently the science in this presentation has come under quite a bit … Continue reading
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A Story of Challenging the Organizational Culture
2020 Note: I can no longer access the video that originally appeared here, but you may be able to using the link below (Web Strategist Jeremiah Owyang). In this video, Jake McKee, former social media practitioner at Lego, “tells his story,” writes Web Strategist Jeremiah Owyang “on how he challenged … Continue reading
A Marketing Conversation around Storytelling
Recently came across three similar blog postings about storytelling in marketing and thought I would pretend the authors were having a conversation. Thus, sort of a made-up story with these bloggers as characters. McLellan Creative (no individual blogger identified) begins the conversation by asking, “When was the last time you … Continue reading
The Story of a Story Wrapped in a Documentary Film
Recently saw the documentary film, My Kid Could Paint That, about Marla Olmstead, who in 2004 was 4 years old and commanding thousands of dollars for her abstract paintings. The Binghamton, NY, reporter, Elizabeth Cohen, who initially broke the Marla story in the Binghamton Sun and Press Bulletin, noted in … Continue reading
God Endorses Storytelling
OK, I don’t mean to be irreverent here, but I read some good news for storytelling fans who believe the Bible is the word of God and even for agnostics like me who aren’t sure. This comes from “Guest Author” at Impact, a blog for Southern Baptists: There is a … Continue reading
Entrepreneurial Stories
The blogger at the blog seclater (and I am unable to determine who this blogger is) extols storytelling as a marketing tool in a way that is not new to me. But he (or she) offers an “if-I-can-do-it-anyone-can” story of entrepreneurial success: I had quit my full-time job without any … Continue reading
Models for What I’d Like to Do with Storytelling
One of my long-term ambitions is to create and put on workshops that help people change their lives and careers through story: Change the Story, Change Your Life (or Career). I’ve come across a couple of models for what I’d like to do. One comes from The Story Lady, Ronda … Continue reading
Stories to Socialize Organizational Newcomers
Just a postscript to an earlier entry about storytelling at Procter and Gamble: P&G also has a digital story in which a Martian appears before a group of six composite characters representing various organizations within P&G. The Martian wants to know who’s responsible for innovation at P&G. As Linda Coffman, … Continue reading
About My Issues with Games
Two commenters, Corvus and Liz, expressed curiosity about my statement that I loathe and detest games in this post. For me, this issue is a tantalizing look at the question of nature vs. nurture. I believe it is possible that I was genetically programmed to hate games. It seems that … Continue reading
A “Stroke of Insight” Story
The World’s Greatest Yoga Instructor, Emma Tranter, turned me onto this fascinating video presentation, from “TED,” Technology, Entertainment, Design, which “started (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Taylor tells an amazing story that takes on special meaning because of her role as a neuroanatomist. … Continue reading