I frequently come across uses of storytelling that are tangential to my direct interests but are interesting nonetheless – uses I probably would not have thought of, though they certainly don’t surprise me. Here are a few: Software development has the “user story,” defined as “a very high-level definition of … Continue reading
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Stories of How People Score the Coolest Jobs
Each chapter of Alexandra Levit’s new book, How’d You Score That Gig?, opens with a snippet of a story from someone in an interesting career. Levit then weaves the stories of several people who share each career (60 in total are profiled) throughout the chapter. Sidebar quotes from some of … Continue reading
Gearing Up for Mother’s Day with “Mom-oirs” and True Mom Confessions
True Mom Confessions is: … a place where women [can] confess their fears, frailties and fantasies … without any risk of judgment or consequence. … We provided a simple platform, and now mothers from around the globe add their voices to the ever-evolving conversation about what motherhood really is …. … Continue reading
Stories for Change
One of my most significant storytelling interests is the idea of using stories to spark change. That’s the concept behind the site Stories for Change, described this way: Stories for Change aims to connect and extend the network of workshop facilitators and organizations that have come together in community-based digital … Continue reading
Situation, Action, Results Stories in Branding
Came across a fantastic article by Ray George on brandchannel.com about how and why stories work in branding. George kicks off the article by declaring: “If brands are an experience, then stories are an effective way to describe this experience to others.” He adds: Brands are also a balance between … Continue reading
One Million Children
Gospel Light Worldwide wanted to tell the story of what it does “in a very real, engaging way.” The organization enlisted Nims Media for its concept of creating a film around the children in the field who are using the GLW Bible-study curriculum. They made a film about “children who … Continue reading
Fun Story Prompt Presented in a Cool Way
I love the way blogger Michelle Panik O’Neill presented the story prompt she learned about at a workshop. If you go to this blog entry, you’ll the see the above image, which you can click on to get an image big enough to read – a photo of a blog … Continue reading
A Snapshot of Organizational and Applied Storytelling Worldwide
Just about a year ago, Michael Margolis, Madelyn Blair, and Karen Dietz of the WorkingStories group surveyed member story practitioners to compile a collective picture of organizational and applied storytelling worldwide. Although the results have yet to be formally analyzed, Michael has given me permission to share a preliminary snapshot … Continue reading
A New Kind of Storytelling Resume
I have for the past several years sought out the elusive “storytelling resume.” Is it a version of the traditional resume, as I write about in my book? Is it a blog, as I’ve written about before, most recently here? Is it a social-media resume, as I’ve written about here? … Continue reading
Realistic Job Previews that Tell a Story
Apparently no one told her the story of what to expect. Within the academic (and applied) literature is a concept called “Realistic Job Previews (RJPs),” which Wikipedia describes as devices used in early stages of personnel selection to provide potential applicants with information on both positive and negative aspects of … Continue reading