I’ve added these guys to my Storytellers section, but their stuff is too gorgeous not to do a whole entry on. They are Oscar and Kartika of S1 Weddings, who describe themselves as “in love with each other, and passionate in capturing weddings and lifestyle portraits.” They reside in a … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
The Storytelling Ape
Harry Bingham, who blogs at Toasting Napoleon, has announced that he has a publishing deal to write a book with the provisional title of The Storytelling Ape. Here’s how he describes it: The book will deal with why humans tell stories; what role narrative plays for us; and how these … Continue reading
Status Stories
One of my favorite pieces of information that I get via e-mail is the monthly trend briefings from Trendwatching.com. This month’s is on Status Stories. Here’s how Trendwatching defines them: STATUS STORIES: As more brands (have to) go niche and therefore tell stories that aren’t known to the masses, and … Continue reading
Moth Offers Free Podcast Subscription
The wonderful Moth is offering subscriptions to receive one free story per week to listen to at your leisure on your iPod/MP3 player or your computer. From The Moth: We have collected a number of our favorite stories from the last 10 years, some of which you may never have … Continue reading
5 Things I Learned About Storytelling at Procter & Gamble
Steve Denning interviewed Procter & Gamble’s (former? Denning uses past tense) senior manager, learning technologies, Linda Coffman, who is speaking on Friday, May 9, at the Smithsonian Associates Organizational Storytelling Weekend. Here are 5 things I learned from the interview about organizational storytelling at P&G: Global Learning and Development, the … Continue reading
Making Your Blog Recruiter Friendly
The Wall Street Journal‘s Sarah Needleman recently reported on how blogs are changing the recruiting landscape (this article may not be available free to nonsubscribers for long). Recruiters are surfing blogs not only for expertise in bloggers’ career fields but for writing skills and well-roundedness, Needleman reports. The article discusses … Continue reading
Emotion, Storytelling, and Persuasion
Some fairly recent blog entries talk about the emotional impact of storytelling and persuasion. Kenrick E. Cleveland offers several postings, highlights of which include: Stories have been used to elicit emotional responses, whether by design or by accident, since the beginning of man and some of the best stories are … Continue reading
Slide Stories
Meet Henry from chereemooreKevin Dugan posted on the blog Strategic Public Relations some pretty compelling evidence for the growth of storytelling in business: The fact that in a search on the site SlideShare, more than 500 results come up in a search for “storytelling.” (Well, actually, he said more than … Continue reading
Story Fields
I don’t claim to totally understand Tom Atlee’s concept of Story Fields, but here’s his definition: a particularly powerful field of influence generated by a story or, more often, by a coherent battery of mutually reinforcing stories – myths, news, soap operas, lives, memories, games – and story elements – … Continue reading
Storytelling and Organizational Commitment
Storytelling continues to emerge in academic research about organizational life. A recent issue of Group & Organization Management (Vol. 33, No. 2; find it through an academic library database) features John F. McCarthy’s “Short Stories at Work: Storytelling as an Indicator of Organizational Commitment,” in which he notes that: Findings … Continue reading