The fabulous storytelling weekend in Washington, DC, is happening this week, beginning Thursday. Each day, Thursday through Saturday, is a separate event, and all promise to be enriching and engaging with exciting agendas. The weekend marks a decade for the conferences and workshops. Steve Denning, who helms the Friday event … Continue reading
Category Archives: Organizational Storytelling
Illustrations Enhance Business Storytelling Series
Kelsey Ruger has been running a series on business storytelling on his blog The Moleskin. It’s a particularly helpful series for newbies to business narrative/organizational storytelling, as veterans may find it a bit too basic. But what even longtime organizational-storytelling followers will enjoy are Ruger’s charming hand-drawn charts and pictures … Continue reading
Breaking News: Golden Fleece Conference Agenda Now Online
Had to get this out there as soon as I learned of it: The agenda for this year’s Golden Fleece Conference has been posted — now with its own Web site. And it looks as fabulous as ever. You can link to registration, speaker bios, and an overview, too. If … Continue reading
Business-Storytelling Model May Inspire Additional Applications
Pam Hoelzle has developed what she calls a “visual and quick outline to aid in business and organizational storytelling.” Especially given the nifty graphic she’s developed to go along with the outline, I think we can safely call it a “model.” I was naturally intrigued to apply this model to … Continue reading
Post-Valentine’s Call for Connections through Story
Still basking in that Valentine’s Day afterglow? Looking to start your workweek with a smile? Enjoy Terrence Gargiuolo’s beautiful, brief video, Organizational Relationships. Terrence kicks off by asking some thought-provoking questions about technology and whether it has brought us closer together or hindered relationships. He wonders whether we can fulfill … Continue reading
Oh Boy! Part 2 of User-Experience Storytelling is Here!
Francisco Inchauste’s eagerly anticipated Part 2 of his Better User Experience with Storytelling article kicks off with interviews with four practitioners in the field — Dorelle Rabinowitz, Curt Cloninger, Christian Saylor, and Cindy Chastain (You might want to read Inchauste’s comments illuminating my entry about Part 1 of his article.) … Continue reading
Visual Storytelling, Learning Styles, and the Corporate Boardroom
I learned two new things from a Worldwide Story Work teleconference this week presented by Malcolm Jones, an expert in ideation and sketching. Well, probably a lot more than two, but these were the ones that really stood out. An affinity for visual storytelling over text-based storytelling (or vice versa) … Continue reading
Generosity, Thy Name is Terrence Gargiulo
I’m not sure how I managed NOT to attend Terrence Gargiulo’s latest free webinar this week, but I missed it. As usual, he is offering the recorded webinar, Facilitation Techniques with Stories, free to people like me who missed it (also embedded below). He also offers a downloadable Facilitator Guide: … Continue reading
Two Nice Storytelling Slideshows
Came across two good slideshows recently that illustrate two applications for storytelling. Organizational storytelling: I don’t know how Tell Us Your Story: Cultivating an Organizational Storytelling Culture by Teresa Bailey ended up on my desktop, but there it was after I researched storytelling at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for … Continue reading
One-Stop Link for Storytelling Weekend
I’ve published several entries recently about April’s Storytelling Weekend in Washington, DC (April 15-17). Steve Denning has now provided a one-stop link to learn about all three days of the weekend and links to register. More details and a registration link are still to come for the Saturday event, Golden … Continue reading