Category Archives: Organizational Storytelling

I usually keep storytelling events separated out from the main part of this blog, but because the following is something I’m actually attending, and since it’s a premier event in the organizational storytelling world, I wanted to highlight it here: The weekend consists of an evening Intro to Storytelling workshop … Continue reading →

Matt Moore and Patrick Lambe have initiated a new narrative project focused on how experience and expertise get used and valued in organizations. They’re collecting stories/anecdotes from a wide range of people about how their experience/expertise is valued and accessed, and any associated issues or happy feelings. The aim is … Continue reading →

I’ve written several times about the wonderful Washington, DC/Smithsonian/Golden Fleece weekend, which I seem to attend in odd-numbered years. Here’s a link to resources from the 2008 weekend. Links for 2006 are also available; wouldn’t you know that there aren’t any for 2007, the year I presented at Golden Fleece.

Here are some more free downloads I’ve come across from the always-willing-to-share story world:  Terrence Gargiulo offers Six “Story Energizers” Activities You Can use With Any Group. (Terrence has another one of his terrific free webinars coming up on Oct. 15; see Story Events section.) Another download offering from Terrence … Continue reading →

Steve Denning, who has been a significant influence to many on the topic of storytelling and leadership, is offering a free webinar on Thursday, September 25, 11 am US Eastern time The webinar is an advance preview of his ARK Group one-day masterclass in December in London. Denning says the webinar will … Continue reading →

Add Cynthia Kurtz (the subject of a Q&A interview to appear here in December) to the long list of generous story practitioners who freely share knowledge and information with the public. Kurtz’s bio says she’s been working as an independent researcher and consultant at/with/for a series of places (IBM Research, … Continue reading →

 Not long ago, I blogged about a community storytelling initiative in Oakland, CA. Commenter Tim Enerata pointed out that lots of place-based, community-based storytelling projects are thriving out there, some of which are listed at The Center for Digital Storytelling’s StoryMapping Stories page. I’ve also just come across Denver’s Five … Continue reading →