See a photo of Amy Zalman, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Amy Zalman, Question 2: Q: How did you initially become involved with story/storytelling/ narrative? What attracted you to this field? What do you love about it? A: My love of words and stories has … Continue reading
Category Archives: Story Practitioners
Q and A with a Story Guru: Amy Zalman: Strategic Narrative Is Emergent Strand of International-Relations Research
I am beyond intrigued with the niche of storytelling/narrative that Dr. Amy Zalman practices — strategic narrative. Her firm “advance[s] the practice of narrative to solve complex problems among people, cultures and organizations.” I felt it would be helpful to kick off this Q&A with Dr. Zalman’s explanation of strategic … Continue reading
Competition, Community, Generosity … and their Relationship with Storytelling
In a thoughtful and thought-provoking blog post, Storytelling: Community through… Competition?, Katie Knutson talks about how, even in competitive settings, storytellers generate a strong sense of community. Knutson recalls that despite the “fiercely competitive” storytelling category in her high-school forensics contests, a sense of community persisted in that category as … Continue reading
Ponderings about Twitter …
I committed myself this month to updating some aspects of this blog, notably the “inside pages” on which I list links related to applied storytelling (Links to Interdisciplinary Storytelling Resources, Links to Organizational Storytelling Resources, Links to Storytelling Platforms, Tools, and Prompts, Links to Blogs that Relate to Storytelling, Links … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Roben-Marie Smith: Art, as With Story, is Meant to Be Shared
See a photo of Roben-Marie, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Roben-Marie Smith, Question 5: Q: If you could share just one piece of advice or wisdom about story/storytelling/ narrative with readers, what would it be? A: One of my favorite quotes … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Roben-Marie Smith: Success Through Supporting Others
See a photo of Roben-Marie, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Roben-Marie Smith, Questions 3 and 4: Q: You seem to have become successful in the art-journaling world, andyour work has appeared in many venues. Given that lots of people do art journaling, why … Continue reading
New Finds in Organizational Storytelling
Today’s rollout of finds that will eventually end up on an inside page is in the category of Links to Organizational Storytelling Resources. These links mostly represent organizational-storytelling practitioners and sites/blogs about organizational storytelling. History Factory: Heritage management firm that helps today’s leading global corporations, organizations and institutions discover, preserve … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Roben-Marie Smith: “Points of Two” Project Soars
See a photo of Roben-Marie, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Roben-Marie Smith, Question 2: Q: What has been your favorite or most meaningful story-related project or initiative and why? A: “Points of Two” was a year-long weekly project that I did with fellow artist Kira … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Roben-Marie Smith: Combining Artful Expression with Words
For some time now, I have wanted to include some folks from the more visual worlds of storytelling in the Q&A series — scrapbooking, “scrapmoir,” art journaling, for example. I got my wish in Roben-Marie Smith, who hails from very near my former home in Central Florida. Delighted to introduce … Continue reading
Q and A with a Story Guru: Michael Galbraith: Help Make the World Safe for Diversity
See a photo of Michael, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Michael Galbraith, Question 5 Q: If you could share just one piece of advice or wisdom about story/storytelling/ narrative with readers, what would it be? A: Probably not to judge someone … Continue reading