See a photo of Jane, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Jane Freese, Question 5: Q: If you could identify a person or organization who desperately needs to tell a better story, who or what would it be? A: Political … Continue reading
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Q&A with a Story Guru: Jane Freese: Storytelling Helps Job-Seekers Create a Full Picture of Who They Are to Employers
See a photo of Jane, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Jane Freese, Question 4: Q: You recently held your first Telling About Yourself workshop. How did it go, and to what extent will you tweak it for the next time? A: … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Jane Freese: Storytelling is a Wonderful Tool for Making Job Applicants Memorable
See a photo of Jane, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Jane Freese, Question 3: Q: Your discovery of applied storytelling for business and job search sounds a lot like mine in that it came about during an academic program. Can you tell that … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Jane Freese: The Stories We Tell about Ourselves Guide Our Course through Life
See a photo of Jane, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Jane Freese, 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: I became involved in story through a storytelling course … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Jane Freese: Emblematic Moments Lend Themselves to Personal Storytelling in Job Interviews
I’m so happy to have a new Q&A to run this week. I believe I encountered Jane Freese during my usual wanderings and research for blog content and was thrilled to find yet another kindred spirit working with storytelling and career/job search. I am most excited to have her join … Continue reading
Corporate Reticence to Tell Stories, and How a Story Matrix Can Help
Why have I never encountered David Hutchens until recently? I was captivated by his article, Applications of Narrative and Storytelling as an Organizational Discipline; or Why Organizational Communication in the 21st Century May Find its Salvation in Talking Animals, which he initially created for the 10th Anniversary Edition of Outlearning … Continue reading
My Latin-Scholar Story and a Convergence with a Story Icon
When I was preparing to enter high school, my father told me I had to take Latin. His mother had been a Greek and Latin scholar at Wellesley, and later briefly taught these classic languages. I was not enthusiastic about Latin. I wanted to take French. My father and I … Continue reading
The Story Guru Q&A Process
Recently, storyteller Eric James Wolf turned the tables on me. I’ve conducted more than 57 Q&As with story practitioners — and now Eric has done a Q&A with me. I thought it would be worthwhile to excerpt some of it here because it explains some of my philosophies and approaches … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Eric James Wolf: Exciting Projects in the Works
See a photo of Eric his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Eric James Wolf, Question 5: Q: You seem to have lots of storytelling projects going on and more planned for the future. Which projects are you most excited about … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Eric James Wolf: Storytelling Award Means the World
See a photo of Eric his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Eric James Wolf, Question 4: Q: You are to receive the Oracle Award in recognition of your work as producer and host of the Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf Show … Continue reading