After I published the first installment of my Q&A with David Willows, a reader e-mailed me to ask about this passage: In my current work as the director of external relations of a large international school, it is true that I often say that my role is all about telling … Continue reading
Category Archives: Story Practitioners
Q&A with a Story Guru: David Willows: You Can Never Stand Outside the Story
See a photo of David, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with David Willows, Question 5: Q: What is your greatest challenge in the telling the story of International School of Brussels (pictured)? A: One of the biggest challenges that we … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: David Willows: Where is the Wisdom We Have Lost in Knowledge? Where is the Knowledge We Have Lost in Information?
See a photo of David, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with David Willows, Question 4: Q: The storytelling movement seems to be growing explosively. Why now?’ What is it about this moment in human history and culture that makes storytelling so resonant … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: David Willows: Stories of Family Life Connect with Others
See a photo of David, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with David Willows, Question 3: Q: How has your work with story evolved? A: I have written a lot about the power of storytelling in my career — as a priest in the Church … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: David Willows: Stories are Key to Making Sense of the Complexity of Human Existence
See a photo of David, his bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with David Willows, 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: Funnily enough, I wasn’t one of those kids … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: David Willows: Marketing Is About Telling the Story and Helping Audience Members Find Their Place in the Story
Although my next Q&A series doesn’t officially start till May, I’m delighted to whet my appetite and yours with this interview with David Willows, who uses storytelling in his job as director of external relations for The International School of Brussels in Brussels, Belgium. This Q&A will appear over the … Continue reading
Stay Tuned for The New Storytellers
At the risk of seeming like Michael Margolis’s publicist, I’m announcing another one of his terrific initiatives: The New Storytellers. Michael announces that the New Storytellers will be a bi-weekly show on storytelling and the new language of business. The first show will be on Tuesday, March 30 at 1pm … Continue reading
New Storytelling Q&A Series Launching This Spring
I’ve sent out 23 invitations to practitioners who work in some way with story to participate in a new Q&A series, which will probably launch in early May (a few may sneak in before that). Happily, I’ve already had 13 favorable responses. With the caveat that stuff happens and sometimes … Continue reading
User-Experience Storytelling Book Coming Soon
I’ve had several entries about storytelling in user-experience design (UX) recently, and now a book on the subject is imminent. Whitney Quesenbery reports that the book she co-authored with Kevin Books, Storytelling for User Experience, is now in production, and those interested can sign up to be notified when it’s … Continue reading
Story-Development Approaches in Applied Storytelling: Each to His or Her Own
I had a bit of an epiphany the other day while reading a blog post by J. Timothy King on his blog Be the Story. Story practitioners whose practice includes story development tend to adopt very specific approaches for developing stories. Sometimes they create these approaches on their own. Sometimes … Continue reading