See a photo of Corey, a link to his bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Corey Blake (Question 2): Q: What people or entities have been most influential to you in your story work and why? A: Barry Pearson’s work with me in his Shakespeare classes at … Continue reading
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Q&A with a Story Guru: Corey Blake, Part 1
I’ve developed a fascination with business novels — important organizational lessons taught through story. Thus, I was drawn to EDGE! A Leadership Story, co-authored by Corey Blake. The Q&A with Corey will appear over the next five days. Bio: Corey’s writing and visionary work has been published in Writer Magazine, … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Michael Margolis, Part 5
See a photo of Michael, a link to his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Michael Margolis (Question 5): Q: In the same interview on the site of the 2008 HANO Conference (and elsewhere), you say that “Your story is … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Michael Margolis, Part 4
See a photo of Michael, a link to his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Michael Margolis (Question 4): Q: In an interview with you on the site of the 2008 HANO Conference, at which you were the keynote speaker, you said: “Look … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Michael Margolis, Part 3
See a photo of Michael, a link to his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Michael Margolis (Question 3): Q: What future trends or directions do you foresee for story/storytelling/narrative? What’s next for the discipline? What future aspirations do you personally have for your own … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Michael Margolis, Part 2
See a photo of Michael, a link to his bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Michael Margolis (Question 2): Q: How important is it to you and your work to function within the framework of a particular definition of “story?” (i.e., What is a story?) What definition … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Michael Margolis, Part 1
Michael Margolis was one of the facilitators (along with Madelyn Blair and Steve Denning) of the first Smithsonian Storytelling Conference I attended in 2005. I’ve followed his work and his firm THIRSTY-FISH since. The Q&A with Michael will appear over the next five days. Bio: Michael Margolis is a pioneer … Continue reading
Q&As-Return-Monday Wordle
Along with publishing this week’s word cloud/tag cloud from Wordle based on A STORIED CAREER, I offer a reminder that Phase II of my Q&A series will commence Monday with a Q&A with Michael Margolis of Thirsty-Fish.
Champion of the Sustained Storytelling Practice: Barbara Ganley
One of my new heroes is Barbara Ganley, who blogs at (The New) BG Blogging. I find her fascinating because of her work with story in higher education and in community storytelling. She recently left the former to focus on the latter: Barbara Ganley recently left higher education to set … Continue reading
Vicariously Experiencing The Moth
Ever since Annette Simmons turned me on to The Moth, I have been in love with this nonprofit that is dedicated to “promoting the art of storytelling” and “celebrat[ing] the ability of stories to honor the diversity and commonality of human experience, and to satisfy a vital human need for … Continue reading