Category Archives: Story Practitioners

See Cynthia’s bio, photo, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Cynthia Kurtz (Question 3): Q: Are there any current uses of storytelling that repel you or that you feel are inappropriate? A: I’m sad about how much packaged entertainment and crafted messages have changed our world. … Continue reading →

See Cynthia’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Cynthia Kurtz (Question 2): Q: In the book, you write “I and others have seen from experience that this approach is superior to approaches that don’t respect the integrity of the raw story and end up (whatever their … Continue reading →

Another new and wonderful story acquaintance is Cynthia Kurtz, who is linked with the previous subject of this Q&A series Ron Donaldson, because they have both worked with Dave Snowden. I learned about Cynthia when I stumbled across her terrific free book on working with stories. Her Q&A will appear … Continue reading →

See Ron’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A and Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Ron Donaldson (Question 5): Q: What future trends or directions do you foresee for story/storytelling/narrative? What’s next for the discipline? A: Up until recently I thought the most powerful use … Continue reading →

See Ron’s bio, photo, and Par 1 of this Q&A and Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Ron Donaldson (Question 4): Q. If you could share just one piece of advice or wisdom about story/storytelling/narrative with readers, what would it be? A: We all make sense of our world … Continue reading →

See Ron’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A and Part 2. Q&A with Ron Donaldson (Question 3): Q: What people or entities (such as Web sites, blogs, books, organizations, conferences, etc.) have been most influential to you in your story work and why? A: My top ten in … Continue reading →

See Ron’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Ron Donaldson (Question 2): Q: Can you explain your term Knowledge Ecology? To what extent does this discipline relate to storytelling? In line with Dave Snowden, you describe storytelling as a natural or naturalistic way to share knowledge. … Continue reading →

It’s so much fun to get to know story practitioners through this Q&A series, of which this is the 18th entry. This one is with Ron Donaldson, with whom I became familiar through the Golden Fleece group. See his bio and photo below. His Q&A will appear over the next … Continue reading →

See Carol’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Carol Mon (Question 5): Q: Your clients seem to be primarily organizations, but much of what you have to teach about communication skills seems as though it would work on an … Continue reading →

See Carol’s bio, photo, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Carol Mon (Question 4): Q: One of the seminars you present is Tell Tales, Make Sales. How did you come to discover that storytelling is effective in sales? Do you have a story … Continue reading →