The consulting firm Thirsty Fish offers a Brand Story Audit with 13 criteria to assess “how an organization’s story ‘measures up’ as a cohesive brand narrative.” Do the same criteria apply to the personal branding story, discussed in this chapter of my book, Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling that Propels … Continue reading
Category Archives: Storytelling and Constructing Identity
Smith: A Cornucopia of Stories
I’ve been wanting to blog about the site/magazine Smith for a while now because it’s just such a cool collection of story stuff. Can’t remember exactly how I stumbled upon it, but I know it was quite by accident.Oh yes, I believe I saw a widget for it on Widgetbox … Continue reading
The Story Matrix
Craig Wortmann is the author of What’s Your Story?, which describes the “powerful impact stories have on the three most common performance challenges—leadership, strategic selling, and motivation.” Wortmann writes: While the technique of telling stories is the oldest form of communication, it’s also the one form that rises above the … Continue reading
Museum of the Person
In an earlier entry, I noted the International Day for Sharing Life Stories (May 16). One of the major sponsors of that day is the Museum of the Person, which has branches in the US (Indiana), Canada, Brazil, and Portugal. The US site notes that it is dedicated to “strengthening … Continue reading
Storytelling Meets Social Media, Part II – Social Biography Network
Similar to OurStory, which I wrote about yesterday, is Dandelife, which describes itself as a social biography network, a “social network built around the telling of your life’s stories.” The Dandelife folks coined the term “lifecasting,” which is apparently what you do at Dandelife. I am fascinating by this concept … Continue reading
International Day for Sharing Life Stories
An International Day for Sharing Life Stories has been set for May 16, 2008. The day will be an opportunity for people around the world to gather in community halls, classrooms, public parks, theaters, auditoriums, as well websites, email exchanges, and virtual environments to hear each other’s stories.
You can read more here and in the extended entry.
Digital Storytelling Continued
My storytelling colleague, Stephanie West Allen, wrote to tell me she is attending a digital storytelling session this weekend. “I cannot wait!” she said. Her instructor is Bernajean Porter of DigiTales. Thanks, Stephanie, for turning me on to the stash of story loot at Bernajean’s visually lovely collection of sites. … Continue reading
Storytellers: A Running List of Folks Telling the Story of Who They Are
Michael and Rebecca Kull told the story of a trip around the world in Tales from Low Orbit. In Story Tour: Storytelling Rabbi and his Adventures, Shana T. relates stories told by her father, Rabbi Tobesman, and reflects on them. Sharon Lippincott blogs about The Heart and Craft of Lifestory … Continue reading
Idol Stories
I admit that American Idol is a guilty pleasure of mine. The Season 7 auditions are just about over; Hollywood week is up next at this writing, and I am willing to wager that those who will do well once viewers start voting will be the ones whose stories have … Continue reading
Six-Word Stories
I want to post more soon about the amazing treasures I stumbled upon at Smith Magazine, but in the meantime, this book of 6-word memoirs. Not Quite What I Was Planning, is being released today. From the Smith Web site: [The book] collects almost 1,000 six-word memoirs, including additions from … Continue reading