The little one-question survey I have on my sidebar has been a dicey thing because it has no mechanism for preventing spammers from responding — and they do. If the spam is ever so overwhelming I can’t handle it, I’ll get rid of it (or figure out a way to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Storytelling: Other
My Plagiarism Story: What Would You Do?
Late last year, I discovered that someone had written and distributed a press release that used some of my work in it without giving me credit, a not-uncommon occurrence when a large body of one’s work appears online. The press release was picked up and published by at least 10 … Continue reading
It’s World Storytelling Day!
It would be a little difficult to fully celebrate World Storytelling Day on A Storied Career in the spirit intended — given that it is a celebration of the art of oral storytelling. Here’s how the World Storytelling Day site describes the event: World Storytelling Day is a global celebration … Continue reading
Today’s Storytelling Buzz in the Twitterverse
I use two Twitter tools to alert me about what folks in the Twitterverse are saying about storytelling. My current favorite is Twicker (which works only on Mac OS 10). Twicker gives me a line of Twitter avatars across the bottom of my screen that represent tweets about storytelling. The … Continue reading
Handheld Un-Conference Explored How Digital Storytelling Can Improve Health Care
OK, I admit that this entry is from almost a year ago, and for some reason, I never published it at the time. The most current aspect of this project is the accompanying DVD expected to be released. The un-conference’s site asks interested folks to email to be notified of … Continue reading
Egg Stories (Not Egg-sactly), Architecture Stories, Atheism Stories, and Financial Stories
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about applied storytelling, it is that there is virtually no subject to which storytelling cannot be applied. Here’s a little roundup of interesting storytelling applications: The American Egg Board collects what I thought were egg stories at its Gather.com site, Incredible, but on further … Continue reading
Almost-Daylight-Savings Wordle
Ranking right up there with my favorite days of the year is the day Daylight Savings comes back, which this year happens Sunday at 2 a.m.-ish. Just gives me such a lift to have more daylight in the early evening. More time for bike-riding. Here’s this week’s word cloud/tag cloud … 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.
Readers Weigh in on Storytelling’s Next Big Thing
I’m pleased that my little survey widget on my sidebar has gleaned a few responses — and not as much spam as I’d feared. I asked: What do you think will be the next significant development in applied storytelling? Here are readers’ responses: I imagine something that draws on creativity…the … Continue reading
Get Your Red-Hot Story Goodies Here
Here’s a collection of recent story-related finds — all free, I’m pretty sure: The Science of Presentations Nice slideshow with audio about creating preserntations that cater to the way people actually learn; hence, stories are effective in presentations. Audio wasn’t great for me, but that could be my computer. Story-Selling … Continue reading