I won’t be going to the Smithsonian storytelling weekend this year, but I’m sure it will be excellent as usual.
There will be a new Thursday evening session on May 8, “Organizational Storytelling 101.” Svend-Erik Engh and Steve Denning will cover the basics of organizational storytelling.
The theme of the sessions on Friday (and Saturday) will be storytelling and innovation. Speakers will include Dorothy Leonard, emerita professor of Harvard Business School and author of “Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom”; Linda Coffman will discuss how storytelling has been used at Procter & Gamble. Claudia L’Amoreaux, Education Community Developer for Linden Lab, will share examples of organizations innovating in the new storyspace of Second Life. What if you discovered an entirely new world where you could tell stories in ways you’ve never done before? How might it change you? What stories would you tell?
The Saturday portion of the event is put on by the Golden Fleece group, and details are forthcoming.
To find out more go here.