Maria, Arnold and your organization’s life narrative
Maria Shriver’s and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s separation has given me two deep thoughts. One is about fathers and daughters. The other, as follows, is about business: On The Today Show on May 17, Matt Lauer asked psychologist Gail Schwartz, “What allows a marriage to succeed and what generally ends a marriage after something like this? [...]
The Definition of Storytelling
You’ve encountered stories in a number of contexts all your life: books, magazines, the campfire, the ballet, the cinema, a costumed performer you remember from elementary school. But did you absorb the story through storytelling, or through another art form? The National Storytelling Network has adopted a clear and concise definition of storytelling that embraces [...]
Sometimes presentation is everything
After several people downloaded my e-book, Making Your Professional Narrative Personal: 10 Lessons from Storytelling to make the story of your business or nonprofit matter, I received comments like, “This is exactly what my organization needed!” Well, when I saw a presentation in December about the power of sparkling, sizzling language, I thought, “Now this [...]
More storytelling lessons from Rick Bragg
In a presentation entitled simply, “Stories,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Rick Bragg led an enraptured audience at the 2010 Idea Festival on a journey from the impoverished foothills of Appalachia to the bustling streets of Manhattan. With him, we marveled at sacrifices his mother made so he could have an education, laughed at his [...]
Rick Bragg teaches how to tell a story
A slide show of pictures of Kat Gentner’s graphic recording of Rick Bragg’s presentation, “Stories,” from the 2010 IdeaFestival.
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