Michael Margolis interviews Lance today at 1:15 PM EDT. This is the third in his series. The first two have been terrific. Details for joining in or downloading from iTines are provided in the link. Join in live if you can. Michael really does a great job with these.
…”expect us to discuss the culture of transmedia creation, and the unique differences between the indie community and how big brands are doing it. It should prove to be a provocative conversation about the evolving boundaries of narrative.”
Are You Ready For Your Business Breakthrough? Are you Ready for Your Success Story?
Story Coach Lisa Bloom is doing a teleseminar today at 2 PM EDT. It’s a shame it overlaps with Michael’s for the first 15 minutes but, since Michael makes his available on iTunes, there may be light at the end of that tunnel. Or perhaps Lisa will make hers available for replay. Either way, both will be well worth the time.
Also, Dr. Kathy Hansen at A Storied Career is featuring Lisa in her interview series this week. She posted the first segment yesterday. It’s going to be great series.
The Story We Don’t Know We’re Writing
“Then we pick courses and eventually a major that expresses, in one way or another, the person we expect to become upon graduation. When all the coursework is done and we’ve said goodbye to our classmates–and this is especially true for our Gallatin friends–we’ve got to construct a narrative in our minds about how it all fits together.
That narrative is bigger than a diploma–it is, more than anything else, what we’re going to walk out of this place with and carry around for every moment of every day of the rest of our lives. It’s the story of how we staggered into adulthood.”
Narrative comes to Facebook.
“Our goal is to make this Community Page the best collection of shared knowledge on this topic. If you have a passion for Narrative, sign up and we’ll let you know when we’re ready for your help.”
In case you have “designs” on running a business.
“Martin uses storytelling and draws on theories of other writers, including Malcolm Gladwell and Daniel Pink, to support many of his arguments.
In the end, the difference is Martin himself, an accomplished storyteller who speaks from a voice of authority and a true business-leadership perspective.”
Pick Up Lines, a Brief Narrative
Yesterday we had Casanovas, today we have this. Some of ‘em are pretty good though and the ending sorta’ nails it.
“The arts often come down to telling a story and we’re not just talking about literature. A painting can tell a story, sometimes better than a thousand words can. Charlie Parker once told some fellow jazz musicians why he liked country music: “Listen to the stories,” he said. And then, there are magicians. They’re also story-tellers. But magicians rely on the spoken word. And when the magician’s first language isn’t the same as the audience’s – well, that’s a story, too. It’s told here by The World’s Alex Gallafent.”
Fascinating site.
This from his “About” page. Be sure to read it all. Leo’s Story
“Stories were one of the most important ways the early people had of explaining the unexplainable, of giving form to the formless. Those in the culture gifted with insight into the hidden nature of things would often share their discoveries through storytelling. The spoken story thus became a bridge between worlds, a point of contact between the visible and invisible realms. Shared late at night around fires, interwoven with rhythm and song, embedded in rituals and ceremonies, stories were a living power in people’s lives, as real as the forces of nature. Told and retold they became part of the fabric of a culture’s consciousness, shaping the reality of the entire community.”
Lessons for Life and Storytelling
A very nice post.
“Everyone takes from stories what they need, and sometimes the things we take connect us in ways we could not have thought to connect.”
Emotions, storytelling and Heavy Rain
“Storytelling in game development has gone up several notches.”
“So with realistic human body movement and facial expressions, the game creators went on to create the most compelling game story I had ever experienced. There were no stats such as your strength, your health points and so on. You had no inventory. You had no need of skills such as climbing, swinging, jumping and other acrobatic manoeuvres.”
Nice post on narrative in writing.
What Skipping High School Gym Class Taught Me About Blogging
Reminds me a bit of Donald Miller’s “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.”
“The power of a good narrative is undeniable.
But I never thought about harnessing the story-telling power of the blog until I moved to San Diego and decided to have my take-control moment.
Buying the bike was part of that same epiphany.”
“I see myself as a storyteller, and I think there’s a clear primeval, sacred nature in storytelling,” he continues. “When you’re a storyteller, you’re doing something on behalf of others, and there’s a sacrificial element in it. An actor is like the storyteller sitting around the campfire. I come out of that tradition.”
Storytelling For Social Change
A wonderful talk. If you haven’t had the chance to see it yet set some time aside and watch it when you can. It will be time well spent.
“Ms. Sarabhai discusses how storytelling, that most ancient of human pastimes, has the possibility of being used to effectively get people thinking about major issues affecting the community and the world at large. She claims that, more than a lecture or an awareness campaign, art and storytelling succeed in bypassing certain filters within us and access a deep-down level of ourselves that can stir us to really think about something.
Storytelling exists in all cultures and has done so for thousands of years. Imagine if people around the world used this medium to pass on useful skills and information, raise awareness of a particular issue, or reinforce certain values and practices that are important to that particular people.”
New book: “Storytelling for User Experience”
This is a great deal. Rosenfeld Media is offering a sweet, oops, make that a “tweet” discount of 15% on their new release of Storytelling for User Experience. Dr Kathy Hansen at A Storied Career has blogged about this before and interviewed one of the co-authors, Whitney Quesenbery here: Whitney Quesenbery Q&A
