Some great advice from Scott Simo

I'm working with Victoria Ward and her colleagues over at Sparknow at the moment evaluating a set of stories for their likely impact. We do a lot of story impact assessment at Anecdote because when we collect stories we always end up with too many to use in a workshop and therefore must select a sub-set. should say, however, that it can only be an assessment of likely impact because people are affected more or less by stories based Sometimes culling is done by our clients, sometimes by us. But regardless of who does it you need a set of criteria to make the selection.

Job interviewers these days know the importance of stories. They know that stories give a good insight into your capabilities and experience. They call it behavioural interview technique, which is just a fancy title for collecting stories from you. So you’d better have some stories to tell that reveal your character, skills and attitude to life. More people will be looking for jobs this year. Sadly unemployment is rising.

From the first accidental wiener roast on a prehistoric savannah, we’ve understood things by telling stories. It’s through stories that we understand how the world works " Why don’t we just focus, instead, on the overall message from Snowden’s definition or the last sentence from Weinberger’s: " It’s through stories that we understand how the world works ". Most of the folks out there who know me, and have been following this blog for a while, have probably realised by now how much I dislike definitions, and putting labels on things, in general.

My friend Terrence Gargiulo and I were chatting last week about the role storytelling plays for leaders and we agreed that the leadership-storytelling triple-threat was the ability to elicit stories, tell stories and trigger stories. When we say trigger stories we mean that a leader does something that's remarkable so people tell the story of what happened. So on this theme I was tickled pink to receive this video from Victoria Ward . A

Tags: Stories cp2tech03 podcas (Crossposted from my Full Circle Blog ) As part of CPSquare’s “ Connected Futures ” workshop exploring the use of web technologies in the service of communities of practice, we (John Smith and I!) asked Howard Rheingold to share a little bit about the Social Media Classroom (SMC) he developed as part of a MacArthur Foundation Award (A HASTAC award specifically).

I'll add that advice to my repertoire of tips for getting people to tell their stories on video. Keep the camera as close to my face as possible and tell the storyteller to tell me, not the camera, the story. Keep filming after they finish their story. Try to avoid making A few nights ago I watch Changeling starring Angelina Jolie. It's directed by Clint Eastwood (has he ever directed a dud movie?)

Tags: Stories Tips and Practices configuratio (Crossposted from Nancy’s blog ) Recently I wrote a post on my blog that received a lot of attention – more than I would have expected: How I use social media . At the end of the post, I promised to write about WHAT social media I currently use.

The authors of Made to Stick , Chip and Dan Heath, point out that there are three story plots we humans dearly love: Now you might be thinking, "how does all this relate to stories in a business context?" And stories play a fundamental role in helping people change their minds. the creativity plot where the protagonist solves one or more puzzles through shear ingenuity, persistence and always with a dash of dumb luck. The DaVinci Code is an example.

And whether it’s online or in the real world, the most engaging conversations involve other people’s stories. Just as good stories provide the momentum for great books and great speeches, they’re also the impetus for the best in social media. But what really turned me on was the story behind the image. Image via Shutterstock Social Media is all about conversations.