Narrative Strategy and Storytelling for Organisations
Helping organisations solve communication, engagement and change challenges through story
Who? What ? Why? There are so many answers to these simple questions. Who am I? This is confusing because we are more than a one sentence vision statement. We are a person who fills many different roles in life. Our various relationships give us multiple definitions. When we interact with our parents it is…
'Find' someone to love. 'Find' someone to talk to. We are always looking for something and our favourite place to search is the internet. When we are not searching, we are inviting people to find, follow and friend us on social media. We are all explorers. We are all searching for people, places and things…
“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.” - Bill Nye You are valuable. You have knowledge that other people do not. We all know something that someone else doesn’t. What do you want to share? This is the essence of blogging. In today’s world we are all educators. We are out there describing…
"You can have everything in life you want, if you’ll just help enough other people get what they want." - Zig Ziglar There are many schools of thought around what you can and can't have in life. I personally like Zig's philosophy. We are only as good as the people around us. If you have…
Don’t let your Twitter feed control you. Ever wonder why it is called a feed? It can become a hungry beast eating up more and more of your time. Aimlessly scrolling through posts or Tweets consumes vast amount of time and produces very little results. Learn to think systematically about your approach to social media.…
This week in one word would be, ‘networking’. I have accepted a multitude of invites for various events in a very short period of time. An invitation is an act of generosity and it is always a pleasure to be asked. It is lovely to be included in various gatherings, however, I am not able…
“The universe provides, it opens windows, it gives us opportunities, I just put it out there and it responds.” I hear statements similar to this on a regular basis. While I agree with the sentiment attached to the words, I would like to change the language used. I would like to use the word ‘community’…
I have long dreamed of running an interactive Twitter storytelling event with a group of strangers in a Melbourne laneway. Last Tuesday night that dream came true. Laneway Learning, a group of volunteers who make learning, cheap, fun and accessible, hosted the night. The group who signed up for the evening exceeded all of my…
Next week at Laneway Learning I will be leading a class using Twitter to explore the concept of interactive storytelling. The class is Tuesday the 10th of June 2014 at 8 pm. It will be possible to join the live interactions by following #LLStory. I am very excited to see how the story unfolds and…
It is important to understand your own point of view. Your version of what you are doing and why may not translate into something that other people can relate to or understand. Remember that your perception exists within the context of your life. Without proper definition your vision can get lost in fragmented versions of…
