Life is not about the big stuff. Everything that is important is quite small. We tend to think of a person’s life as a long and complex story. A biography shouldn’t be a short easy read right? It should be a complex narrative that examines a person’s loves, struggles, accomplishments and failures. What if I…
Attention and time are at a premium. If you find you are experiencing information overload, so is your prospective audience. And yet things do manage to grab our attention, how does that happen? If matters to you, it will matter to someone else. Viral content is something people connect with so much they want to…
Creativity is a byproduct of our intuition. Free flowing expression feels good because it comes from a place that is not governed by rules. When creating a message for social media, a blog post or any other type of communication our connection with our own intuition is powerful. Understanding what we feel connected to is…
When should I post? Should I have a weekly newsletter or a monthly one? How many times should I tweet per day? The simple answer is, ‘I don’t know’. There is no magic formula, just give it a shot and see what happens. The truth is that we all have to start somewhere and refine…
We keep track of link clicks, site visits, retweets and shares, but what does it all mean? It means nothing unless it assists with telling the story you want to tell. Producing or sharing content means nothing unless it suites our particular goals. Sharing content is important, but what is more important is the overall…
You always have a chance if you live to fight another day. If you wake up in the morning to fight again, you are one of the lucky ones. - Howard Davis (My Dad) You can jump off a cliff without knowing what is on the other side. We love stories about people who take…
“You are what you share.” ― C.W. Leadbeater, We Think: The Power Of Mass Creativity What is value? Value is not intrinsic, it is assigned. How do we decide what something is worth? Is it worth our time? What are we getting out of it? If we focus on valuable interactions, we can decide not…
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…
Storytelling Built For Innovation 