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Author: Hanson Hosein

  • A month of uprisings

    When we change the way we communicate, we change society. I have a lot of favorite passages from Clay Shirky’s 2008 Here Comes Everybody, but in 2011, this is the line that resonates most.  Our media technologies have facilitated our ability to reach out to each other; to connect in meaningful ways, without necessarily requiring…

  • Beginning, middle and so far no end!

    As I conclude this week, I have given three Storyteller Uprising talks (for Lowe + Partners in NYC, Adobe and OCLC in Seattle) and signed a number of books (the analog edition). I participated in the graduation of 55 of our students (our largest cohort ever).  We hosted a successful Screen Summit last night, handing…

  • The storyteller’s capital of Cascadia

    I conclude Chapter 19 Storytelling as Common Denominator of my Storyteller Uprising book with this: I highlighted those four words in the preceding paragraph – “entrepreneurship,” “innovation,” “community,”  “story” – as I see them as the core elements that all communicators must now draw upon if they wish to engage with trust and persuasion in…

  • Publish then Filter: my business model of perpetual release dates

    I love that turn of phrase from Clay Shirky’s still influential 2008 book, Here Comes Everybody.  Publish, then filter.  In the digital age, it means barriers to entry, costs, and content distribution platforms are all so accessible that the traditional mass media model of “filter, then publish” is no longer the norm. Net economics have…