Category: CES

  • A Storyteller’s Seven Hard Truths to Manipulation in a Networked World

    This is a major (40+-page) update to Storyteller Uprising. It’s a reflection on the transformative developments that have occurred since I last revised the book in December 2011, including the largest Consumer Electronics Show in that event’s history, the ill-fated Kony 2012 campaign (a 30-minute online ad that over 100 million people watched), and the…

  • Why I gave away 2,000 books: connection is king, content as calling card

    Content: The New Marketing Equation View more documents from Altimeter Group Network on SlideShare Marketers must evolve from advertisers into storytellers. Advertisers interrupt consumers with messaging that are overwhelmingly “me” oriented: my product, my service. Storytellers attract, beguile, entertain, and inform. They are sought out and revisited. Often, they’ll enter into dialogue with their audience.…

  • How content inspires participation: Four Peaks TV episode

    A new episode of Four Peaks, and particularly specific to the premise of Storyteller Uprising (as I conclude in my commentary). Gaming. Music. Movies. The Pacific Northwest has become a hotbed for compelling entertainment. But this content is so much more than just play: some of our region’s creative leaders have identified its ability to…

  • People in my neighborhood: thinking big

    I always enjoy passing by the new Gates Foundation campus.  I like the inspired architecture, the central location (in the shadow of the Space Needle and the Experience Music Project).  And I see it as Seattle’s own 21st century United Nations. So it was nice to be invited for the official opening of the new…