Category: Manuscript

  • 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…

  • Kayaking, crabbing and correcting: my Hero’s Journey?

    I’ve been trying to get out on my kayak this summer. But I’ve spent the last two weeks completing the mammoth final section to Storyteller Uprising. It’s a standalone piece, tentatively titled The Storyteller’s Seven Hard Truths to Manipulation in a Networked World (coming soon!). I finally went out this morning after putting the finishing…

  • This summer, I had considerable opportunity to apply Storyteller Uprising principles to real-world organizational communication challenges.  It was great to take my thought-process for a test spin to see what resonated.  It also inspired me to add to the book (it’s getting fatter and more expensive!), primarily around how to concretely engage communities with story.…

  • The short film above is the culmination of a project that my colleague Scott Macklin and I had pursued last summer, as an exercise in storytelling for this book, as well as for our Storytelling class earlier this year. Our working premise?  A conference for journalists seeking new business models, looks to Detroit’s incredible community…