• Fame or authenticity? What’s more valuable for storytelling?

    A fascinating development today: advocacy group Invisible Children just released an update to its KONY 2012 viral video.  The new film, “Move” calls on supporters to march on Washington D.C. on November 17th to lobby politicians to keep searching for the Ugandan warlord, Joseph Kony. Frankly, it’s a courageous move by a group whose remarkable…

  • A conflict of Pinterest? Take Evernote (on my Galaxy Note)

    My biggest “wow” from yesterday’s Seattle Chamber Interest in Pinterest event (which I moderated), was how locally-based Allrecipes.com has migrated its social engagement away from Facebook to the new visual platform (which is now the 3rd most popular online social network). That’s even as Bloomberg reports today that Pinterest referral sales on Amazon (via Zappos) are…

  • 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…