How to be a better storyteller (video)

One of the things I really love about what I do is that I get to talk to other storytellers - both inside and outside of companies - about trends, key storytelling elements and about important topics such as, "How to be a better storyteller." Follow Kathy on [...]

By |2017-02-21T22:40:45+00:00February 15, 2016|

Conflict in Business Storytelling (Video)

How to Deal with It... On Thursday, December 17th, I had a blast on a blab where storytellers, marketers and others discussed a really big topic in business today: Dealing with conflict business storytelling. Art of Storytelling in Business: How-to Vulnerability Too many businesses shy away [...]

By |2017-02-22T01:02:56+00:00December 18, 2015|

Future of Business Storytelling: with Karen Dietz

A few months back, I had the pleasure of chatting with one of my fave storytellers and story curators, author Karen Dietz, about the future of business storytelling. She is the author of Business Storytelling for Dummies. Future of business storytelling www.gratisphotography.com StoryDNA: The Future of [...]

By |2017-02-22T01:06:40+00:00November 23, 2015|

Improv Meets Business Storytelling: Yes And!

Does your business have a ‘Yes, And’ or a ‘No, But’ attitude? Culture, collaboration and storytelling are the focus of this episode. Recently, I had the pleasure of chatting about Business Storytelling with Lianne Picot of Story-Powered on Voice America radio. We had a blast chatting about what [...]

By |2017-02-21T01:19:50+00:00August 21, 2015|

Storytelling Strategy (video)

In this brief video, I talk about why every company needs a storytelling strategy - a topic I wrote about in detail. Your big story (your core purpose story) and all the other stories you tell about your business set you apart, help you scale and act as [...]

By |2017-02-21T01:21:10+00:00August 14, 2015|

Employee Storytelling: Video with Garrison Wynn

On Tuesday, August 4th, I had a great time chatting with best-selling author Garrison Wynn about employee storytelling, the stories employees tell and why it matters as a leading indicator and measure of organizational health. Employee Storytelling In this Google Hangout, we explore why knowing the stories employees [...]

By |2017-02-21T01:25:24+00:00August 6, 2015|

Business Storytelling Vulnerability (Podcast)

Last week on my Blogtalkradio podcast, I talked about a topic that I believe is critical to great business storytelling: vulnerability. Too many business stories fail to connect because they 1) are not told through the lens of a human being (hey, you can't hug a company!); and [...]

By |2017-02-22T01:22:58+00:00August 1, 2015|

Business Storytelling: Two Great (Video) Panels

Business Storytelling and Why it Matters I have done two great panels on storytelling recently. The first on the Hero's Journey with Michael Margolis and Brian Carter. The second panel was on business storytelling with marketers including: Brian Carter, Tamsen Webster and Felicia Slattery. Both were a blast [...]

By |2018-01-06T03:21:41+00:00July 20, 2015|

How Smart People Can Communicate Better

Business Communication: How Smart People Can Communicate Better I had the pleasure of discussing IntellectualSpeak with a few great people including Felicia Slattery and Tamsen Webster on Brian Carter's Podcast. Smart people often rely on 'intellectualspeak' because they know their subject matter so well. It's the classic 'curse [...]

By |2018-01-06T03:21:01+00:00July 20, 2015|