Today is #havefunatworkday! Play is creative fuel. #playfulness matters. How will you play today in teams or by yourself? Play unleashes our best ideas and that is a powerful force for innovation. It does something [...]
One of my favorite people on the planet, Ross Brand, invited me to share my thoughts about 2018 by providing my livestreaming video predictions. Along with an amazing group of livestreamers who all add something [...]
On March 10, I had the great fun of hosting and participating in a blab on Nonprofit Storytelling: How to tell a Powerful Nonprofit Story. In this conversation, I spoke with Karen Dietz and Jim [...]
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. [...]
Keeping it Human's Improv and Innovation Cafe' Improv & Innovation Cafe: Techniques for Better Marketing In this video hangout series, I talk about applying improvisation to marketing, storytelling, communications, and content as well [...]
How to Add Humor to Your Speaking I was asked recently at an event to provide just one tip that helps me use humor in my speaking. I thought, “what a great question.” Speaking of [...]
Content Voice Lessons from 'Girl in a Country Song' I am not a country music fan. Oh sure, there is the occasional song that makes me laugh, smile and sing along. I am, however, a [...]
Why Most Brand Videos Suck This parody video of a generic ad created by Dissolve.com (and republished by AdWeek.com) cracks me up. Dissolve took stock footage to create the ad based on Kendra Eash’s “This [...]
View my AINx talk from the 2012 Applied Improvisation Network (AIN) World Conference Think Like an Improviser, Speak Like a Customer Blah, blah, blah, blah. This is what customers hear when we drone on about [...]
We all know there is way too much jargon in tech. I make it my mission to fight it. It's pervasive. Jargon, like a virus, multiplies. Jargon hurts your business. There is just too much [...]
Think Un-Product I was waiting to see the movie, “Lincoln,” last weekend when the this “trailer” played in the theater. “Oh no,” I thought, another cliché movie about finding love and missed connections, literally and [...]
Thank you Nancy White for the graphic!
Over the past few years, in addition to doing a lot of storytelling for video, I’ve had the privilege of interviewing digital marketers from Cisco, Ford, IBM, Goodwill Industries International and NetApp among other companies [...]
Just yesterday, I saw this video for the first time - a video of a young gay solider coming out live on the phone to his dad on the day "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was [...]
Missed the SFAMA's video marketing panel? No problem. Check out the event recap. I, along with fellow panelists, had a blast discussing what's working - and what isn't - with video marketing!
We had a great workshop in Santa Clara where we helped attendees define their video marketing story! Hear from two of our attendees on what they learned and how it made a difference to them! [...]
EC=SC (Every Company Must be a Storytelling Company) Tom Foremski maintains that every company today must be a media company. I believe that to be true, but I also think it’s more fundamental than that. [...]
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Start Playing! There are so many Creativity Lessons from Jim Henson. He was a genius: innovative, playful, whimsical, funny, driven. I [...]
Adaptability Mindset is a growth mindset. Sure, risk-taking can be scary. It doesn't have to be. And we need risk-taking for [...]