Books… Friday Flick: Advice from a Master Storyteller 4 Jan 20133 Jan 2013 Forget your opposable thumbs. What makes you distinctively human is your storytelling. Even if you couldn't entertain your own family around the dinner table, you tell stories in every moment.…
Books… Write Your Book This Year: Detective Assignment 3 Jan 20139 Mar 2013 Consider that your book has been secretly growing in the silence. Your subconscious is all over it, and you might have more of it on paper than you realize. Check…
Books… Write Your Book This Year: Start Very Small 2 Jan 20139 Mar 2013 Yes, this is the year you're going to write that book—your first book, or your next book. That's why you're here. However, this is not the usual resolution, or exactly…
Children… Oh, the Places You’ll Gather Memories 2 Jul 201213 Oct 2012 At Brenna Martin's high school graduation, she received a surprise that took her father Bryan 13 years to prepare: a favorite Dr. Seuss book filled with comments from all her…
Collaboration… Photo conversation 1 Feb 201215 Jan 2012 "This is the photo that launched a thousand ships, the photo that inspired VoiceThread. It might be the greatest photo ever taken." (An unidentified founder of VoiceThread) You might agree!…
Change the World… Branding the New Year 31 Dec 201130 Dec 2011 My favorite book designers had a brainstorm. They said, "For many people, 2011 was not such a good year in so many ways . . . . But to be…
Caring… Hamlet in Prison 12 Jul 201111 Jul 2011 Jack Hitt's hour-long report for This American Life on Hamlet performed by prisoners, originally broadcast in 2002, has inspired me all week with its deep insights about Hamlet and encouragement for…
Blogging… Most Beautiful Words 5 Jul 20114 Jul 2011 A reposting of a list of 100 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language has me wondering what my own favorites would be. For example, bucolic doesn't make my list. Its meaning, in a…
Composition… Friday Flick: How to Tell a Story 1 Jul 201110 Jul 2011 A great reporter is a storyteller, and Scott Simon can do that, and even teach it. Here's Scott's storytelling advice:
Courage… Scheduling Improv 21 Jun 2011 Listening to Krista Tippetts' interview with musician Bobby McFerrin, it first surprised me that he ever considered joining a monastic order, and that the main attraction was the silence! He…
Advertising… Your Brain on Ads 14 Jun 201114 Jun 2011 Take a therapist who trained her daughter to watch media, including ads, with critical attention. Now imagine this daughter, Maya Cueva--already a journalist while still a teenager--not only applying that…
Creativity… Least Limiting Resource 13 Jun 2011 Some years ago, I read that plants required 17 nutrients for growth and that growth was limited by whichever resource was most scarce. I'm not qualified to speak to the…
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