Monthly Archives: May 2009

Story of the week: ‘You, your patient, and their story’

By Steve | Published: May 24, 2009
“Let me tell you the story of the frantic father and his 2-year-old daughter who was gasping for breath in the middle of the night. The father feared the worst as he rushed with his daughter to The Children’s emergency room.” It was easy to see why Jonathan Browser was chosen by the 39 graduates [...]
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Book review: Must-read for job seekers

By Steve | Published: May 20, 2009
In her new book Tell Me About Yourself, Katharine Hansen provides actionable advice for incorporating storytelling in cover letters, resumes, job interviews, and conversations with the boss. As someone who is on the hiring end of the equation, I can vouch for the effectiveness of strategic storytelling (see my posts, What I look for in [...]
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Story of the week: Optimistic college grads

By Steve | Published: May 17, 2009
The jobless numbers are bad, as the TV anchor team reminded us in their lead-in. But even so, students who got their sheepskin Saturday at University of Colorado Denver were upbeat. How could they not be? The heavy cloud cover broke up precisely at 9 a.m., just as Pomp and Circumstances began to play. In [...]
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What news content will we pay for?

By Steve | Published: May 13, 2009
In a post earlier this week, I wrote about a conversation I had with digital music guru Jim Griffin, in which we got on a tangent about print journalism in the digital world. Jim’s idea of aggregating digital music, charging a micro-price and divvying the pool of money among artists and labels could translate to [...]
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Record exec can spin a tale

By Steve | Published: May 11, 2009
Jim Griffin chewed through stories and a New York strip — simultaneously. Over dinner at Elway’s in Denver last week, he snatched stray vignettes from history to put a new spin on the music business in the age of Napster. He reframed the people-vs.-corporations narrative to one that puts artists on one side and willing [...]
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Story of the week: Star Trek

By Steve | Published: May 9, 2009
There was an audible gasp — maybe it was just me — when Star Fleet Admiral Christopher Pike took the helm of the just-minted Enterprise. “Why do I recognize that name?” my wife whispered. How could I possiby answer that question in sotto voce? How to describe Admiral Pike’s release from a wheelchair, mute except [...]
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Story of the week: Mystery makes the newspaper

By Steve | Published: May 3, 2009
As the man’s eyes wandered across the red-rock country of southeastern Utah, he first saw a weather-beaten saddle jammed in a canyon wall crevice and then, behind it, bleached bones sticking out from the earth — the keys to unlocking one of the West’s enduring mysteries. Thus began an excellent tale spun by Kevin Vaughan [...]
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