Don’t tell people what to think. Create a space for them to think in. This week I stumbled upon Paula Caproni’s insight into the essence of communicating effectively by telling powerful stories. Something shifted, something deep in the root of my storytelling toolkit. Can you picture communication as preparing to welcome guests [...]
Archive for the ‘Communications’ Category
Stories Create Space for Readers to Think In
Posted: May 31, 2011 in Arts, Communications, Creativity, Public Relations, Social Networking, Writing, Writing Down the BonesTags: Arts, Associations, Education, Facebook, Performing Arts, Social media, Storytelling, Transmedia storytelling
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Swift Trust: predict high performance teams
Posted: May 18, 2011 in Communications, Digging for Bones, Gotta Bone to Pick, Human Behaviour, Leaders, Marketing, Psychology, Public Relations, Social Marketing, Social NetworkingTags: Decision making, Harvard Business Review, Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Management, Marathon, Project team, Sport, trust
When we need to work quickly and competently on complex problems with people we don’t know, Meyerson, Weick and Kramer say: use “swift trust”. With this pseudo trust, medical teams and cockpit crews establish a temporary interdependence that saves lives. Without it, people die. In a less dramatic example, the consequences of operating without “swift [...]
DO NOT VOTE! Harper’s Conservatives Break Democracy Laws in Canada
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Broken Bones, Communications, Digging for Bones, Gotta Bone to Pick, Leaders, Public Relations, Social MarketingTags: Attack Ads, Bloc Québécois, Break Laws, Bush, Canada, Canada Government, Conservatives, Contempt of Parliament, Defense Spending, Democracy, Election, Harper, Immigration, Jack Layton, Libya, Michael Ignatieff, Oil, Peacekeeping, Security, Stephen Harper, U.S. Advisors, Vote
Do not vote. Don’t waste your time. Why not? Because your vote will not count. Nothing will change. Canada‘s Prime Minister Stephen Harper can’t govern because elected Parliament representatives refused to pass the Conservative budget. His other minor stumbling blocks include breaking democratic laws about election spending and hiding information in contempt of Parliament. So, [...]
New Media Maven at PO-MO: Interactive 3D motion and sound
Posted: February 11, 2011 in Arts, Communications, Design the Bones, Film, Marketing, NEW MEDIA, Public Relations, Social Media, TECHNOLOGY, Working BonesTags: animation, Arts, Business, laser light and sound, Manitoba, New Media, Richardson Building, Second Life, Technology, Vimeo, Winnipeg
When is the sacred and docile cow not a cow? When it’s a juicy, jamming projection screen for light and sound animation! Blame it on Meghan and the innocent PO-MO bunny, the icon of Winnipeg’s interactive new media maven. Nothing is sacred…anything that can be transformed, will be transformed. A blast of audience controlled visual [...]
Following the Tribe: Don’t make me think!
Posted: January 8, 2011 in Communications, Courage, Digging for Bones, Human Behaviour, Inspiration, Leaders, Psychology, Social Marketing, Social Media, Social Networking, TECHNOLOGY, Writing Down the BonesTags: Belonging, FOLLOW, Groupthink, Hans Christian Andersen, independence, Kitty Genovese, leadership, Malcolm Gladwell, Social Alliances, social networking, THINK, Tipping Point, TRIBE, unplug, viral
What happens to make an idea blaze up like a raging grass fire or 12-alarm catastrophe? What conditions have to exist to give birth to a magical viral trend that infects the human imagination? Fire and water both move along the lines of least resistance. Social alliances, the common ground among people, move like that [...]
