http://www.storydynamics.com/Stories Stories, Newsletters, and Story-Contests Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:59:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Contents 1) 7 LESSONS STORYTELLERS CAN LEARN FROM OKLAHOMA, PART 2 2) NEW: TRUE CONNECTION MARKETING - THE SELF-GUIDED COURSE Be one of the first 20 to get this at less than half price 1) 7 LESSONS STORYTELLERS CAN LEARN FROM OKLAHOMA, PART 2 I'm moving back to my ... http://www.storydynamics.com/Stories/2009/06/22/traffic-diversity-and-remembering-to-tell-stories/ (Part 1)Six years ago, I made an exploratory trip to Oklahoma; I was considering moving from my home in Boston.The first place I stopped was at a grocery store. Leaving it, I found myself in a short line of people waiting to go out the automatic door. To my dismay, ... http://www.storydynamics.com/Stories/2009/06/04/a-storytellers-farewell-to-oklahoma/ Contents 1) WHAT CAN STORYTELLERS LEARN FROM TULSA? 2) EXERCISE: COMPARING THE STANCES - IS YOURS TULSA OR BOSTON? 1) WHAT CAN STORYTELLERS LEARN FROM TULSA? Note: I am re-posting this newsletter, which I first wrote in November, 2005, in honor of my upcoming move from Oklahoma back ... http://www.storydynamics.com/Stories/2009/05/26/what-can-storytellers-learn-from-tulsa/ Everyone can make up stories. If you think you can't, it may be due to the "seed and the tree" problem. When you are faced with the seed of a story, you may not recognize it. This is in part because story seeds can vary so much from each other. ... http://www.storydynamics.com/Stories/2009/04/26/have-you-been-throwing-away-your-story-seeds/ Last weekend, I had a chance to meet and work with an extraordinary group of people. Let me tell you about one of them.One Day, They Arrest You...Can you imagine being unjustly accused of murder? At first, you might not be too worried, sure that the truth will set you ... http://www.storydynamics.com/Stories/2009/03/20/a-brotherhood-of-storytellers/ When I was six and a half, my parents, my brother and I moved from our little one-bedroom apartment. We left behind the bedroom that barely held two single-sized beds and moved to a house in the suburbs. Our parents got a double bed. It seemed enormous!Even more miraculous, my ... http://www.storydynamics.com/Stories/2009/03/16/the-comforter-method-of-storytelling/ We tend to assume that a story has a single meaning. "I need a story about cooperation," you might say to a group of storytellers, as though the meaning about cooperation is fully embedded in the story itself.But is this an accurate assumption? What is the exact relationship between a ... http://www.storydynamics.com/Stories/2009/03/05/how-does-a-story-mean/ Contents 1) THE STORY: TEACHING IN THE DARK 2) A WINTER BLESSING FOR STORYTELLERS1) THE STORY: TEACHING IN THE DARK Here's a story for the time of year - and the times in society - when the darkness can seem all-encompassing. And a blessing based on the story.Teaching in the ... http://www.storydynamics.com/Stories/2008/12/24/50/ Contents 1) THANKSGIVING, TEETH, AND CASEY 2) STORYTELLING: YOUR LIFE-LINE IN A RECESSION? 1) THANKSGIVING, TEETH, AND CASEY Before getting down to this month's article, let me tell you about my Thanksgiving experience - which does relate some to storytelling.Did you celebrate the U.S.'s Thanksgiving holiday?Pam and I did. ... http://www.storydynamics.com/Stories/2008/12/06/storytelling-your-life-line-in-a-recession/ It's not too hard to be thankful when things go great. But in hard times, thankfulness requires some outside help.That's when it especially pays to listen to stories. Story-listening tends to make you grateful, no matter what is happening, in part because it reminds you that happy endings can follow ... http://www.storydynamics.com/Stories/2008/11/20/why-story-listening-makes-you-thankful/