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"If you’re using frequency as a tactic to make up for the fact that you’re being ignored,..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:30:32 -0500

“If you’re using frequency as a tactic to make up for the fact that you’re being ignored, you can certainly do better.”

- Seth Godin

"Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn’t..."

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:36:29 -0500

“Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn’t it such a relief to have somebody say that?”

- Kurt Vonnegut

"If you have a job where someone is telling you exactly what to do, they can find someone else..."

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:16:17 -0500

“If you have a job where someone is telling you exactly what to do, they can find someone else cheaper to do it.”

- Seth Godin (Behind the Brand interview on The Icarus Deception)

"Traveling-it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller."

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:53:06 -0500

“Traveling-it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”

- Ibn Battuta

"Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need..."

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:54:57 -0500

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.”

- Seth Godin

After visiting Haiti, helping the people there is personal....

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:35:45 -0500

After visiting Haiti, helping the people there is personal. Check out Sevenly’s campaign this week that helps feed more kids through the organization I work at.

feedmystarvingchildren:

For this week only, our friends at Sevenly are selling t-shirts that benefit FMSC. Each shirt purchased will feed a child in Haiti for one month.

Please check out all the designs here: Sevenly.org

"Charitable giving has remained stuck, in the U.S., at two percent of GDP ever since we started..."

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:31:49 -0500

“Charitable giving has remained stuck, in the U.S., at two percent of GDP ever since we started measuring it in the 1970s. That’s an important fact, because it tells us that in 40 years, the nonprofit sector has not been able to wrestle any market share away from the for-profit sector.”

- Dan Pallotta, TED talk

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong.html

(via hustletobefree)

Good marketing advice.Godin

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:20:00 -0500

Good marketing advice.Godin

"I truly believe that people are looking for stories that really mean something—stories that are..."

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:18:45 -0600

“I truly believe that people are looking for stories that really mean something—stories that are redemptive, inspiring, and bigger than an individual.”

- Scott Harrison, founder of charity:water, from this amazing interview on The Great Discontent. (via jarrettfuller)

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Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:28:14 -0600

"Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of..."

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:00:59 -0600

“Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes.”

- Plato

"I have the greatest job in the world. “Move people by being moved."

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:23:12 -0600

“I have the greatest job in the world. “Move people by being moved.””

- Jodie Foster (not a direct quote) What a great way to think about doing storytelling well. Do the stories that you tell move you first?

“The shortest distance between a human being and the truth...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:00:36 -0600

“The shortest distance between a human being and the truth is a story.” -Anthony de Mello

"Cheap is not marketing."

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:33:33 -0600

“Cheap is not marketing.”

- Seth Godin (All Marketers Are Liars) (definitely the opposite of the 4Ps of marketing that all marketing students learn about in college, including me.)

"Do one thing everyday that scares you."

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:03:11 -0500

“Do one thing everyday that scares you.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Until recently we’ve only been able to speculate about story’s persuasive effects. But over the last..."

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:51:44 -0500

“Until recently we’ve only been able to speculate about story’s persuasive effects. But over the last several decades psychology has begun a serious study of how story affects the human mind. Results repeatedly show that our attitudes, fears, hopes, and values are strongly influenced by story. In fact, fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than writing that is specifically designed to persuade through argument and evidence.”

- Why Storytelling Is The Ultimate Weapon | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce (via wildcat2030)

"The story-from Rumplestiltskin to War and Peace-is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind..."

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:42:50 -0500

“The story-from Rumplestiltskin to War and Peace-is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind for the purpose of understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.”

- Ursula K. Le Guin

"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:45:13 -0500

“Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.”

- Hannah Arendt (via taylorbooks)

I skip over most ads. All of us do. But stories are...

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:01:00 -0500

I skip over most ads. All of us do. But stories are different.

This one pulled me in from second one.

Instead of just saying, “Access to the Internet can change a person’s life,” Google shows us. Zack’s story makes you imagine life without the Internet. Life without instant access. No easy way to get answers, right away. No connectedness to others working through similar problems. The story makes you feel it, not reason through it.

This is real. A real man who is working hard to make life better for those around him. And you can even talk to him.

We need more stories, not more facts.

"Humans simply aren’t moved to action by “data dumps,” dense PowerPoint slides, or spreadsheets..."

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:46:24 -0500

“Humans simply aren’t moved to action by “data dumps,” dense PowerPoint slides, or spreadsheets packed with figures. People are moved by emotion. The best way to emotionally connect other people to our agenda begins with “Once upon a time…””

- - Jonathan Gottschall, author of The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human

from an article in Fast Company - Why Storytelling Is The Ultimate Weapon

(via betterstorytelling)