Archive for October, 2005

Understanding creative commons

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 31, 2005
Filed in Insight

In a matter of two weeks I’ve stumbled across the work of Larry Lessig. Last week I read about the Lessig presentation style at Presentation …

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One week to register for the narrative techniques workshops

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 31, 2005
Filed in Events

This is the last week before we run our narrative workshops in Sydney and Brisbane. If you want a really practical understanding of how to …

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ActKM should abandon its conference

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 30, 2005
Filed in Employee Engagement

I would like ActKM to abandon the speaker-audience model in their conferences and adopt something radically different—discussions. Dave Winer sums the problem up beautifully: The …

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Anecdote: A simple KM solution

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 28, 2005
Filed in Anecdotes

One of the things I love about conferences is the people you meet and the stories you hear and share. Here’s an anecdote which I …

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Live from ActKM

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 27, 2005
Filed in News

Andrew, Mark and I are currently at the ActKM conference in Canberra. So far it’s been the best ActKM conference in its six year history. …

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Anecdote: Ready, aim, aim, aim

Posted by  Mark Schenk —October 25, 2005
Filed in Anecdotes

I was in Brisbane on Thursday and had a great opportunity to catch up with some friends.  One of them, Vince Aisthorpe, related an anecdote …

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Storytelling survival guide

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 23, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling

Having a casual surf on a sunday afternoon I came across this interesting Storytelling survival guide by David Boje. It seems a fairly comprehensive, if not …

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Anecdotes: transcribed or documented

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 23, 2005
Filed in Anecdotes

Obviously anecdotes play a key role in our work. We use these real life business stories to help people see patterns that typically remain hidden using traditional …

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Anecdote: Staff motivation and team work

Posted by  Andrew Rixon —October 21, 2005
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling

Earlier this year Shawn posted about a great site containing anecdotes about the development of the Apple Macintosh. Browsing through the archive I found this great …

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Sensemaking: the role of stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —October 21, 2005
Filed in Business storytelling

When something happens we like to tell others about it. This retelling of our experience often is done in the form of a story. “I can’t believe what …

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