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No Story No Fans

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Yeah! Raf Stevens' new book "No Story No Fans" is finally available.

 

I had a chance to review an advanced copy and loved it.  The focus of the book is how to use storytelling to grow your business.  Perfect!

 

This is a next generation book on business storytelling.  We've had fabulous books written on business storytelling over the years.  They set the foundation for biz storytelling, and gave us some tools to help us.  

 

Raf's book gives concrete ways to use stories in marketing, branding, and advertising your business. Combined with Annette Simmon's book "Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins," you've got a powerhouse of help to accelerate your business resuls.

 

Here are just a few things that I like about the "No Story No Fans" book:

 

1) That Raf shared lots of stories, and modeled good storytelling.
2) The concept and language of story trading -- the true power of business storytelling.  I've used the terms 'story sharing' for years, but I like Raf's term better and will start using that.
3) His process for working with story circles -- it is very well articulated and you can use it too.
4) The different types of story applications talked about.
5) And of course, all of the points Raf discusses, explains, illustrats and brinhd home to us about the importance of storytelling, why/how it works, and how we need to shift our thinking/practices about branding, marketing, advertising. 
6) That I got to see my esteemed colleagues and friends in his book: Gregg Morris, Annette Simmons, Steve Denning, Kat Hansen, & Cynthia Kurtz.
7) I also love that Raf used crowd sourcing and the cloud along with the QR codes to create and share his book, plus offer you tools to grab. It's really cool and as you read the book, you'll see what I mean.

 

Good job Raf!  And readers, I encourage you to add this book to your resources.  I don't think you'll be disappointed.

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The World’s First and Only Completely Honest Résumé of a Graphic Designer.

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Objective: My objective is the Truth with a capital T, mentally composed in Bodoni or, on the weekends, Garamond. I believe dishonest design is t...


Wow! Talk about authenticity! Do you have the guts to do what this guy did with your resume? Well, I'm thinking about it.


I don't know how this worked, but frankly it is wonderfully refreshing. And I think any employer who would discount this is crazy. But then again, that's me :)


Enjoy reading this piece on this lovely Friday -- and get inspired!


This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it 

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7 Cool Resumes We Found On Pinterest -- New App for Visual Storytelling

7 Cool Resumes We Found On Pinterest -- New App for Visual Storytelling | Just Story It | Scoop.it
It's the newest job search tool. The visual nature of Pinterest, which allows users to create virtual boards onto which they can pin images, is perfect for showing prospective employers what you've done so far.


What a cool post! I don't know how pervasive visual storied resumes will become, but if you are in certain creative and technical fields, this could be right up your alley. Or if you want to stand out in any crowd of job applicants!


These are very creative examples of how job seekers are storifying and visualizing their resumes. You can do this too! 


For non-job seekers: think about turning your 'resume' into a visual story that you can use on your "About Us" page, or add it into your printed promo material. It could really make you stand out and be fun to boot!


Are these technically stories? Eh -- maybe yes, maybe no. But at the very least they are using storytelling elements.


Enjoy looking at these and I hope you get lots of great ideas for your resume/bio.

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