Ian Glass: Storytelling 101

Posted on May 24th, 2010 in All Videos,Leaders,Society

17 minutes

Ian Glass, of “This American Life” fame, talks about the aspects of storytelling. Incredibly engaging, Ian discusses the building blocks of storytelling (part 1), editing your story (part 2), pursuing ambitions of good taste (part 3), and some of the common pitfalls (part 4). It is 100% worth the time to watch all four parts. Enjoy!


Richard Seymour: Violence of The New

Posted on May 16th, 2010 in All Videos,Design,Leaders,Quickies

3 minutes

Richard Seymour, co-founder and director of Seymourpowell, shares two quick anecdotal stories about preparing people to receive new ideas. As much as people ask for new and innovative designs, they are often very resistant to embracing them unless they are well prepared to do so. The clip is wonderfully concise and does a great job at illustrating just how important storytelling is to the salesmanship process.


Jack Black: How To Tell A Story

Posted on June 2nd, 2007 in All Videos,Art,Design,Quickies

3 minutes

Jack Black provides a unique tutorial on how to structure stories as part of Acceptable TVs video submission guide.


Jay Conger: Strategic Storytelling

Posted on January 17th, 2007 in All Videos,Business,Quickies

4 minutes

Jay Conger, a professor at University of Southern California demonstrates how stories can be effective for communicating with a specific objective in mind. Jay provides a great example from Southwest Airlines and shares several tips for constructing effective stories.