How gratitude can benefit your life
Happy Thanksgiving! We all give thanks on this holiday. Cultivating gratitude throughout the year can have tremendous positive effects on your health and your relationships. Here are seven scientifically proven …
Using film, video and writing to tell stories that inspire
Happy Thanksgiving! We all give thanks on this holiday. Cultivating gratitude throughout the year can have tremendous positive effects on your health and your relationships. Here are seven scientifically proven …
John McPhee is one of my favorite authors. He makes me feel like I am present in the place and with the people he writes about. Coming into the Country, …
Your lead needs to grab people by the collar or get them asking questions, said Ann Wylie at a recent workshop sponsored by PRSA Puget Sound. There are three good …
Breeding Grounds premiered last night at Northwest Film Forum. This post-apocalyptic movie explores the relationships among a small group of people thrown together in a “breeding camp” designed to repopulate …
“The bear, known only as Attraction #2, lived in a cage the size of a child’s room.” That is one possible lead for a story about Ben the Bear, said …
I’ve been working with In Harmony Sustainable Landscapes to produce a series of videos teaching people proper watering methods. The idea is that if you water slowly and deeply, your …
In a previous post I talked about inadequacy marketing. This is marketing that reinforces our insecurity and tells us that if we just buy a certain product, we will feel …
“How do you focus a story?” asked Joe Fryer of NBC News at the Northwest Storytelling Workshop. You could center it around a character, around a place, or around an …
Marketers are letting us down by making us feel inadequate, says Jonah Sachs in Winning the Story Wars. Marketing has enormous power and reach. Each of us has received more …
Another of my videos has won an award. “Restoring Rainbow Bend: Good for People and Fish” won the Hermes Creative Gold Award. Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for …