Monthly Archives: January 2011

Creating Google Instant Stories

Well, Google has done it again. They continue to innovate and provide new, exciting ways to unleash human creativity. So here it is, go ahead and create your own instant story. Unleash your creativity as a storyteller.

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How about a classy way to leave your job?

Priscilla Claman of Career Strategies shares some invaluable advice when facing this sometimes seemingly awkward situation. She says, ‘The moral of this story is this: Resist the impulse to vent your frustration when you leave a job, but don’t slink … Continue reading

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An interesting experiment about Monkey “Economics”

Laurie Santos, professor of psychology, Yale University talks about Monkey “economics”  and suggest that greedy, loss-averse human behavior may have deep evolutionary origins. It seems that human beings and their primates hate losing more than they love winning. After watching … Continue reading

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So what’s the Story behind this Number?

“84% of employees plan to look for a new position in 2011.” as reported by Jessica Dickler in CNN Money. What is this statement telling us about employers and employers? Firstly that there is rising job dissatisfaction among employers. And … Continue reading

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A Tidbit about me – the Storyteller BeanCounter

By way of introduction, let me say that I’m a baby-boomer and a non-traditional accounting professional (bean counter) by trade, who is passionate about internet technology, in particular online applications for small businesses.  In 1998, with the advent of software … Continue reading

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Understanding The Numbers – A Case Study

Just picture this, a business story dialogue between a business owner and a lender and the invaluable lessons learned from this knowledge sharing experience. So read on, the story unfolds…. “Pat was applying for a bank loan to start her … Continue reading

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Why you need a Peer to Peer Story

Raf Stevens is on a mission to publish a new book entitled – “The New Trade ” – Peer to Peer Storytelling. Here’s why, he says, “I’ve discovered that the new trade is about linked peer-to-peer stories. Linking your stories … Continue reading

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Telling the Story behing the Numbers

Stewart Marshall, a financial storyteller illustrates the art of storytelling. He believes, “Financial Storytelling helps you to discover and communicate the underlying business narrative. It is a very human answer to the question:What is going on?”

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