Narrative

It's the Narrative, Stupid: Tales Around the Camp(aign)fire

Rick Horowitz | Posted 02.18.2010 | Politics

Read More: Obama and Republicans, Wall Street Regulation, Narrative, Obama and Gop, Afghanistan, Health-Care Reform, Bipartisanship, Media Narrative, Political Narrative, Republican Narrative, Democratic Narrative, Economic Stimulus Bill, War on Terrorism, Global Warming, Obama Administration, Politics News

Our highly trained staff, at the National Narrative Institute, of highly skilled narrative-crafters can put aside complexity, and zero in on what really matters: a simple tale, with easy-to-recognize good guys and bad guys, and a moral that can fit into a fortune cookie. In today's 24/7 world, after all, who has time for more?

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Mind Over Meta: Don't Succumb to Pundits' Metanarrative!

Robin Lakoff | Posted 02.02.2010 | Politics

Read More: Narrative, Politics, Media, Political Pundits, Democrats, Politics News

Over the years, we've come to expect stories to play out as their arcs demanded. Therefore the political narrative is potent. But we shouldn't be seduced into seeing it where it does not exist.

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Is the iPad a GameChanger?

Mike Bonifer | Posted 01.28.2010 | Technology

Read More: Steve Jobs, Story, Gamechangers, Apple, Launch, Gamechanger, Improvistion for Business, Mike Bonifer, Narrative, Branding, Storytelling, Brand Narrative, Product, Ipad, Technology News

As Steve Jobs says, you can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backward. A product like the iPad, can be said to have 'changed the game' only after the game, has, in fact, changed.

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365 Days and Still Thanking Jesus

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 03.18.2010 | Politics

Read More: Negotiation, Governance, Afghanistan, American Democracy, Peacebuilding, President Obama, Narrative, Middle East, Cold War, Defense Budget, Government, Facilitation, Military, Climate Change, One Year Later, Conflict Resolution, Barack Obama, Timidity to Govern, Politics News

In looking at Obama's first year, we must not fall into the typical trap that pits idealism against pragmatism, where the virtuous line up against the effective, and the purists fight the negotiators.

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Trauma And The Benefits Of Writing About It

Psychology Today | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living

Read More: Stress, Therapy, Trauma, Health, Writing, Narrative, Psychology, Ptsd, Writing Therapy, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Living News

Research by my colleague Jamie Pennebaker and his colleagues suggests that one of the best therapies for this kind of psychological trauma is also one...

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How Obama's Improvisation Trumps McCain's Script

Mike Bonifer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Campaign, Strategy, Mike Bonifer, Bonifer, Improvisation, Republicans, Business, Democrats, Gamechangers, Barack Obama, Networked World, Narrative, Scripting, Politics News

For any organization like the U.S. government that has a significant presence in the Networked World, improvisation is vital. Non-stop learning is the cornerstone of innovation and growth.

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Story is Everything

Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Puerto Rico, Story, Party Politics, Narrative, Spin, Hillary Clinton, Storytelling, Republicans, South Dakota, Democrats, Power of Story, Barack Obama, Culture, Politics News

Hillary Clinton is shifting the paradigm and the narrative. Because the story is everything in the culture of politics, these are important shifts to ...

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