Blog Archive

July 2005

International Herald Tribune article features The Storytellers

27th July 2005
12:18pm

Posted by Alison Esse

Filed under News

Graham Bowley writes today on the challenges the EU faces in getting its message across regarding the role it can play in creating jobs, saving the environment, reducing world poverty and disrupting terrorism in the 21st century. This is a story line which needs a human face at the centre to make it more compelling….

Read more...

Storytelling at EDS

13th July 2005
4:16pm

Posted by Alison Esse

Filed under News

Leading research and information portal Melcrum features an article about our engagement programme for EDS.

Download article PDF »

(Article Copyright © Melcrum Publishing)

Read more...

Jackanory

6th July 2005
8:58am

Posted by Chris Spencer

Filed under Elsewhere

I hear the BBC is bringing Jackanory back to our screens. When you consider how sophisticated childrens’ TV has become, the simplicity of a presenter reading direct to camera might seem at odds. Just shows how the charms of old-fashioned storytelling never go away….

Read more...

Successful marketing comes from storytelling

5th July 2005
3:38pm

Posted by Paul Honeywell

Filed under Brands

In an excerpt to Seth Godin’s new book ‘All Marketers Are Liars’, we read that the key to profitable growth is from giving consumers what they want, not what they need. People tell themselves compelling stories about what they want, and in turn believe that this is indeed what they need. Read on….!

Read more...

From the man at Apple

1st July 2005
9:56am

Posted by Alison Esse

Filed under Stories

We were highly inspired by this commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios, at Stanford University. It has nothing to do with being Apple aficionados (which we are)….his advice and experiences are truly insightful and often humbling. A word of advice: Pass this on to younger members of your family. They will learn from it too.

Read more...