July 2005 archive

International Herald Tribune article features The Storytellers

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….

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Storytelling at EDS

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

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Jackanory

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….

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Successful marketing comes from storytelling

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….!

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From the man at Apple

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.

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