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		<title>Puppies, Paintings, and Philosophers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stories come from every where, every field of study, and particularly from people who deeply care about something, or someone.  Seek the geeks!!]]></description>
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		<title>Hanging Out in Our Underwear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stories get told when extra-ordinary events happen, and these change relationship only when they feel personal.  Read on&#8230;. During a recent visit to Austin, I met a ring-tailed tooter named JoAnn.  As true Southern ladies, we got to know one another before mentioning anything tacky like the property I called to discuss.  We shared our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From “Contact” to Friend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to confess I never liked the word “contacts.”  I have always preferred to make friends but social networking warmed me up to the word: contacts.  I probably don’t know you personally, but I appreciate you because you and I ARE connected.  I wish I knew you better, knew some of your stories.  And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storytelling and Structure&#8230;not so much</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“What’s your opinion on the topic of structuring business presentations as Story?” Question from: Gonzales Alvarez Good question, Gonzales. Let me begin by giving my definition of a story: A story is a narrated sequence of words or other triggers in a way that an simulated experience (def: images, smells, sounds, tastes, touches, and emotions) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saying &#8220;Hero&#8221; One Too Many Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“The” hero story never existed as a myth. It may be "a" hero story, but that's not the same.]]></description>
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		<title>Raf asked me about &#8220;untrue stories&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How true does a story have to be?&#8221; Raf &#8211; a good buddy who stretches my brain &#8211; asked me to visit  http://significantobjects.com/ where people make up stories and compete to see how much value they can add. I puff up with pride and can barely muffle my &#8220;told you so!&#8221; when well told stories take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eva asked about “Bait and Switch” Stories&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first time I used the “bait and switch” method was in my first book, “Territorial Games: Understanding and Ending Turf Wars at Work.”  Without talking too much about that book, I believed some people would buy the book to improve their territorial games so they could crush their “enemy” departments/nemeses like bugs.” That was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storytelling and Big &#8220;T&#8221; Truth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andrea from Italy:  What is your story about Storytelling? As a child I wondered why people did not tell each other the truth.  I wondered even more why they did not tell themselves the truth. In the beginning I puzzled over little untruths: “Everything is fine. They mean well.” When I knew that person did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experimenting with PhotoStory in Your Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Attract a group of interested community members to meet for a day. Be inclusive. Invite as diverse a group as possible. 2. Come together and talk about what is going on in your community. Discuss the importance of understanding the story of who you are and why you are here. Use your time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Words are no more powerful than the stories they tell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I believe Jared Loughner is mentally ill, I also think it is a good time to discuss the power of words.

What (crazy) story prompted Jared Loughner to try to assassinate Congresswoman Giffords? Did he make his story up from scratch? Probably not. The metaphor of war is so deeply embedded in our American culture we should all take a look in the mirror. 
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