June 2010

Mothing About (conclusion)

June 20, 2010

By the time the lights went down, the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe was packed to the rafters with 350 listeners and aspiring “tellers.” In post Station Nightclub Fire Rhode Island, they never would have been allowed to put even half that number into the space. Forty people had signed up to tell. Only ten would [...]

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Mothing About (part 2)

June 19, 2010

My evening at The Moth’s open mic story slam was supposed to be to be a career-making move. It was an opportunity to share my work, tell my story, and promote my forthcoming album at a nationally known venue. Was it going to pay off?

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Crafting Stories to Change the World (3) – Who are you?

June 18, 2010

During the commentary period, I made a suggestion. When someone asks, “What do you do?” or “What is your job?” simply tell them your job title.

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Mothing About (part 1)

June 17, 2010

Yesterday, my friend Jim Stahl and I were talking about going sailing, and Jim mentioned he might be going to The Moth in New York instead. We’d already talkwed about my snootyness around telling “true life” stories, but as soon as I saw the theme, I started to make my plans to go. Jim, on [...]

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Crafting Stories to Change the World (part 2)

June 15, 2010

Telling Powerfully The challenge we face in a world swarming with media input is to create and craft powerful narratives that allow us to effect change in our world. External media-based stories can be overwhelming, numbing and pervasive. Crafting and honing stories that stand independent of those sources is a useful beginning. And one of [...]

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Rage Rage Rage Against… The Click?

June 11, 2010

Clickit or…

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Crafting Stories to Change the World (part 1)

June 8, 2010

What makes one person effective and another powerless?

The key difference is in the stories that these people tell.

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Beating a Dead (corrupt) Politician

June 1, 2010

Here in Rhode Island, we seem to have a tradition of corrupt politicians. From our dumpster-diving Governor Ed DiPrete to Providence’s convicted mayor-turned-talk-show-host Vincent A. “Buddy” Cianci, the antics of elected officials fill the news, and fill us with a mixture of disgust and delight. I mean, really, what could be better than the image [...]

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