Confession. I’ve become a devoted fan of Pod Save America. I should probably be meditating on higher things, but I really enjoy hearing smart, well-informed people like Jon Favreau, Dan Pfeiffer, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett, spill the beans on what’s really ...
As I've tried to show during the last five weeks, leaders love using Story to persuade the electorate to vote for them. They understand story is a power tool for building mass influence. But as we saw on Thursday, it's a power tool that can also take your ...
It was theatre director David Glass who taught me that the audience is interested in two stories at once: the story being told and the story of the people telling the story. The people sitting out there in the darkened theatre are as curious about the teller ...
So is Corbyn our Mocking J? “The cat sat on the mat is not a story”, says the distinguished author John Le Carré. “The cat sat on the dog’s mat is”. That’s the essence of storytelling and why it works. You start with ...
Welcome to week 2 of your Guide to the General Narration - sorry, Election - where I point out some of the story technology that's being used to win your vote and you, hopefully, stay sane. I've included some of my favourites. Please tell me about yours and the best/funniest suggestion wins a free copy of my ...