Creativity in Business In this episode of #yesandbrand, my FB #livestream, I chat about creativity in business with my guest, Carla Johnson. Creativity is critical for business - for innovation and differentiation. So why do businesses get stuck, how can they get unstuck and how do we move [...]
First, Embrace the Suck. Then Pull Out of It. Embrace the Suck. Dealing with the creative ups and downs is hard. Really hard. Sometimes we feel uncertain and uncomfortable because creativity can be messy - it gets harder before it gets better. I call this period of discomfort [...]
Creating Collaborative Cultures On March 31st, I had Mike Ganino as a guest on the #yesandbrand FB Live show to talk about creating collaborative cultures with yes and! The words "yes and" are not important - the spirit of "yes and," however, does matter. Watch the video [...]
Kathy and Warren Whitlock Chat About Kathy's Book, "Stop Boring Me!" In this episode, Warren Whitlock and I chat about my book, "Stop Boring Me!", why improv and marketing are about making your partners look good, and why no one ever writes me a check because they care [...]
Do you have your audience's back? When you focus on making your audience feel and look good, you stop worrying about how great you are. All that anxiety speakers face dissipates when we put the focus on serving our audience's needs. Speaker Pro Tip: Having Your Audience's [...]
Storytelling details matter because great, memorable storytelling loves specifics. Great details bring stories to life. In this edition of the #yesandbrand Facebook Live show, I chat about how specific details are a gift to your audience. They anchor your story in memorability, and that will help your [...]
I am a storyteller. It's what I do. I help organizations create better stories. I am a story nerd - visible from the space station! We've been up to our eyeballs in analyses about political narrative in the wake of this past election. What about storytelling and [...]
Last year I wrote a piece about live streaming (I was honored that it was a top ten post on Convince and Convert for 2016 and thanks to Brian Fanzo who I interviewed in the article). The piece focused on how brands are finding success by letting users [...]
Kathy chats with Kerry Gorgone on the October 10th version of MarketingSmarts about her new book, "Stop Boring Me!"
Kathy chats with Vincenzo Landino about Happy Days, human jumping the shark and why improv matters in marketing on Episode 154 of Brand Boost.
