Vital Presence

In a world where so many get their start in business storytelling through branding and marketing, Cynthia Kurtz followed a different route in: through science and through work at IBM research. She ha…

Nick Owen is passionate about leadership and storytelling.He is author of three best-selling books on story and metaphor and deeply engaged in promoting the concept of ‘the Third Act’: how we can mor…

John Tarnoff is a reinvention career coach, speaker and author who helps his fellow baby boomers transition to meaningful and sustainable careers beyond traditional retirement.

Doug Lipman, master storytelling coach, shares insights and ideas about bringing your best story forward at work and in life.

Ashton Applewhite, author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism shares her perspective on creative a positive path to elderhood.

Dr. Bill Thomas is changing the story about moving from adulthood into elderhood. He's an author, entrepreneur, musician, teacher, farmer and physician whose wide-ranging work explores the terrain of…

Kathy Klost-Guest is a marketing and communications consultant, a storyteller, an improviser, and an author who just published: Stop Boring Me! How to Create Kick-ass Content, Products and Ideas thr…

Expert organizational storyteller Karen Dietz, Ph.D. reflects on what is new in the field of business storytelling, working with big data and transformational storytelling.

 Marketing expert and improviser Kathy Klotz-Guest talks about story

Learn how many buying decisions go awry when hidden assumptions and beliefs cloud our decisions.

Best selling author David Hutchens, author of The Circle of the 9 Muses talks about how storytelling in business supports learning and meaning-making.

Jeff Rock is skilled career coach, business storyteller, personal branding consultant and story activist who helps professionals re-invent the narratives they use to describe their careers.

Robert "Jake" Jacobs is known for his innovative, participatory approach to large scale chance "Real Time Strategic Change." He's developed new tools to help communities, such as Charleston, that wan…

Lori Silverman, best-selling author and business storyteller, talks about using stories to improve your strategic planning, interviewing, futuring and business leadership.

Mary Alice is a Story Activist, creating spaces where people can find the stories that take them to their most flourishing future. She talk about her work, around the globe, helping people to grow th…

Karen Dietz, Ph.D., Master business storyteller and curator talks about the competencies needed by today's professional business storyteller. Learn why you need to be a story listener and story-quest…

Noted organizational storyteller and author Geoff Mead talks about how storytelling can support new forms of leadership and bring more humanity to the workplace.

Sonia Thompson is an entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and head of Try Business School where she's teaching entrepreneurs how to make their businesses thrive.

Jean is a veteran organizational storyteller who uses story combined with facilitation to help her clients solve tough business problems.