Category Archives: Video

Story Trumps Technology

  When Bill Clinton won his come-from-behind bid for president of the United States in 1992, his campaign manager, James Carville, kept the “Boy Governor” on message and on task with a banner that hung in Clinton’s Arkansas campaign headquarters. … Continue reading

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Evolution of the New York Times

The New York Times. Four little words with such big meaning. Smart. Lengthy. Investigative. Incisive. Print. Paper. Irrelevant? Mmmm, not so fast. While everyone is writing the obituary for the nation’s newspapers — and, to be fair, those same papers … Continue reading

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Flash Dance

Technology offers a huge array of digital tools for today’s communicator. New devices. Slick platforms. Technological slight-of-hand. The real trick, however, seems to be in knowing which tool to use to do your communicating. Gary Vaynerchuk, host of Wine Library … Continue reading

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Vote Now. Vote Often.

First assignment in Web Stategies for Storytelling? Choose one — just one — theme to pitch for the class video projects. In a world of so many fantastic possibilities, I’m counting on the wisdom of the crowds to help me … Continue reading

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