Category / Only Human Stories
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Busy People Need Interrupting
‘An hour with the Chairman? You’re dreaming….’ Take it from me. Busy people need to be interrupted more often. Back in 2010, I was trying to get time with the late…
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How I Make Annual Reports… Easy
During my time at Uni, I volunteered at a medium-sized not-for-profit organisation. My role included making coffee, handling post office errands and doing research here and there. It was a pretty cruisey…
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Have You Ever Asked this Question?
Some years back, I was meeting with the exec team and board members of a disability organisation. There were about 12 of us. I’d been gathering stories from the founders and staff for…
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6 Storytelling Tips for Not-For-Profits
For many not-for-profit organisations impact stories are essential for showing the world (and reminding themselves), of the amazing work they do. Yet, for some reason, be it lack of time, confidence, enthusiasm…
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How To Share Personal Stories at Work
Firecrackers for the Brain: A list of things that fuelled our creativity and inspired us. 🧨 Uncomfortable about sharing personal stories at work? This month, I watched one of my LinkedIn…
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A newsletter to fuel your creativity and storytelling
Welcome to the blog version of our new fortnightly newsletter of discoveries that have fuelled our creativity and storytelling, and just might fuel yours too. 🧨 Learn from the best! Imagine how…
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It’s Time to Let your Millennials Roam Free
Last Friday, I was watching 25 year old Lisabel, packing up her desk ready to take off, on a three month adventure, to the other side of the world. After 2 years…
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Accidentally deleting my iPhone photos was kinda liberating.
A few weeks ago I (accidentally) deleted the last 2 years of my iPhone photos. People who know me know, I’m very sentimental and that I take a LOT of iPhone photos.…
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A story of not standing up to sexism, and why it still matters.
Growing up in my hometown was pretty dreamy. It’s a coastal town, where weekends were always at the beach. You know, sunbaking, swimming, maybe even snorkeling but surfing? Nah…that was for…
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Inclusion Starts with a Toasted Sandwich
January 1999. Five people walk into a bar. Well, actually it wasn’t a bar…. It was a Sydney beach cafe called Stella Blu… but it’s still a great start to this…
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Creating a future story
I was 41 weeks pregnant when I nabbed my first job writing for television. I remember waddling into the Executive Producer’s office and seeing him quickly look from me to the spindly…
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A Shout Out to the Work Husbands & Wives
Does it sound weird to say how much I miss my work husband? I don’t want to sound ungrateful … or even disloyal… to my everlasting, 24 hour kitchen sink partner, Ross.…
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A simple team engagement indicator
‘Moya, you’ve absolutely got to get a life!’ That’s what I guess you could be thinking when I admit that I spend a lot of time thinking about what actually constitutes ‘engagement’ at…
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Coaching with Story: Find the Forward Metaphor
When someone is stuck, finding a forward metaphor and coaching with story can often be both liberating and revelatory. Here’s an example that involves a beautiful town and an even more beautiful…
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No story without a listener
It was a small training session. The group was learning a new process to record the stories of their programs for practice evaluation. One woman looked flustered, anxious. ‘Every morning I wake…
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Best story ideas from around the world
Monday fireworks for the brain. Straight from my brain to yours. This is a deliriously fab selection of the best creative story ideas and advice from around the globe. Apologies that I…
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Old Story to New Story: See the change
There were about 15 women, all ages and backgrounds, heads down in a St Vincent de Paul Thrift shop. I was doing my usual scan through the racks looking for a 60’s…
