by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 16, 2016
If you want people to pay attention to you, wrap your idea in a story. The story provides the bliss point; the moment your audience falls in love. In music the bliss point is ‘the hook,’ the lines and beats that turn a song into a hit. In pop music a handful of...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 12, 2016
Carmine recorded The Storyteller’s Secret for Macmillan Audio at Outpost Studio in San Francisco. Click each image to hear Carmine explain how stories inform, illuminate, and inspire. Purchase on...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 10, 2016
The average third grader should be able to read the headline to this column. The words are short. Most are one syllable. The sentence is free of jargon and the language is easy to understand. In fact, if you run the headline through Flesch-Kincaid, a tool to measure...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 8, 2016
Marco Rubio’s performance in the New Hampshire Republican debate is being ridiculed among voters, in the press and on social media. The word often used to describe Rubio’s performance is one of the most damaging in communication. He’s being called a “Robot.” On...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 8, 2016
A Silicon Valley venture capital investor turned to me during a recent lunch and said, “I’ve seen more than 2,000 pitches, and I can only remember about 10 of them.” “What made the 10 stand out?” I asked. “They all told a personal story.” Professional investors agree:...
