EnviroStars video wins MarCom Gold Award
“EnviroStars: Good for Business, Good for the Environment” has won a 2014 MarCom Gold Award. I produced the video with Rodika Tollefson for the EnviroStars Cooperative. MarCom Awards is an …
A music video about dog poop?
I enjoyed presenting about storytelling at the 2014 ECO Net Summit. In the next few posts I’ll share insights from some of my co-presenters. If you haven’t seen the “Dog …
The structure of a story
How do you begin creating a story? Start with plot structure, so you have a skeleton to hang your story on. There are three basic plot structures, according to Gabriel …
Here’s my own video story
I’ve written many blog posts about telling stories. Here’s one of my own personal stories. The UW Department of Communications wrote a story for its August newsletter about my …
Palliative care video wins Videographer Award
The video on palliative care that I produced for UW Medicine has won a second national award: a Videographer Award of Distinction. Last week I found out that it won …
Palliative care video wins Clarion Award
The video I produced for UW Medicine about palliative care has won a national Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications. “Palliative care: helping patients improve quality of …
New Ciscoe pruning videos; help City Fruit win $50,000!
Check out two new pruning videos I produced with zany Ciscoe Morris, Seattle gardening guru, for City Fruit. In “This Branch Must Go!” Ciscoe teaches Kristen Ramer Liang how to …
Telling the Alzheimer’s story
What will get people to care about an issue? A personal story is often an effective way. It connects with people’s emotions, and that is more likely to lead to …
Santa Claus in an airline safety video?
Can you think of anything more boring than an airline safety announcement? When the flight attendant or video starts telling me how to fasten my seat belt, I quickly glance …
The power of emotion: Duracell honors the underdog
Derrick Coleman has been deaf since he was three years old. This year he went to the Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks–and helped win the game. Duracell’s inspiring 60-second …