#270) THE PROCESS COMMUNICATION MODEL WORKSHOP: What the Climate Crowd Needs
TweetThis is gonna sound cult-like. The PCM (Process Communication Model) is the real deal. What does it do? It helps you make sense of human behavior in a practical, experiential (non-Nerd Loopy),...
View Article#271) SCIENTIST IMPROV TESTIMONY: This is awesome!
TweetThis morning I had a long Skype chat with Dr. Vicky Miller of the University of Bristol who boldly walked into an improv class in January with zero previous experience and emerged a different...
View Article#272) MARCH MADNESS: The Story Today is the Coaches, not the Players
Tweet“Narrative Analysis” is EVERYWHERE in America today. It wasn’t this way a decade ago. It IS the zeitgeist. Get used to it. AND learn about it, or be lost. TOURNEY NARRATIVE: The New Yorker has a...
View Article#273) TEDMED 2013: I’ll be “And, But, and Thereforeing” the crowd
TweetOn April 19 I’m giving the opening talk in a special session on “The Great Challenges” at the TEDMED Conference in Washington, D.C. I’ll be introducing the, “And, But, Therefore” template which...
View Article#274) Nicholas Kristof: The Best in Journalism Today
TweetIs there any better journalist in America today? The guy has won two Pulitzer Prizes. He was on Bill Maher last Friday. He’s proof that you can be motivated, honest and optimistic all at the same...
View Article#275) The Streetlight Effect, Ocean Cheerleading, and Hong Kong
TweetSome environmentalists are big on waging “winnable battles” and cheering about their “victories.” But the Streetlight Effect is the eventual cost. And the news from Hong Kong shows you the real...
View Article#276) Animal Truthiness: Fudging a Chimp Movie
TweetBen Affleck may make his movies, “in the spirit of the truth,” but what about when nature filmmakers do it? SHARK EATING ITS OWN TAIL IN SEA OF MONEY. What channel could Der Spiegel possibly be...
View Article277) Improv at it’s Best: The Groundlings “Crazy Uncle Joe Show”— go see it!
TweetI’ve been going to Groundlings shows for 20 years, yet somehow missed the weekly “Crazy Uncle Joe Show.” Until last week. It truly amazed me. SCIENTISTS: Go see it — just to look at behavior that...
View Article#278) TV gooood, not baaaaad
TweetWe’ve all been raised with the notion of TV as evil, and yet … not only is crime down in our country and violence on the decline worldwide, but now the Breakthrough Institute folks offer up TV as...
View Article279) The Pace Univ. Baja Turtle Doc: The Changing of Minds
TweetThis year Andy Revkin’s Pace University course on documentary filmmaking produced their best film yet. It’s an interesting look at the slowly shifting perception and treatment of sea turtles in...
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