2014: stop “storytelling”, start “storywalking”

Stories are meant to make an emotional connection with your audience. However, you cannot do so by telling people how great or special your company is. Interesting stories are always about people in the first place.  Great stories focus on the future and on what  is important to the hearer. They pull people into a dialogue… and are…

Meest foute zin van 2013

Op de website van Van Dale strijden naar goede gewoonte genomineerde woorden jaarlijks bikkelhard om de titel van woord van het jaar. Het winnende woord van 2013 wordt bekendgemaakt op dinsdag 17 december. Tegelijkertijd kan je op de site van De Standaard woorden wegstemmen die je liever niet meer zou willen horen of zien verschijnen. De…

To be quite honest with you, basically…

Harris Academy in Upper Norwood (south London) has banned popular slang words used by pupils in an effort to improve standards of English. No longer will words and phrases such as ‘you woz’, ‘bare’ and ‘innit’ be tolerated at . The school has put up signs with a list of ‘banned words’ – including ‘extra’, ‘innit’ and ‘like’,…