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Paul Furiga

How to make your story drive results for your organization

Communicators, marketers and business leaders agree: great storytelling is a key pillar of success for an organization. Yet it's the most misunderstood skill for communicators,..

Credentials are great — but they’re only details in your Story

“You have two letters trailing your name and they start with an ‘M, you say? Won’t that look good on an ‘About Us’ page — you’re hired.”

Speak Up: How (and Why) to Podcast Your Business Story

Raise your hand if you’ve listened to a podcast in the past month.

Asking the Right Storytelling Questions (Answers Might Be the Easy Part)

Journalism is part of WordWrite’s foundation. We seek to be honest brokers of information for our clients and their audiences. We aim to be engaging and entertaining storytellers...

An Archetype in Action: What a Toy Store Teaches Us About Living Your Story

It’s hard to find a better definition of a “brick-and-mortar store” than LEGO’s New York City shop. (Yeah, yeah, mortar and plastic bricks don’t exactly blend well, but what pun..

WHOGAS & WIIFM: What a Pair of Absurd Acronyms Reveal About Effective Business Storytelling

Everyone knows about the classic 5 W’s of journalism — who, what, when, where and why — and that it’s the last one that’s so crucial to a good story. I’d add another helpful, if..

The Time a Great Storyteller Failed the Crowd

The moment was finally here. The greatly anticipated, prime-time speech during the opening night of the 1988 Democratic Convention was going to be the chance for a promising..

Wanamaker, Powers & the Squandered Legacy of 19th Century Ad Men

Born in 1838 as the son of a brickmaker, department store pioneer John Wanamaker changed the way the world shops. He introduced guaranteed pricing and money-back guarantees, and..

The 3 Elements to Great Business Storytelling

The best things come in threes — flavors in Neapolitan ice cream, laws of thermodynamics, “Godfather” films (OK, that’s debatable) and, of course, elements of stories.

Three things your parents taught you about storytelling

A version of this blog post appeared previously on the Forbes Agency Council blog. As a consultant focused on uncovering, developing and sharing the great stories of our clients,..

Why 'S' For Story Should Come Before 'B' For Brand In The Marketing Alphabet

A version of this blog post appeared previously on the Forbes Agency Council blog. Over the last decade, the field of brand marketing has discovered the power of storytelling...

The corporate giant whose LUV for storytelling proves its power

Throughout 2021, one of America’s most iconic companies is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a storytelling extravaganza.

AI knows best: Storytelling works

To the sometimes frightening list of things that machines may do better than humans, university researchers are adding the art and science of storytelling.

Brand Journalism: Why more marketers have become publishers too

A version of this post previously appeared on the Public Relations Professionals of India blog.

What Fred Rogers teaches us about journalism — and storytelling

It’s fitting that the release of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” the feature film celebrating public TV icon Fred Rogers, was timed to coincide with the holidays.