How storytelling can motivate us to help others
The mission of the Annenberg School's Communication Neuroscience Lab has long been to figure out what kind of messages best push us to engage in healthier habits. As COVID-19 began its sweeping disruption of daily life in March 2020 and behaviors lik.....»»
Family dynamics can motivate and prevent talking about health
New research explores how family dynamics factor into whether 18- to 25-year-olds share private health information and involve their parents when making medical decisions. Having open and respectful conversations and reciprocal information sharing ea.....»»
Storytelling is a secret weapon for increasing service sales and overcoming employee resistance to change
With the increasing digitalization in manufacturing industries, companies start to integrate big data analytics into business processes and sell smart services. However, people tend to resist change, remain skeptical about unknown products and techno.....»»
How can music, dance and art help improve air pollution?
Music, dance, art and storytelling have allowed an international team of researchers to reveal aspects of air pollution in Nairobi that would not have been identified otherwise......»»
What deadline length is best for avoiding procrastination and completing tasks?
Deadlines often help motivate people to perform tasks that they've been procrastinating over, but different deadline lengths may have different effects. For example, while increasing the deadline length gives a person more time to complete a task, it.....»»
Remnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg
The brick foundation of one of the nation's oldest Black churches has been unearthed at Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum in Virginia that continues to reckon with its past storytelling about the country's origins and the role of Black A.....»»
Review: More remix than adaptation, Foundation is top-notch storytelling
How much you like the series may depend on whether you're a stickler for staying faithful to the source material. Jared Harris stars as visionary mathematician Hari Seldon......»»
It’s time to rethink personal carbon allowances, research suggests
It might be tricky and some might not like it, but a PCA could lower emissions. Enlarge / Having personal limits on carbon emissions might motivate more people to transition to lower carbon options. (credit: Mike Kemp / Getty Images) In 2008,.....»»
Fitbit Ace 3 review: Feature-filled fitness tracker for kids
Motivate your children to move without nagging them thanks to this affordable fitness tracker from Fitbit......»»
Growth roundup: Storytelling for startups, early-stage influencers, retail media spend
“I like to think of successful brand-building as creating a company that customers would be upset to separate from their identity,” growth marketing expert Julian Shapiro told us earlier this week. “For example, they’d cease to be the man wit.....»»
Nine Inch Nails guitarist and Spec Ops: The Line creative director partner on new game studio
The first title from the pair's LA-based Eyes Out studio will be "a single-player immersive cosmic horror game with strong environmental storytelling elements." Davis has experience in the genre, having worked on the level design in the excellent Con.....»»
The art of startup storytelling with Julian Shapiro
"Signal is more important than frequency in an era where we're overloaded with content." Although he’s coming from a numbers-driven background, growth expert Julian Shapiro focuses on the emotional power of storytelling these days. &#.....»»
Silicon Valley comms expert Caryn Marooney shares how to nail the narrative
"You may think that the message is boring because you've said it once. But repetition never spoils the prayer." Caryn Marooney, Silicon Valley communications professional turned venture capitalist, spoke extensively on storytelling at TechC.....»»
Emergence Capital’s Doug Landis explains how to identify (and tell) your startup story
Doug Landis joined the TechCrunch Early Stage: Marketing and Fundraising event to discuss the value of storytelling for startups -- and how to do it. How do you go beyond the names and numbers with your startup pitch deck? For Doug Landis,.....»»
Cadoo gets $1.5M to gamify fitness with betting challenges
Cadoo, a US-startup that’s gamifying fitness by turning it into a betting opportunity, using the prospect of winning (or losing) cold hard cash to motivate people to get off the couch, has collected $1.5 million in seed funds from Sam & Max Alt.....»»
Today is Day 1 for Andy Jassy as former AWS CEO moves to Amazon corner office
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has always liked to motivate his employees by saying every day is Day 1. Well, it is actually Day 1 for his successor Andy Jassy, who officially moves into the corner office at Amazon today. Bezos announced that he w.....»»
Environmental actions are motivated by personal experiences
People's personal experiences with nature may work better than dire warnings to motivate environmental action, a new University of Michigan study found......»»
Doug Landis, Emerge Capital growth partner, will talk startup storytelling at TC Early Stage in July
Doug Landis, Emerge Capital growth partner, will talk startup storytelling at TC Early Stage in July.....»»
How teachers can use video games to motivate students
If you ask your teens to do their homework they'll find a thousand other things to do. But put them in front of a video game, and they'll focus on it for hours. How exactly do game designers create this kind of engagement? And what would happen if we.....»»
How Vespas and visual storytelling shaped Pixar’s upcoming film Luca
Iconic scooters and a deep dive into water visuals played a big role in establishing the the look and themes of Luca, Pixar's next animated adventure......»»
Provenance: How an object"s origin can facilitate authentic, inclusive storytelling
Passports are a tangible way of showing where one has traveled, as the stamps provide a chronological order that traces an individual's journey across international borders. When an object's origins are not readily apparent, a variety of sources can.....»»