When people are invited into a safe space to tell their own stories, a mystery unfolds that kindles an authentic connection. It feels as if one of Jesus' parables is getting re-enacted before our very eyes.

Participation in TimeSlips, a creative storytelling intervention, improves communication and facilitates positive emotions in persons with dementia, researchers find. In the study a nursing researcher found that TimeSlips participants had increased expressions of pleasure and initiation of social communication.

Feb. 27, 2011 – An estimated 5.3 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s disease, including 5.1 million senior citizens aged 65 or older. Fourteen percent of those aged 71 or older suffer with AD or other mind-erasing dementias, which rarely can be reversed.

This week my old friend Peter Guber has published a new book, Tell To Win, which describes, from personal experience, the power of storytelling in business and life.

Companies are spending countless hours and millions of dollars trying to master social media. Is this a revolutionary platform that can drive everything from customer relationships to product development--or just another form of marketing? In a new book titled The Dragonfly Effect, Stanford University marketing professor Jennifer Aaker and marketing strategist Andy Smith seek to answer these ...