Storytelling and Screenwriting

I was recently introduced to a book: Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need, by Blake Snyder.  Which led me to some questions.  Have recently been looking at storytelling techniques to facilitate executive decision interviews.  Is there a way to convert an acquired story into a screenplay?  Looking at a screenplay as a call to action rather than a record of the history of what occurred.     Gather stories, record them effectively, convert them into decisive plans.   Thoughts? Interest in collaborating?

Prezi: Presentation and Storytelling Tool

I used the Prezi presentation and storytelling tool for a project some years ago.  Just revisited it.   An introductory video. With many useful examples. It now also has an iPad version that I plan to examine.  Does the zooming interface enhance storytelling, learning and boring static marches through bullet points?

Generating Infographics

Have had cause to look at how to effectively and cheaply generate infographics.   I have criticized the infographics form a number of times here, but do like the storytelling aspect of their use.   Once complex numerical values are included, it is far better to use data visualization to act as the bedrock of providing understanding.

Along the way discovered this review of free online Infographics generators.

   Still, you have to be a graphics designer to do this well ... which I am not, but it is nice to know you can build some simple things with template generators.     Why also not use slide and word processing packages, which can now integrate visuals easily, and have their own template libraries?

Thoughts?

Data and Analytics Need Stories

In Fast Company:   Stories simplify, integrate complex things into an understandable thread, engage.   That includes data and analytics, but is not often done well.  " ... Speaking to us backstage at SapientNitro’s iEX conference in London last week, the author of the bestselling Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics, abandons his fine line in self-deprecation for a moment to enthuse about the power of a good story. “I think storytelling is the heart of everything. People have this false impression that science is science, and it isn’t. There is so much art, even in science,” he says.... "