Closing 2013 and opening up 2014
by Tony Quinlan on Dec 18, 2013 12:29:53 PM
Yesterday’s workshop in Antrim was excellent - the level of debate around patient narratives was great to be part of. And the focus shifted as the day went on, from the “how to analyse” to the element that I find most challenging (and hence interesting) - “what do we do as a result”.
Here, There and Everywhere - SenseMaker in Eurasia
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 31, 2013 12:37:18 PM
There's a new post up today from Mihail Peleah at the UNDP's Voices in Eurasia blog:
Patterns of voices from the Balkans - working with UNDP
by Tony Quinlan on Jun 12, 2013 2:58:20 PM
The past two days have been intense and productive - spend in Bratislava on a raft of narrative projects being run by UNDP, coordinated by a client and friend who is an extraordinarily capable project manager. (Praise I don't give lightly - the ability to switch from detail to strateg …
The App is landing - collecting stories though apps in Rwanda
by Tony Quinlan on Mar 27, 2013 4:58:41 PM
SenseMaker Collector app for iPad/iPhone in use in Rwanda - and it's easy to use and effective I'm currently in Rwanda, supporting a GirlHub project collecting stories across the country. We're preparing for a bigger project later in the year, but the past few days have been getting s …
The content/meaning distortion
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 29, 2013 6:03:17 PM
Posting from the lounge in Cologne/Bonn airport after a meeting with a potential client around supporting a leadership/collaboration approach addressing and using some key issues around nationality and function. (At some point it will no doubt be worth a separate blog. But now's not t …
Understanding narratives - the reality of counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency
by Tony Quinlan on Jan 22, 2013 6:44:42 PM
Yesterday, the House of Commons saw some to-and-fro rhetoric between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition around counter-terrorism in the wake of the Algerian attack and its aftermath. It's important to recognise within the wide context of the news stories and the polit …
Evaluating impact through stories
by Tony Quinlan on Nov 1, 2012 4:41:41 PM
[Written in haste - I'm supposed to be clearing the decks and preparing material for a trip to Bangladesh that starts tomorrow morning. I'm also preparing for the return of the family early this evening, having had the house to myself for a couple of days.]
Narrative for Marketing Measurement
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 12, 2012 10:27:42 AM
As promised on Tuesday night at the Royal Society, here are my slides from the Marketing Measurement talk...
A first - two new Cognitive Edge workshops in Belfast, 24th-25th October 2012
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 10, 2012 11:51:00 AM
There's a rare opportunity coming up in a couple of weeks in Belfast. In fact, there are two:
Narratives, strategic narratives and micro-narratives
by Tony Quinlan on Oct 8, 2012 6:14:25 PM
If there's one massive change in the 12 years since I founded Narrate, it's the use of the word "narrative". Back then, any mention of the word was met with at best a puzzled query as to its relevance and at worst a comment to the effect that I must have been smoking something strong. …