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« Top 10 2008 Corporate Video Posts | Main | The Hero’s Journey: Telling Your Hero's Story »
Saturday
Dec272008

My 2008 "Simply the Best" Post

Hat tip to Kathy Hansen of A Storied Career for alerting me to Joanna Young's neat group writing project, "Simply The Best: Group Writing Project."

To make the entry a bit different, Joanna wants us to share why we think our entry is our best post of 2008 in 30 words or less. Of course, what is "best" is entirely open for interpretation.

Joanna will post all the submissions next week. There should be some great reading next week!

My "Simply the Best" post of 2008?

Are You Asking These 11 Stimulating Interview Questions To Capture Your Company’s 'Honest-To-Goodness' Video Story?

My "30 word" reason?

“This post is simply the best because after 25 years of filming conversations, it collects the most interesting and engaging questions I've asked people on-camera. It's designed to create new possibilities for telling new stories.”

If you missed this post, I hope you find my "11 Questions" helpful in your future projects.

Do you have your favorite questions to ask while filming conversations?
Share your thoughts here or with the rest of the comments on the post.

---Tom

PS You counted the words, didn't you? I know you did! The word count excluded the words, "This post is simply the best because..." Just sayin'. :-)

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Reader Comments (3)

Hi Tom, so glad you were able to join this project. People seem to have found it an interesting way to look back on the year.

I enjoyed your choice of post and will be glad to share it with my own readers too - as one of your commenters said, they're great questions that you could use in other interviewing settings too.

And thanks for sticking to the rules and answering my question in 30 words (yes, of course we counted!)
December 28, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJoanna Young
Thank you Tom for all of your excellent posts. The 2008 "Simply the Best" post is amongst the best of them, but there is always something worth reading and engaging with. Here is to an even better 2009!
December 28, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterPeter Lunn
Joanna,

Glad to be a part of the Group Writing Project and thanks for hosting the idea!

Peter,

Glad you've enjoyed the posts! I think '09 will be a rockin' year, for sure. :-)

Tom
December 28, 2008 | Registered CommenterThomas R. Clifford

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