Storytelling – inspiration shot Sept 2018<\/h1>\n<\/div>![\"Storytelling](\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/esther-on-a-plane.jpg\" "\\"esther")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Imagine the mayor of the city you are visiting for a conference, welcoming you with a keynote presentation and a song… Or meeting a friendly, modest man by the campfire, who turns out to be the singer-songwriter on stage the next day, sharing how events in his personal life lead him to write the song you are listening to? Discovering the stories behind entrepreneurs and other people you meet, is exciting. Sharing your own personal story provides much more connection and impact. Storytelling is ‘hot’, and that’s what this ‘inspiration shot’ is about…<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>My Story<\/h2>\nJOMO<\/h3>\n<\/div>![\"Storytelling](\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fireside.jpg\" "\\"fireside\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Ever heard of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)? At firesideconf (a kind of unconference in the middle of nowhere in Canada) I experienced exactly\u00a0the opposite: the Joy Of Missing Out (JOMO).\u00a0Without phone reception or internet, people really disconnect to connect. Real conversations around the camp fire. No screens to distract from real life and beautiful stories. Try it for yourself, for a day, or weekend or longer if you dare…<\/p>\n
Escape<\/h2>\n<\/div>![\"Storytelling](\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lock-picking.jpg\" "\\"lock")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Picture this: 400 entrepreneurs sleeping in bunk beds in unheated cabins in the woods… Firesideconf was a blast. Apart from swimming, sailing and campfires, I had some unusual experiences. During a lock-picking workshop I found out that being a criminal is actually pretty hard…<\/p>\n<\/div>
![\"Storytelling](\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/escape-room.jpg\" "\\"escape")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>In a mobile escape room in a tree house (!) we had to locate the mayor of Barrie (the town we were staying), who was apparently lost. After 33 exciting minutes (riddles, puzzles and …locks) we found him! To my surprise the actual mayor gave a speech (incl a song) an hour later, so we felt proud that we kind of made that possible, haha.<\/p>\n
The book that changed my life<\/h2>\n<\/div>![\"How](\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0645.jpg\" "\\"How")
<\/span><\/div>A cruise ship, Maya indians, tobacco used as medicine, history and anthropology, a big decision, a boarding pass from 1997… Some books really make or mark a change in your life. For me, \u2018Caribbean\u2019 is such book.\u00a0Read the full story in my blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>THEIR story<\/h2>\nSinging mayor<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Imagine the mayor of the city you are visiting for a conference, welcoming you with a keynote presentation and a song… Or meeting a friendly, modest man by the campfire, who turns out to be the singer-songwriter on stage the next day, sharing how events in his personal life lead him to write the song you are listening to? Discovering the stories behind entrepreneurs and other people you meet, is exciting. Sharing your own personal story provides much more connection and impact. Storytelling is ‘hot’, and that’s what this ‘inspiration shot’ is about…<\/p>\n<\/div>
My Story<\/h2>\nJOMO<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Ever heard of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)? At firesideconf (a kind of unconference in the middle of nowhere in Canada) I experienced exactly\u00a0the opposite: the Joy Of Missing Out (JOMO).\u00a0Without phone reception or internet, people really disconnect to connect. Real conversations around the camp fire. No screens to distract from real life and beautiful stories. Try it for yourself, for a day, or weekend or longer if you dare…<\/p>\n
Escape<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Picture this: 400 entrepreneurs sleeping in bunk beds in unheated cabins in the woods… Firesideconf was a blast. Apart from swimming, sailing and campfires, I had some unusual experiences. During a lock-picking workshop I found out that being a criminal is actually pretty hard…<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>In a mobile escape room in a tree house (!) we had to locate the mayor of Barrie (the town we were staying), who was apparently lost. After 33 exciting minutes (riddles, puzzles and …locks) we found him! To my surprise the actual mayor gave a speech (incl a song) an hour later, so we felt proud that we kind of made that possible, haha.<\/p>\n
The book that changed my life<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div>A cruise ship, Maya indians, tobacco used as medicine, history and anthropology, a big decision, a boarding pass from 1997… Some books really make or mark a change in your life. For me, \u2018Caribbean\u2019 is such book.\u00a0Read the full story in my blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>THEIR story<\/h2>\nSinging mayor<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Ever heard of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)? At firesideconf (a kind of unconference in the middle of nowhere in Canada) I experienced exactly\u00a0the opposite: the Joy Of Missing Out (JOMO).\u00a0Without phone reception or internet, people really disconnect to connect. Real conversations around the camp fire. No screens to distract from real life and beautiful stories. Try it for yourself, for a day, or weekend or longer if you dare…<\/p>\n
Escape<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Picture this: 400 entrepreneurs sleeping in bunk beds in unheated cabins in the woods… Firesideconf was a blast. Apart from swimming, sailing and campfires, I had some unusual experiences. During a lock-picking workshop I found out that being a criminal is actually pretty hard…<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>In a mobile escape room in a tree house (!) we had to locate the mayor of Barrie (the town we were staying), who was apparently lost. After 33 exciting minutes (riddles, puzzles and …locks) we found him! To my surprise the actual mayor gave a speech (incl a song) an hour later, so we felt proud that we kind of made that possible, haha.<\/p>\n
The book that changed my life<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div>A cruise ship, Maya indians, tobacco used as medicine, history and anthropology, a big decision, a boarding pass from 1997… Some books really make or mark a change in your life. For me, \u2018Caribbean\u2019 is such book.\u00a0Read the full story in my blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>THEIR story<\/h2>\nSinging mayor<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Picture this: 400 entrepreneurs sleeping in bunk beds in unheated cabins in the woods… Firesideconf was a blast. Apart from swimming, sailing and campfires, I had some unusual experiences. During a lock-picking workshop I found out that being a criminal is actually pretty hard…<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div>In a mobile escape room in a tree house (!) we had to locate the mayor of Barrie (the town we were staying), who was apparently lost. After 33 exciting minutes (riddles, puzzles and …locks) we found him! To my surprise the actual mayor gave a speech (incl a song) an hour later, so we felt proud that we kind of made that possible, haha.<\/p>\n
The book that changed my life<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div>A cruise ship, Maya indians, tobacco used as medicine, history and anthropology, a big decision, a boarding pass from 1997… Some books really make or mark a change in your life. For me, \u2018Caribbean\u2019 is such book.\u00a0Read the full story in my blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>THEIR story<\/h2>\nSinging mayor<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div>A cruise ship, Maya indians, tobacco used as medicine, history and anthropology, a big decision, a boarding pass from 1997… Some books really make or mark a change in your life. For me, \u2018Caribbean\u2019 is such book.\u00a0Read the full story in my blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>THEIR story<\/h2>\n
Singing mayor<\/h3>\n<\/div>