Mike Barzacchini

Life is story. Story is life. #StoryCoaxer #Writer #MoonWatcher #HigherEd #Marketer. #Collaborator. #Voter. Tweets are my own. RTs ≠ endorsements

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Grace, compassion, and kindness are renewable energies.

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The AI future is now. https://t.co/RmK9E36HwL

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NATIONAL 👏 CHAMPIONS 👏

The Harper College Women’s and Men’s Cross Country teams each won national titles at the 2023 NJCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. Congratulations!

Read more: https://t.co/5zdGs1EsEj

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@LauraMLippman Well, it's beautiful bullshit. Cheers!

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Aloha. #mttalk

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You all have helped make the #MTtalk story a successful one. Thank you.

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A10 "He tried to help. He tried to be kind." #MTtalk

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The #mttalk chat may be ending, but our collective story continues. Grateful to be writing it with you all.

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A9 Stories keep those I've lost and experiences past alive in my head and heart. Story is essential to celebration and to surviving grief. #MTtalk

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“Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.”
― Mia Couto #mttalk

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“The stories we tell literally make the world. If you want to change the world, you need to change your story. This truth applies both to individuals and institutions.”
― Michael Margolis #mttalk

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A8 Community. Continuous learning. And the opportunity to experience all of your stories and our shared wisdom. #MTtalk

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“You’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built in the human plan. We come with it.”
― Margaret Atwood #mttalk

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“Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle.”
― Robert Olen Butler #mttalk

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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou #mttalk

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A7 I sometimes refer to myself as a storycoaxer. I love being present for people who have a story to share, encouraging them, honoring them, helping them to feel safe and comfortable with sharing, letting them know that they and their story matter! #MTtalk

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"Under the storyteller's hat
are many heads, all troubled."
Jim Harrison and Ted Kooser, Braided Creek #mttalk

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A6 Be present. Pay attention! Listen. Acknowledge. Express gratitude. We have so much to learn from each other. Stories are a great conduit to our shared, all-too-brief time here. Celebrate the stories that are shared with you. #MTtalk

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A5 Here's one way. Remember the purpose of your story. Even if it's "about you" it's not "about you."

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
― Brandon Sanderson

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“Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell.”
― Seth Godin #mttalk

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I learn from the other storytellers in my life. My three favorite story gurus are my father, my wife, my son. They are masters. I learn from them daily. #mttalk