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Posting a summary on behalf of Cornell researchers. From my side I would like to add, that Marinexplore has partnered with Cornell University to develop acoustics related capabilities of our spatio-temporal data platform. Improved analytics of acoustic data is relevant not only to shipping industry, but also to other businesses like offshore industry. Globally there are many public acoustic datasets yet to be integrated with marinexplore.org as well.
Thank you everyone for participating in our challenge and pushing the boundaries together. Feel free to contact me directly should you want to use our solutions in your organization, explore collaboration options, join our team or just learn more about Marinexplore.
Meanwhile we posted a summary of the competition in our blog and launched an exploratory data challenge for finding the best use of public ocean data with a prize of $3000.
André Karpištšenko
Co-founder at Marinexplore, Chief Scientist
The Bioacoustic research program (BRP) at Cornell University has had the honor to co-host with Marinexplore the first ever North Atlantic right whale call-classification competition. Thank you all for contributing your time and never-ending brainstorms, and for making the competition exciting, interesting, intellectually rewarding and totally successful.
We received the documents and source codes from the top two winning Kaggle participants. Many participants also kindly share their insightful thoughts and even source codes on the competition's message board. We are currently building a new automated right whale detection-classification system, which will include the algorithms from the Kaggle competition and will apply it to a 44-month, continuous recording dataset. We expect that this system will yield a greater understanding of right whale calling behavior, such as their daily & seasonal communication patterns, as well a deeper understanding of the influences of human noise on the whales' acoustic communication and habitat. You, the participants in this competition, have been and still are the most important partners in our efforts to save right whales.
Both winners used an approach that defines a frequency-time "tight box" bounding the occurrence of the right whale call in a spectrogram, followed by extraction of a customized set of features for each tight box. The 1st place winning team used a multiple template matching approach, while the 2nd place winning team used a Viterbi algorithm to find the exact trajectories of frequency up-sweeps. The tight boxes make the features more consistent and robust and thus more frequency-invariant and/or time-invariant.
Both winning methods also designed several feature vectors from different perspectives to incorporate information from either the spectrum, the temporal dynamics of a call's frequency-modulation, and even the temporal ordering of labeling (positive or negative). The last variable, temporal ordering, emerged from the ordering and numbering of the files and labels identifying the calls in the dataset. As a result, many positive classification events appear consecutively. This temporal clustering feature in this dataset might not be something reliable that we could use in our updated automated detection system. However, this feature could be useful to discriminate between right whale up-calls, which almost always occur as individual transients, and humpback whale frequency-modulated upsweeps, which are either notes within a song or produced as a series of calls.
Many participants applied a deep learning approach (in particular, a convolutional network) and achieved high scores (e.g. contestants ranked #3, #4, and #6). In our understanding of their deep learning approach, the spectrogram of a right whale call is treated as an image in much the same way as a handwritten digit.
Many contestants used Python as the preferred programming language, reflecting the fact that modules of Python, such as Sci-Kit-learn, Sci-py, Num-py, have become standards in the world of data analysis. Accordingly, several classifiers, for example gradient boosting and random forest, were preferred over others by the participants.
Data integrity
Several participants expressed concerns about data integrity. To some participants some of the audio clips tagged as right whale up-calls did not sound like an up-call, and vice versa. The following are two additional results we need to keep in mind for the particular dataset used in this competition:
(i) Some audio clips had very low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).
(ii) An audio clip tagged as a right whale up-call might actually be a non-biological sound or a sound from a different species.
When both (i) and (ii) occur simultaneously, things can get tricky. The energy from a right whale call might be much lower than the energy from the other sound object in the sound sample. On the other hand, some audio clips tagged as "no-call" sounded like and could appear similar to an up-call in a spectrogram. One possible explanation for this conundrum is that humpback whales, which are renown for their vocal virtuosity, are responsible for these confounding calls. However when humpbacks produce up-call like sounds, they typically produce them in a repetitive sequence. Thus, if a longer acoustic sample had been provided, instead of just the 2-sec clip, discrimination between a single call occurrence (i.e. a right whale up-call) and a sequence (i.e., a humpback song note or call sequence) might have been more obvious, thereby improving correct classification of the sound.
We are going to apply the top two winning methods, along with other methods developed in the Bioacoustic Research Program, to improve our abilities to automatically detect and classify right whale calls. The suite of new methods will also include deep learning and computer-vision-based techniques. All of these methods will be a core part of our new, automated acoustic detection-classification system for large-scale analysis for endangered species, including whales, elephants and birds. One of the first technical challenges is to have the automatic detection-classification process operate on a continuous, long-duration audio stream (e.g. months to years). We're investigating methods from computer vision and image processing that will locate connected regions, as well as an efficient method for applying a sliding window, by which classification is repeatedly applied along a continuous audio stream. Presently a comprehensive performance evaluation is ongoing using an 8-day dataset. One goal in the next few months is to apply methods from this competition on a 44-month, continuous underwater sound recording. Another very important goal is to use the source code that you all have produced to improve automatic detection-classification systems that listen for whales in order reduce the chances of whales being killed by ships (e.g. right whales in the shipping lanes off Boston, USA, www.listenforwhales.com).
It is very obvious from the energy and productivity of the participants in this competition that this was not just about prize money. It was about how a group of smart, motivated people, who were strangers, could work as a group of competitive altruists, to produce software that will have a real benefit for the natural world and the ocean environment, and especially for improving the chances of survival for a species that is near extinction. A huge, huge thank you to all the participants of this excellent competition.
And a huge, huge thank to Kaggle and Marinexplore for enabling this to become reality.

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It is with sadness the family announce the passing of Marion Jones, wife of Edward "Ted" Jones which occurred on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at Bobby's Hospice. Born on January 26, 1938 in Kings Co, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Florence (Henderson) Macaulay. Marion worked at Centracare for many years until her retirement. She was a champion dart player, competing in many provinces. Marion also enjoyed playing cards, bowling, knitting and she loved her granddaughters dearly
Besides her husband, she is survived by her son, Troy Jones (Leslie); two grandchildren, Nikki-Lee and Haley. Marion was predeceased by her parents, and brothers: Carl, Arnold and Roy.
At the family's request there will be no visiting or funeral service. Although a public committal service will be held in Cedar Hill Extension on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 2:00 pm. For those who wish remembrances to Bobby's Hospice would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Brenan's Bay View Funeral Home, 1461 Manawagonish Road, Saint John (634-7425).


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"I'm in an early relationship that seems to be moving fast. I'm not sure if this is right for me. How can I know?"
We all have had the feeling that we are being pulled along by a force outside ourselves. This could be in any area- career, intimate relationship, a single conversation. Maybe we wake up one day and realize that we are only climbing the corporate ladder for larger paychecks- that we may have been happiest at work in our entry-level position from years ago. Or, as in this question, we are carried away by new relationship energy, making an "insta-relationship," without giving the adequate time to get to know the other person's personality, in all kinds of circumstances. Or we keep having the same kind of banter with someone that leaves us feeling… icky.
In some instances, this action without even having to think much can feel like divine purpose- like we are in contact with some power greater than ourselves, and consciously choosing to go with the flow of that power is sublime. While lovely, this is not the type of "being pulled along" to which I am referring here. The feeling I am referring to is a product of being out of touch with that greater power- out of touch with our higher purpose. It feels over-powering, not just energizing. Neutral, negative, blind or frantic. Not joyful and inspired- though it can be hard to really distinguish between these sensations, if we do not give ourselves the space and time to discern, for ourselves.
If you find yourself in a moment- or several years- of following a path that doesn't feel right, it's time to take care of yourself. Here are some steps to take to look into this apparent dissonance between your actions and your heart.
Take some time and space away from the activity. For a career question, maybe it's clearing a weekend or even tacking on an extra mental-health day to the weekend so you have time to look into your own heart. In an intimate relationship, let your partner know that you need to take a span of time for yourself (this looks different, depending on the nature of the relationship- casual dating means just not going on a date for a week, a spouse that you live with might mean taking a weekend vacation by yourself.) In a conversation, it would mean ending the conversation, "Anyway- it has been good to catch up with you, and I need to stop now and take care of some other things."
Have you ever seen the 1980's TV show "Out of This World?" I've always wished I had the same superpower as Evie, to freeze time so I can do all the things I want to do in the course of an already busy day. We may not be able to freeze time, but we can clearly set aside time for the things we want- need– to do. If gaining clarity for yourself is important to you, set the boundary with the people and tasks in your life around this exercise. Take the time and space you need, where nothing else can intrude.
Set the Stage for Inquiry
Maybe this means finding a chair for yourself and your journal in a quiet corner and letting others in the house know that you will be unavailable for anything but medical emergencies for the next half-hour. Maybe it means spending several hours in a day or over a weekend in a room of your home with candles and incense burning. You don't need to book a cabin in nearby mountains, or a spot on a weekend meditation retreat that allows space for personal practice. However, if you have the means and wish to, please do that! Do whatever it is that you believe is going to be most conducive to this self-inquiry.
Look Deeply and Embrace
Now that you have paused the activity in question, and have set the stage for your inquiry, it's time to check in with yourself and embrace what you see. Go slow. Before you begin your inquiry, give thanks to yourself for seeking clarity and alignment in your life. Give thanks to all of the teachers, ancestors, and conditions that have allowed you to be in this exact position in your life, able to take stock and grow. If you pray and/or believe in a higher power, ask for guidance. This can be silent or out loud.
Next, sit quietly and gradually scan your body- head (including mind,) neck, shoulders, torso (including heart and gut,) arms, hands, hips and reproductive organs, legs, feet. Notice the qualities of energy, weight, and heat you feel in these parts of your body. If you are completely new to the idea of a body-scan meditation, here is a short (5 minutes) video online to get the idea: Body-scan meditation.
Now that you have settled and have a sense of what's happening in your body, bring to mind the activity in question- your career path, the relationship, the uncomfortable conversation you were having earlier. Rest your mind and heart gently on this topic- not tearing into it with intellect, but allowing its essence to seep into your body. It may not take long (a few seconds?) before you begin to feel what is changing in your physical sensations, when exposed to the activity in question. Once you feel you have settled enough into your physical inquiry, allow the physical sensations to speak to you.
Is the constriction in the chest saying things are going too fast for you? Is the fog in the mind saying that there is confusion about the topic? Are the sweaty palms spelling out anxiety? Let the flavor define itself- note that we are not using intellect here. This is a corporal way of knowing, different from what most of us do every day. Many of us have spent lifetimes building our intellect, and we obsessively ruminate about everything under the sun. In this investigation, we are setting rumination aside and listening to other sources of information- this is an aspect of intuition.
When the mind naturally returns to thinking, we re-direct our attention back to the physical sensations that are arising, and the feeling-words that may appear with them. Do this for as long as you need. Take breaks for tea or stretching, if your inquiry is taking a lot of time and you need to break it up. If you are approaching the limit of the time you have for this exercise, and no insight has occurred, this is okay. Move to the next step.
Write it Down
Whether you have gotten some guidance just yet or not, it is time to journal. Record your question ("Am I on the right career path?" "Is this relationship building me up, or bringing me down?" "Are these conversations good for me?") and what your body told you. If there is not a clear answer from your corporal knowing, write your intention to receive clarity- from the passage of time, or from a higher power. Setting the intention for clarity, now that you are aware of this prominent question, may be all the progress you will make at this time.
Now is also when- if you are giving yourself plenty of time for a larger life-question- you can allow the intellect to look at facts about your area of question and to evaluate them. This is much better done in writing, as thinking tends to be repetitive and is slower to insight than writing. This could be simple journaling (writing whatever comes to mind,) or a "pro" and "con" list in response to the question of keeping the status quo or changing things up. It could be an "evidence for" and "evidence against" list in response to some belief you may be circling back onto, but which feels a bit sticky, maybe skewed.
If you have established that your activity in question must change, you can continue with making a plan to initiate change- see next week's post about that. Whether you are making a plan for change right now or not, make sure you close your self-inquiry with a few moments of repeated gratitude: to yourself, your teachers, ancestors, and other conditions that have led to your existence, on the path you are walking. Finally, make a commitment to yourself to continue to listen to and care for your own deepest truths.
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA–Host Keene State used a 19-9 run at the end of the first half to build a 38-22 halftime advantage and went on to defeat the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's men's basketball team, 89-60, in the second game of a Little East Conference doubleheader at Spaulding Gymnasium Saturday.
After the Owls jumped out on top, the Corsairs got a layup from freshman forward Abi Akanni (Fitchburg, MA/Fitchburg HS) to cut the lead to 19-13 with 11:32 left in the first half, but the Owls steadily pulled away until the halftime intermission. Keene State pulled away in the second half to account for the final margin.
Sophomore guard Mike Rotando (Point Pleasant Beach, NJ/Point Pleasant Beach HS/Bloomfield) led UMass Dartmouth with 16 points, while freshman forward Wale Abraham (Lynn, MA/Lynn Classical HS) contributed 12.
Anthony Mariano came off the bench to score 25 points for the Owls and lead all scorers; Eric Fazio added 15, Ryan Martin had 14 and Montel Walcott contributed 10.
"We didn't make enough shots, we struggled offensively and defensively, and we needed to do a better job on both ends of the floor," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Brian Baptiste. "We committed too many turnovers, and they had a lot of fast break layups, and a lot of easy shots at the beginning of the game. We're still young and inexperienced."
UMass Dartmouth fell to 2-13 and 0-7 in the Little East Conference with the defeat, while Keene State improved to 10-6 and 5-2 in the LEC with the victory. The Corsairs will return to action when they visit UMass Boston Tuesday evening in the second half of a Little East Conference doubleheader. The Owls will host Eastern Connecticut State Saturday.


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The chalk board was there at the front to welcome all the guest. Most of the props came from http://vintageironrentals.com/.
They had to go through the curtain to enter the tea party.
Love this paper and hemp banner!
These fans are a great way to save some money.
This is where they put all the gifts for the party.
Paper pendants and pearls are perfect for a princess party.
Vintage decor to match the party. http://vintageironrentals.com/
All the little girls got a flower box (dollar tree) with a glitter ring inside.
Perfect for little girls. Pb&j sandwiches, celery, chocolate dipped fruit, and other finger foods. The cake was adorable and perfect. It was purchased from Kolher's in Lehi for $10!!! It was a total steal!
Glass slipper, crowns, and castle sandwiches.
Pink cookie sticks (dollar tree)
Chocolate drizzled grapes. So good.
These fans were all along the glass back door and it was so cute.
The "tea" was water with milo flavor. They could add as much of the magical color as they wanted.
It's amazing what you can do with a paper box.
The party bags were perfect. Every princess needs a wand and some glasses.
All the kids dressed up in there dresses and had to find the glass slipper!
Dress ups and a long mirror. Just let the girls play!
They all got to make there own take home bag. Felt, jewels, and glue.
Every princess got to take a picture with a cute frame!
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Many cognitive, behavioral, and environmental factors impact student learning during college. The SmartGPA app uses passive sensing data and self-reports from students' smartphones to understand individual behavioral differences between high and low performers during a single 10-week term.
The research team show that there are a number of important behavioral factors automatically inferred from smartphones that significantly correlate with term and cumulative GPA, including time series analysis of activity, conversational interaction, mobility, class attendance, studying, and partying.
The predicted GPA strongly correlates with the ground truth from students' transcripts (r = 0.81 and p < 0.001) and predicts GPA within ±0.179 of the reported grades. The results open the way for novel interventions to improve academic performance. [pdf]
A short video of the app can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqJTXo1uKJ0
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Once upon a time in an office near you a young businessman came to deliver a message. He had a wonderful idea to share. Alas, so dense with facts and statistical information was his presentation that he sent his audience into a deep sleep that would last for 100 years. The only way he could break this spell was to tell a good story.
"If only there was an article with storytelling tips for business presentations that could help me" the young man cried in despair. With that, a great flash of light struck his laptop screen and there before his eyes appeared this article.
"Mercy" he rejoiced as he feasted his eyes on the title '5 Storytelling Tips for Business'. "If I read this I could break the spell and fulfil the quest to deliver my message". And so he set his eyes upon the text and began.
Why is storytelling so important in business?
There's nothing better than a good old story. Indeed, no country appreciates this more than Ireland, where we have an historical talent for spinning yarns. Just take a seat in a Dublin pub and listen.
But what happens when we go into the board room or stand up to deliver a team presentation, a product pitch or a key note speech? For many people the instinct is to park their stories at the door. They hedge their bets instead by rattling off data and telling their audience what they need to know.
Here's the thing: Facts alone are boring.
Storytelling is crucial in business because business is about people and people need stories. Academics have found that our brains are hardwired to process and store information in the form of stories. So, when we hear a story trigger such as "A long time ago in a far away land there was such and such a character with such and such a problem….." our minds immediately attach to this imaginary scene and prepare to absorb and organise information as story.
Stories are, in fact, irresistible to the human mind! According to professional speaker Akash Karia this is because they stimulate our imaginations, giving us no choice but to follow the mental visualisations that spring to life in our heads. As a result, stories offer a powerful way for us to learn and communicate.
You can tell a child not to make a habit of lying because then no one will ever believe them when they're telling the truth. Alternatively, you can frighten the bejesus out of them with the tale of Peter and the Wolf. Which do you thick is a more effective lesson?
A well told story will stick in our memories far longer than any fact or figures or lessons. But we do need this type of information in business, so we need creative and effective ways of transmitting this information. That's where stories come in. Think of a story as the secret sauce that brings ingredient information together into an easy to digest sandwich!
Storytelling, Marketing & Brand
Stories are all about showing, not telling.
This communication strategy has not been lost on marketeers who have long strived to leverage the power of story telling to build brands. Look at Airbnb or Nike or Lego for excellent examples of brand storytelling by large corporations.
There are many different types of stories and ways to tell them in business – from product inventions and innovations to entrepreneurial feats, stories about customers, workers, ambassadors, cultural trends and movements. All of these stories can combine to form the overall story of your brand.
The kind of stories you want to share will depend on your personal and business brand and the messages you want to convey. However, there are some common elements and techniques that we can all use when constructing our messages to help leverage the power of storytelling in business to best effect.
The key focus in this article is on verbal storytelling – using stories in front of a business audience as part of a presentation or speech. I'm going to share 5 Storytelling Tips for Business that will make you and your brand more interesting, memorable and engaging. And hopefully there's enough here to help the novice businessman reverse the spell of the 100 year slumber he cast upon his audience.
1. Plan your take-away message from the outset
There's no point telling a story for story's sake – that's just waffling. Stories are used in business presentations as vehicles for information and messages, so it is necessary to understand what point you want to make in advance of crafting a story.
The gravity of your message will of course depend on the circumstances of your presentation. If it's a keynote speech at a large industry conference then you may need to convey the defining vision and ethos of your company, for example 'celebrating individuality; or a 'commitment to transparent factory processes in support of workers rights'. Perhaps you are speaking at a recruitment fair and you want to send a message that your company is a fun place to work or actively engaged in addressing gender imbalances in your particular industry. Taking it in-house you may simply be pitching a new process to your co-workers that you feel would increase productivity.
There are suitable stories for every occasion and for every audience from employees to investors, partners and customers. However, you must be sure of the take-away message you wish to achieve. Start with this and then plan your story delivery around it. This will help you to laser focus your story and cut away what's not required.
2. Understand the 4 Cs of Storytelling for Business
There's lots of mention of the C's in storytelling theory. The exact number of C's there are – or should be – differs from critic to critic and from genre to genre be it children's storybooks or science fiction or literature.
When it comes to business storytelling my opinion is that there are 4 key components that every story should have – Character, Conflict, Context, Conclusion.
For a sprinkling of flavour on top of these we could also throw on Contrast, Curiosity, Climax and Conversation.
But for now it's enough to highlight the key elements. Let's take a look.
There are no stories without characters. Make sure people are at the very centre of your story. Everything else, such as data, money, environmental or infrastructural elements, are part of the character's world and not the other way round.
If there is no conflict in a story then it's not a story worth telling. Can you think of a film, for example, with this plot: Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy and girl live happily ever after? No, and rightly so because it would make for tremendously dull viewing.
A business version of this would be something like. "I studied business in college. When I finished I set up a business and ran it successfully until I retired". Now, this might sound like music to the ears of a parent perhaps, but who'd want to go to a motivational seminar with that kind of content?
The truth is that we like to hear about challenges and how they were overcome, not about perfect heroes. It's the reason why the world's best known business leaders spend more time talking about their failures than their successes. It's far more interesting.
Stories don't just happen in a vacuum. They belong to a particular place and time. Context therefore helps to ground a story. Social, economic, cultural, political, geographical, linguistic, environmental and historical contexts can each bring new meaning and relevance to a story, and it's here where our stories begin to gain their depth.
Refer to the contextual elements that shape the story you're telling. But be careful. You only need to outline contexts that are directly relevant to the story.
What happens at the end? How did it work out for the main character? Were they successful or unsuccessful?
Regardless of whether it is 'happy ever after' or otherwise, every story needs an ending. In other words, we must resolve the conflict we established at the heart of the story.
Often enough it is the conclusion of the story where our main point will be made. It's the punchline, the moral, the message, the take-away.
3. Think about story structure
Now that you've decided your take-away message and the story you're going to tell it's time to think about how you're going to tell it. That means it's time to think about structure.
If you want to deliver a memorable story to your business audience you must consider how to shape your storytelling.
There's more than one way to skin a cat. And likewise, there are lots of different ways to tell a story. The classic narrative we're all familiar with from essay writing 101 in school is 'Beginning, Middle, End' – and certainly chronological stories have their place.
However, if you're going to use stories as a communication tool with any degree of frequency then you should have a few more story structures up your sleeve.
Fortunately we don't have to come up with these all on our own. There are lots of made to measure story structures out there that we can test out and play around with.
Here are three of the simplest business storytelling formulas to get you started.
Opening and Closing the Curiosity Gap
Opening with a question provokes interest in the audience because it stimulates curiosity.
"How did a small family owned bakery in rural France become the world's largest distributor of bread?"
This is called an 'inciting incident'. Tapping into curiosity will have the audience hanging on your every word for the rest of your story because curiosity must be satisfied!
This stands for: Setting, Hindrance, Action, Results, Evaluation, and Suggested Actions. It's self-explanatory and very easy to implement
Follow the Why
Following the why is a great way of leading an audience through different layers of a story and to the final resolution Call to Action.
Start with a problem and follow it with the question why? Then follow the answer with why, and the next answer with why? Eventually you will get to the answer to the problem – what are we going to do about it/how can we fix it!
4. Play on Emotions
A sure fire way to engage your audience is to emphasise the emotional swings in a story.
After you've chosen a story structure and reorganised your content to fit the formula try to find ways to bring opposing emotions into play.
For example, if a story follows the SHARES structure, could you emphasise differing emotions in the Hindrance and the Action sections, or maybe in the Hindrance and the Result pieces? Contrasting emotions highlight the twists and turns of your story in the most evocative and memorable way.
One way to evoke emotion is to coax your audience to empathise with your character. Ask, for example "can you imagine how he must have felt?".
Another method is to employ vivid language such as metaphors and idioms that have emotional associations. Here's some examples:
- Over the Moon
- On cloud nine
- As happy as Larry
- hopping mad
- Seeing red
- Like a bull
- Heartbroken
- Down in the dumps
5. Evoke VAK – Visual, Audio and Kinaesthetic Modalities
Stimulating the senses sucks your audience into a story faster than almost anything else. Flavour your story by describing what you or a character could see, hear, touch, taste and smell.
This technique is often used by psychologists and therapists. When the mind begins to imagine and think through emotional and sensory experiences, parts of the brain light up as if they're actually happening.
Using these cues by describing the smell when you walked inside a factory for the first time, or the adrenaline racing through your body when you first realised you had hit on an innovative idea, or the harrowing sounds of distressed dolphins you witnessed on an expedition, will immerse a person from passively listening to your story, to feeling like an active participant.
If you can stimulate this active state from your audience then you're rocking it as a storyteller! Beware, however, of smothering your audience with too much detail as this will reverse the effect you want to achieve. 1-3 sensory details at a time is enough to arouse your audience, any more is overkill.
Happily Ever After for your business storytelling?
The tips we've examined here will help you to craft better stories for business presentations. The thing to remember is that we can all harness the power of storytelling. It's about craft,not talent.
Storytelling is something that we can learn, practice and improve and not a God-given talent as some people like to think! If you don't have that natural flair for storytelling then you can literally piece your stories together using structural formulas and component checklists such as those we've touched on in this article. It's like colouring by numbers and before you know it the stories will get easier and easier to develop and deliver.
So, what of our young businessman?
His eyes raced like fish as he read the article and when he finished he jumped up and once again faced the slumbering audience.
He told them a simple story. They woke up and listened. At the end they understood his idea and what's more – they loved it. Message delivered, the businessman rode away on his bike to tremendous applause.
As you can probably tell I love a good story. If you have any experiences or tips around the topic of storytelling for business that you would like to share then please feel free to get in touch or leave a comment below.
The End 🙂
Sinead Gillett
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2010, February 6
Marking William & Mary's 317th anniversary, Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell addressed the community in Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall Feb. 6, during the Charter Day ceremony.
2010, April 6
William & Mary welcomed a new Tribe mascot — The Griffin. With the body of a British lion and the head of an American bald eagle, the mythical creature links the history and heritage of the United States and Great Britain.
2011, February 4
U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader, Eric Cantor J.D. '88, spoke to a crowd of more than 2,000 at the Charter Day ceremony celebrating William & Mary's 318th birthday. New traditions were set as the ceremony moved from Saturday morning to Friday afternoon.
2011, September 6
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates '65 was named the 24th Chancellor of the university. Gates succeeded retired U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in the post when she completed her term in February 2012.
2012, February 6
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates '65 was invested as the university's new chancellor during the Charter Day ceremony.
2012, May 13
Broadcast news icon Jim Lehrer, a fixture for decades as lead anchor for the Public Broadcasting System and a frequent moderator of presidential debates, delivered the 2012 Commencement address.
2012, October 10
Sponsored by student groups, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, considered one of the world's most influential spiritual leaders and winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, spoke at William & Mary.
2012, November 8
The largest single financial award in W&M history was announced. A $25 million award from USAID established the AidData Center for Development Policy — a joint venture between W&M and several partners.
2013, January 25
The Hunter Smith Family Foundation established the Hunter J. Smith '51 Endowment for Freshman Seminars with a gift of $10 million to William & Mary. Freshman seminars, with their class sizes limited to 15, began at W&M in 1993.
2013, February 8
W&M Chancellor and former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates '65 spoke at the annual Charter Day ceremony, marking the university's 320th anniversary.
2013, February 9
The Muscarelle Museum of Art celebrated its 30th anniversary with 25 drawings preserved by Michelangelo's descendants from the family home, the Casa Buonarroti in Florence.
2013, April
The estate of the late Walter J. Zable '37, LL.D. '78 provided a $23.9 million gift to William & Mary, $20 million of which is to be split between scholarships for student athletes and renovations to the stadium that carries his name.
2013, April 19
William & Mary's Board of Visitors approved the William & Mary Promise, an innovative, new operating model that will enhance the quality of a William & Mary education while improving predictability and affordability for in-state undergraduate students.
2013, May 14
Robert S. Mueller III, the longest serving director of the FBI since J. Edgar Hoover, addressed the William & Mary Commencement Exercises.
2013, August
Following a three-year review by a committee of faculty, administrators and students, William & Mary implemented revisions to its honor system. The honor system has its historic origins in the 18th century and is the oldest in American higher education.
2013, October
W&M Chancellor and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates '65, L.H.D. '98 announced he will donate his personal papers to the university. Gates and his wife, Rebecca, also committed an estimated $1.5 million from their estate, which would include $1.45 million in student scholarships.
2013, December 12
The Faculty of Arts & Sciences voted in favor of new general education requirements for the undergraduate program. Called the College Curriculum (COLL), the new general education curriculum systematically links all four undergraduate years at William & Mary from start to finish.
2014, February 7
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe encouraged students to take chances and pursue what they love as he spoke at William & Mary's Charter Day Ceremony, celebrating the university's 321st anniversary.
2014, May 11
Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry, who has become a symbol of inspiration for wounded soldiers, delivered the 2014 Commencement address.
2014, May
For the first time in school history, the William & Mary baseball team captured the Colonial Athletic Association regular season title.
2014, November
New visual identity guidelines meant to bring consistency to the use of logos and graphics across the university were unveiled. The guidelines included a new logo to be the primary identifying mark of the university.
2015, February 6
As William & Mary celebrated its 322-year history, venture capitalist and former Rector James B. Murray Jr., J.D. '74, LL.D. '00 spoke at the university's Charter Day ceremony.
2015, February
William & Mary's Raymond A. Mason School of Business launched the university's first all-digital degree program.
2015, March
The William & Mary men's swimming team won the 2015 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Swimming and Diving Championships for the team's first-ever conference title.
2015, April 21
A statue of James Monroe, fifth president of the United States and W&M alumnus, was installed on campus in front of Tucker Hall.
2015, May 16
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered William & Mary's 2015 Commencement address.
2015, October 22
William & Mary publicly launched For the Bold: The Campaign for William & Mary. This $1-billion initiative was the most ambitious fundraising effort in the university's history. W&M was also the smallest public university in the nation to embark on a campaign of this magnitude.
2016, February 5
NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan '83 served as the keynote speaker at William & Mary's 2016 Charter Day ceremony, an event that celebrated the university's 323rd "birthday."
2016, April
Recent excavations at James Monroe's Highland — the historic, Charlottesville home of the nation's fifth president and alumnus of William & Mary — showed that the newly discovered foundation was the Monroe (1799) house. The property is part of William & Mary and is the only U.S. president's home currently owned by a university.
2016, May 14
Jill Ellis '88, head coach of the World Cup-winning U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, addressed the W&M community at the 2016 Commencement ceremony at William & Mary Hall.
2016, June 17
Thomas A. Graves Jr., who served as the university's 23rd president, died.
2016, July
William & Mary raised $143.1 million in fiscal year 2016, setting a new fundraising record for the university. Over 28 percent of alumni gave back, making it the number one nationally ranked public university in the U.S. for undergraduate alumni participation.
2016, August
The third phase of William & Mary's Integrated Science Center opened, bringing together applied science, biology, chemistry, high performance computing and psychology. William & Mary students taking classes in economics, government, international relations and public policy also began the semester in the recently renovated John Tyler Hall.
2016, October
The first two buildings named for people of color at the university — Lemon and Hardy Halls — were dedicated during a ceremony over Homecoming weekend.
2017, February 10
Michael "Pinball" Clemons '89, former All-American and a member of the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame, delivered the 2017 Charter Day address at Kaplan Arena.
2017, February 8
A new addition to the W&M Law School campus, the James A. and Robin L. Hixon Center for Experiential Learning and Leadership, was dedicated.
2017, March 14
Samantha K. Huge was appointed as the new director of athletics effective May 1, 2017. She became the first woman to hold the position at William & Mary since the job was combined in the 1980s to cover both men's and women's sports.
2017, April
William & Mary's 27th president announced his plans for retirement on June 30, 2018, after a decade leading the university.
2017, May 13
Walter Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, best-selling author and former chairman and CEO of CNN, served as the keynote speaker at William & Mary's 2017 Commencement ceremony.
2017, August
The 2017-2018 school year marks the 50th anniversary of the first African-American residential students admitted to William & Mary. The university honors them and William & Mary's entire African-American community through "Building on the Legacy," a series of special events, guest speakers and performances.
2017, August 30
The Honorable John Charles Thomas, a longtime member of the Board of Visitors, delivered a rousing speech as part of the university's Opening Convocation ceremony.
2018, February 9
Celebrating the university's 325-year history, Virginia's new governor, Ralph Northam, said in his 2018 Charter Day address that the story of the commonwealth cannot be told without William & Mary.
2018, February 20
William & Mary's Board of Visitors unanimously elected Katherine A. Rowe as the 28th president of the university, effective July 1, 2018.
2018, April
Two plaques, one honoring African-Americans and the other recognizing women, were unveiled and dedicated at the Wren Building.
2018, May 12
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner LL.D. '02 (D-Va.) addressed W&M's Class of 2018 at the university's Commencement ceremony which was held in Zable Stadium for the first time in 25 years.
2018, August 28
The McLeod Tyler Wellness Center was dedicated, bringing William & Mary's Office of Health Promotion, Counseling Center, Health Center, Campus Recreation's wellness programing, and the new Center for Mindfulness and Authentic Excellence together under one roof.
2018, August 29
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy '00 (D-Fla.), the first Vietnamese-American woman elected to Congress, delivered the keynote address at Opening Convocation. Katherine A. Rowe, W&M's first woman president, also welcomed first-year students to campus while being welcomed herself by the university community.
2018, August
At Opening Convocation the university kicked off a yearlong celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the arrival of 24 young women as students at William & Mary. Throughout 2018-2019 the university scheduled a series of special events, including the first-ever W&M Women's Weekend for alumnae.
2019, February 8
Katherine A. Rowe was inaugurated as W&M's 28th president – and first woman president – during the university's annual Charter Day ceremony. Chancellor Robert M. Gates '65, L.H.D. '98 was also reinvested as Chancellor for a second term.
2019, May 11
Glenn Close '74, D.A. '89 served as W&M's 2019 Commencement speaker and received an honorary fellowship — only the third person in the university's history to receive that honor. The event also served as the culmination of W&M's yearlong commemoration of 100 years of coeducation. Throughout the weekend, 1,438 undergraduate degrees and 764 graduate degrees were conferred.


text: MUSIC 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Promotional Tour to Feature Soundtrack Artists, Cast Members (Exclusive) 12:32 PM PDT 10/20/2011 by Shirley Halperin FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME UPDATED: Christina Perri, who wrote and recorded "A Thousand Years" for the forthcoming installment, will join members of the Cullen clan for a series of performances in early November. Twilight is hitting the road for a unique run of promotional dates that will feature select members of the Cullen clan, including Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed and Jackson Rathbone, as well as performances from musicians featured on the soundtrack. The tour runs Nov. 7-11, one week before The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 opens nationally, and will hit five U.S. cities, kicking off in Atlanta and traveling to concert venues in Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco and Salt Lake City. PHOTOS: 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn': New Photos From the Pentultimate Film in the Saga Singer Christina Perri (slated to play three dates), Aqualung & Lucy Schwartz and Sleeping at Last (booked for other two dates) will each perform a brief set including the song they contributed to the movie's soundtrack. (For complete dates and details, see the next page.) Tickets are free and will be made available at each individual venue Nov. 5. For admitted Twihard Perri, who wrote "A Thousand Years," the second single off the soundtrack, it's a dream come true. "I'm still in shock," she tells The Hollywood Reporter. "I've been a huge fan of the books, movies and the soundtracks so I was really honored to be considered." PHOTOS: 10 Biggest Book-to-Big Screen Adaptations of the Last 25 Years Perri says she was inspired to write the song "A Thousand Years" after screening an early version of Breaking Dawn. "I cried the whole time, then I went home and wrote the song about Edward and Bella and their love affair. It's probably the most romantic, lovey-dovey song I've ever written." Taking her fandom to the next level, Perri recorded the track (at L.A.'s NRG Studios and producer and co-writer David Hodges' home) on Edward and Bella's wedding date, August 13. "That's just me being a super geek," she says, pointing out that it wasn't a specific scene that brought the song to life, but the emotions. "It's about a feeling -- the wedding and the honeymoon inspired the romantic super-loving vibe." PHOTOS: The Evolution of Film Vampires The video for "A Thousand Years" will premiere on Nov. 10. In the meantime, Perri is looking forward to the great unknown. "They're so secretive about everything," she says of Summit Entertainment's rollout plan for the tour. "But I hear there's a private plane involved and I think it's the Cullens that will be [on it] -- the family, all the siblings and maybe some werewolves. But it doesn't matter to me. I'd be stoked if it was an extra from the movies… If you would've told the Christina Perri of 2007 -- who was waitressing all day and coming home every night to read one page of Twilight at a time, so it wouldn't run out -- that four years from now, she was going to be on a private plane with the cast, I think I would've passed out. It's going to be a very surreal moment." As for the highly anticipated fourth installment of the series, opening Nov. 18, Perri assures fans will not be disappointed. "It is by far my favorite out of all four," she says. "I was really happy to love it this much. I can honestly say that every single Twilight fan will freak out." Twitter: @shirleyhalperin [pagebreak] Tour Dates and Details: Tickets are free and will be available beginning at 10am local time on Saturday, November 5th at each event location. Tickets are limited to two per person and are non-transferable. 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Following weeks of intense and on-the-scene reports from the streets and cities of Iran made possible by those using camera phones and Twitter feeds, YouTube has announced the creation of a Reporter's Channel - but is it to help reporters who need ideas from the non-professional or just a way to insure traditional media is included in citizen-led reporting?
The San Francisco Chronicle has details of the channel, and a list of their contributors, who include folks from Newsweek, the AP, Time, the Washington Post and many more traditional news services.
The full list is here -- and here are some more samples of those who will 'contribute':
-- Katie Couric, CBS Evening News
-- Jim Drinkard, Accountability Editor, Associated Press
-- Kwame Dawes, Journalist, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
-- Arianna Huffington, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post
-- Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent, Newsweek
-- Riz Khan, The Riz Khan Show, Al-Jazeera English
-- Nicholas Kristof, Columnist, The New York Times
-- Andre Lambertson, Journalist, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
-- Dana Milbank, Political Reporter and Author of the "Washington Sketch" column, The Washington Post
-- Beth Murphy, journalist, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
-- Lizzie O'Leary, Washington Correspondent for Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg -- Adam Pasick, Editor of Reuters.com, Reuters
-- Jon Resnick, Planning Editor, Associated Press
-- Jon Sawyer, Executive Director, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
-- Scott Simon, Weekend Edition, NPR


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Direct and indirect influences of school learning on Hispanic-American eighth grade students' academic achievement
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The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of the direct and indirect influence of previous grades, quality of instruction, motivation, quantity of instruction, and homework on Hispanic-American eighth grade students' academic achievement, while controlling for important background variables (family background, student's English proficiency, and gender). Few researchers have examined both direct and indirect effects of school learning variables and background influences simultaneously. Path analytic techniques were used to test a model of school learning on Hispanic-American eighth grade students' achievement, while controlling for background variables. The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) was used to test the model. NELS:88 is a large, nationally representative survey of eighth graders developed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Results indicate that the achievement of Hispanic-American students was strongly influenced by previous grades, motivation, quantity of instruction, and time spent on homework. The most influential background variables were family background and English proficiency, while gender had a small but significant influence, indicating boys doing better than girls on achievement. These results support both the variables tested and the framework derived from school learning theory.
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In 2010, 18 students graduated with a radiology technology degree in Weatherford. Tuition in 2009 at Weatherford's radiology technician schools was $13,161 per year for instate students and $14,541 per year for out of state students.
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Hi everyone,
It's my first post here so let me quickly introduce myself (TL;DR - go to emoji) - I'm Michael and I'm passionate about expertising in myself. From physio-biological point of view up to mental/psychological state. I was or am measuring my nutrition intake, sleep time&condition, sport time&intensity, daily mood and how multiple different factors affects it (activities before sleep, bed time etc). But measuring those is easy in terms of what and how. The thing that is really hard to me is to find out...for what kind of job the current me is designed for - this is huge topic so I'll cut it here as is to not dominate this post and just say that one of the main factors for "dream work" is the motivation - what motivates me, what gives me huge amount of energy every morning and keep awake every night. The challenge will not exist if there were simple answer like "today motivates me THIS, now motivates me THAT" - as we get older and we change our motivation changes too. Many people does not know what currently really motivates them and I'm no different. Of course - I've got some clues but how to prove it? How to eliminate all the data noices and pure evidence that this particular thing motivates me and gives me internal motivation for work. So I started to read about motivation. Daniel H Pink in his book "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" reference to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi theory of Flow and advises to measure self work flow 40 times a week in random times. I'm looking for an app that will measure my work flow (40 times a week in random times). The only app I've found is "In Flow" but it has been removed from stores (Gplay&iStore). I've also tested mood apps like PandaMood and MoodPath but those are focused on mood (your head) rather than motivation (job). Does anyone knows such apps and can recommend it?
Or maybe someone is also hunting his purpose and perfect job too? If so - reveal yourself immediately!
You can be in perfect "flow" doing things you don't really care about. Also, having an app that interrupts you to check if you were "in flow" prior to being interrupted seems a bit counterproductive?
If you are concerned about long-term motivation, ensuring that you have enough time for self-reflection can be a good idea. For some people, going for regular walks is sufficient, while other people benefit from a more formal system with writing down and reviewing long- and short-term goals.
If you're in flow/motivated for a longer period of time (days), you'll know - you'll wake up excited to do the thing(s) that get you in flow.
Also, do you really, specifically, want a job? What is your ultimate goal? Is it a job, or is a job one of the possible means for attaining that? Consider this:
I wonder if you might find it easier to track "returning" your attention to its desired object after a break in flow. This is what I've been tracking in my One Button meditation project, and it has been an interesting learning experience so far despite (or maybe because of) the stumbles. By tracking "returning," I encourage myself to notice how often I drift from my focus, which is almost the negative image of flow: One Button Test: "Returning" After Meditation.
Hi Michał
As @ejain points out, actively tracking flow would disrupt the flow state, whilst passively tracking a subjective experience like flow is difficult/impossible. I can think of some potential high-tech solutions we might explore as a community in the future, but for now I have some suggestions based on my own experience tracking flow / Deep Work.
If most of the time you spend working is on a computer, you could install RescueTime and use the free tier to automatically track how much time you spend on productive sites/applications vs. unproductive ones (as you define them in the settings). In my case, time I spend in coding IDEs, PDF readers, or work processors is considered highly productive and time spent on social media sites is considered distracting.
I also use other task-specific tools like WakaTime to track time spent coding (which is a large portion of my meaningful work), but that may not be relevant to you right now.
Along with this passive RescueTime data, I keep a retrospective calendar (in a separate Google Calendar) where I track chunks of time spent working deeply. I usually log a chunk of deep work whenever I stop and take an extended break, rounding down to the nearest half hour. I estimate the start time using any timestamped action I did just before starting (e.g. a text message I sent). On that note, a great way to determine if you were in flow is if you were deliberately ignoring your phone (which should be making no sounds or vibrations or light if you're trying to get into flow) and then ended up forgetting about it for hours on end. You could even track this using a smartphone app like Moment or with Apple's built-in time tracking coming in a few months. If you're on Android there will most certainly be similar (and likely better) tools.
Every day, I open up my "Daily Metrics" spreadsheet on Google Sheets and log my Subjective Productivity Rating (SPR) and the number of hours I logged of Deep Work / Flow, amongst other metrics. I also make note of what tasks I spent most of the day working on in 1-3 sentences. You can read more about my productivity tracking in this forum post.
Finally, you could implement the One Button Test strategy that @Agaricus suggested to you to track every time you break and then re-enter the flow state. Probably the easiest and cheapest way to go about this would be to install the Do Button app from IFTTT and configure a virtual button that, when pressed, logs the timestamp and location to a spreadsheet. You can then review this along with your other data.
By combining all of these data points, you should get a decent picture of where you spend your working time, the intensity with which you work, and which tasks you devote most cognitive energy to. If you need help with data analysis, this community will be more than willing to point you in the direction of some great resources and would be fascinated to know your findings.
On a final note, I think it's quite possible that all of this effort — whilst fun and rewarding in its own right — is likely going to tell you what you already know. Often, uncertainty about career course stems from a reluctance to close doors to other possibilities. As much as it should be a human right, doing work you love is still a privilege for most. As a rule of thumb, if you find yourself repeatedly getting lost in the same creative tasks, that's generally a good sign that you've found something worth pursuing. The scientist and author Cal Newport has two brilliant books on these topics — Deep Work and So Good They Can't Ignore You — which I (and many others) would recommend. Start with So Good They Can't Ignore You. A large portion of the book debunks the value of "looking for your passion" and the rest replaces it with a better approach to finding meaningful work. Then read Deep Work to learn how to best master your chosen vocation. Both books were of enormous value to me.
Good luck!
Thanks a lot guys for amazing input and sharing your experiences. After reading your comments I must admit that such flow checking app may be far from perfect. And also as @Dan_Dascalescu said:
Such flow checking app may actually give me the feeling that I am doing something instead of actually bringing me closer to the goal.
Anyway - I find myself really excited on testing all tools and approaches you've suggested. To not start with everything all at once, I'll start with the books @gianlucatruda suggested. Once read both of them I'll see where it get me and start to plan next steps from there. I'll share my afterthoughts here.
Interesting Show and Tell from Madison Lukaczyk (How Work Distractions Affect My Focus) at this weekend's QS2018 Conference. She works for RescueTime, and took RescueTime data into RStudio for some additional analysis on flow, and distractions. I'm sure she'll post her charts soon.
Hey there,As promised - I'm coming back after reading both books suggested by @gianlucatruda. I must admit, now I have a bit different perspective on motivation and work flow. And I'm a bit in a dead end, the only thing I know is where I want to get. - To find a way to show a person which job(s) will match the most based on her/his current interests, work context, skills, knowledge and talentsAbove problem is very significant these days because of: - youths often don't know what to do after high-school/college- adults at some point in their life want/need/have to change their profession (work stopped interesting them, activization after parental leave)
I have absolutely no idea how to get there and find answers for above. I know that there are some psychology tests (i.e. Holland career test) but they are far from perfect - in best they only narrow the options but still to too large data set.
Hi Michal
I sympathise with your position, but I feel that you are looking for more certainty than you are likely to find. Making the statistically best choices (based on your personal 'values') under uncertainty is the best way to proceed, but it may still feel like you don't know precisely what is right for you.
The fact that you keep looking for more tests to take or resources to absorb makes me think you aren't so much unsure of what you have to do as you are reluctant to commit. Perhaps have a look at the 80000hours website, as that may provide some more perspectives.
As you will recall from Newport's books, you shouldn't try to find a career that suits you. Instead, hone the skills that provide value to others and a career forms around that.
All the best in your journey.Luca
Hello Michal,
I hope I'm not too late to this thread, I just wanted to add my two cents and share what helped me find my path.
I think you are absolutely capable of using data to determine your career path, but as discussed here there are challenges to tracking flow states.
My suggestion is to focus on more on data and less on tracking it over time. What I mean by that is collect and analyze some past data from your life. Maybe look into Dependable Strengths. I'm not a facilitator (or associated with them in any way), but I went through a workshop once and it helped me figure out what I was uniquely suited for. As a data-driven individual I really appreciated the introspective data collection element.
They ask you to generate a list of "good experiences" (things you feel you did well, you enjoyed doing, and you feel proud of.) Collect as many as possible (they suggest ~10). In the workshop you read your top 3 aloud to others and they identify characteristics based on them (you're patient, you enjoy analysis, you are really curious, etc) (data collection from outside of yourself). Then everyone shares and you look for similarities and consider how relevant those feel to you (data analysis).
Going through the workshop helped me identify how deeply I enjoy empowering and supporting other people which lead me to life coaching.
You may be looking for more day-to-day tracking to watch over time, but I wanted to toss in the introspective data collection approach.
Best wishes on your journey! I hope you find exactly what you're looking for.
Dr_JohnJohn K Pollard III3mI find David Crenshaw on Lynda.com to be an amazing facilitator, particularly for Time Management Fundamentals, however he does have a short course on Discovering Your Strengths, which sounds like what you are looking for. There's a free month trial, more than enough time to take a bunch of courses. Here's a link that hopefully will work.
If you want to track flow in hindsight (not automatically while it happens but regularly about how often/much it has happened), a customizable subjective tracking app would work ( https://www.subjective.app/, http://knomeetheapp.com/, ...)
you can define your own self-tracking pattern (in-flow, job satisfaction + any related context).
This requires that you have your own intuition (from books, academic study or personal experience) about what matters to experience more flow / better job satisfaction
Good luck !
I had no idea that RescueTime existed but I've been looking for something similar for years! Thanks so much for sharing that man; I'm going to start using it right away.