I wrote a post back in July I Storyvite You about my initial experience using Storyvite, an online personal branding tool. The basic selling point of Storyvite is that it lets you present your 'profersonal' story in a more inviting way than a traditional CV or LinkedIn profile. It also helps you manage your online identity by pulling information about you from multiple sources (LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.)
The thing that sets Storyvite apart from other online personal branding tools is the social way in which the founder, Satish Sallakonda, has reached out to the business community to design a tool that meets their needs. For example, when he saw the link to my post he contacted me with an offer to help me create a stronger story for myself. (He was too polite to say my original story kinda sucked.)
He reached out to other people as well, including my Project Social buddies Dave Ryan and Lyn Hoyt and you can read about their Storyvite experiences over at HR Official and The HR Bacon Hut. You can also check out my updated Storyvite profile below - the black background was my idea so if you hate it don't blame Satish.
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To give fair warning, the Storyvite product is still under construction. Although the plan is to automatically pull in more information from LinkedIn and other sites, as well as provide easy to use templates for different layouts, the user experience remains largely manual.
On the plus side, looking at some of the prototypes for what's coming, I can easily imagine using this tool or one like it to generate a very slick resume or bio:
How cool is that? Unfortunately, this capability isn't there yet but you can use what's there today to give your own 'profersonal' story a face lift using the invitation code 'social' to get started. And if you run into any snags, just reach out to Satish directly, he'd love to hear from you!
My own "profersonal" story. Very intriguing. Thanks for this!
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