<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Twenty Years of
Storytelling:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">The Good, the Better,
and the Best<o:p></o:p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">A spontaneously emerging
committee of editors agreed with Emerald Group Publishing Limited on a book
publication of a collection of articles on the 20 years of storytelling in
organizational studies. The book will appear as a tribute to David Boje and
will mark the 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the research community currently
operating under the codename of sc’MOI (Standing Conference for Management
& Organization Inquiry). We would like to publish the book in Spring 2012.
The book will contain 15 to 20 chapters from both invited authors and from
general submissions. Co-editors Donna Carlon, Slawek Magala, and Carolyn
Gardner will be working hard over the next few weeks to fine tune the details,
but here’s what we would like to announce.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">We are seeking a wide variety of
submissions on almost any topic related to storytelling. We especially
encourage critical pieces that reflect on the nature of storytelling in
organizations, its origins, how it’s changed, etc. One such organization is
sc’MOI itself, and its rather colorful history (see <a href="http://peaceaware.com/scmoi/history.htm">http://peaceaware.com/scmoi/history.htm</a>).
Both theoretical and empirical works are sought. We also encourage
co-authorship! Manuscripts should be unpublished, original work of
approximately 8,000 words. The submission process will be two-staged. First,
short proposals that describe the manuscript and its contribution to this
collection will be requested by February 1, 2011. The deadline for full
manuscripts will be approximately September 1, 2011.<o:p></o:p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">You can help us in two ways.
First, let us know your thoughts concerning the “must-have” authors for the
book. Who, in your estimation, is top of the field in storytelling (other than
Boje of course)? Second, consider authoring, or co-authoring a chapter
yourself. Doing a proposal only takes a few minutes, so what do you have to
lose?</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> For additional information,
contact Donna M. Carlon, Professor, University of Central Oklahoma, at
<a href="mailto:dcarlon@uco.edu">dcarlon@uco.edu</a>, or via phone at (405) 974-2153.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p></o:p></p>
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