Rebecca De Ornelas, Director of Storytelling
Your World of Creativity
Mark Stinson
5.0 • 45 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Rebecca De Ornelas is the Director of Storytelling at Pioneering Collective where she develops the various narratives of C-suite executives. She is an expert in creating an unforgettable story while driving impact.
We discuss creative topics like:
- Capturing an Audience: How to connect when you are not connecting.
- The mindset for every successful storyteller
- The allure of authenticity. Is it elusive?
- Why acting is 99% listening
Rebecca’s latest film, The Sleepless premiered at the 2020 Big Apple Film Festival and was named Best U.S. Feature by the New York Independent Cinema Awards. Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Rebecca has appeared on several New York stages, including as part of Alice Spivak’s On The Road repertory company.
She holds a BFA in Drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Visit her page on IMDB.
Most of all, Rebecca introduces a new podcast: "The Waystation is a podcast powered by Pioneering Collective, wherein every episode, we explore first-person stories, each told on a common theme but sourced from vastly diverse perspectives. We’ll introduce you to people whose lives are seemingly different from yours… or are they? Through these stories, you may even find that you and me and he and she and they and them are more alike than sometimes we’re willing to admit. Plus, why not share a few laughs and tears, and be entertained along the way to wherever you’re going? Our goal with The Waystation is to provide you with a not-so-subtle reality check that YOU… are not alone."
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4P7VrPuOqeIA937n5iw9y5
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Happy to your most original thinking. Organize your ideas and create the |
| 0:11.1 | opportunities to launch your creative work. Unlocking your world of creativity with |
| 0:17.6 | best-selling author and brand-innovator Mark Stinson. |
| 0:23.2 | We're flying under Burlington, Vermont and stamping our passport. I'm so glad to |
| 0:28.4 | have us my guest, Rebecca Deorenellis. I'm so glad to be here. Welcome to |
| 0:32.6 | Vermont. It's fantastic. I love Vermont. Let's imagine that we're in a coffee shop |
| 0:37.0 | in Vermont. We're enjoying the scenery, the mountains, the trees and just |
| 0:42.0 | talking about creativity. Awesome. My favorite topic. Rebecca is the director of |
| 0:46.6 | storytelling at a great group called the Pioneering Collective and she's also a |
| 0:51.9 | filmmaker. He's starting a new podcast, which I can't wait to hear about. A lot of |
| 0:56.0 | creativity, Rebecca, when we say organize our ideas. Sometimes it's like we |
| 1:00.7 | have so many inspirations. Our new list is so long. How do you keep the plate |
| 1:04.7 | spinning? Spreadsheets. Honestly, I love a good spreadsheet. No, but how do I |
| 1:11.6 | keep the plate spinning? In terms of organizing ideas, to be honest, it's really a |
| 1:16.8 | more about prioritization than organization, right? Because not every idea is |
| 1:23.2 | something that you have to make or you have to do. Really understanding what's |
| 1:28.9 | the urgency behind this, that whole why me, why now? Am I the best person to |
| 1:35.8 | tell this story in this format? Why do I have to do this at this moment? You |
| 1:40.8 | have to have passion behind it. A lot of creative pursuits, especially in the |
| 1:45.9 | filmmaking world, you're going to devote two, three years of your time to that |
| 1:51.2 | one pursuit. So you've got to have a long-term passion for it. It's like a |
| 1:58.3 | relationship, right? Not just this like we're gonna date for a little while. I'm |
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