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The B.R.A.V.E. Framework: The Executive Storytelling Architecture That Came from the Cutting Room Floor

by Windy Borman | April 3, 2026 | Executive Storytelling, Narrative Architect | 0 Comments

Bold. Resilient. Active. Vibrant. Expressive. Here’s where B.R.A.V.E. actually came from — and why one element just changed By Windy Borman — Narrative Architect, documentary director, and the person who spent 25+ years in Cutting Rooms and Green Rooms figuring out...

Companies Are Desperately Seeking Storytellers. Female Founders Are Still Being Told to ‘Be Authentic.’

by Windy Borman | December 17, 2025 | Fractional Director of Content | 0 Comments

WSJ reports $250K storyteller roles doubled in 2025. Female founders get ‘authenticity’ advice. Here’s the narrative infrastructure gap costing you Series B.

What Billion-Dollar Tech Companies Get Wrong About Narrative Strategy

by Windy Borman | December 11, 2025 | Fractional Director of Content | 0 Comments

Most events generate buzz but not strategic momentum. Learn the three narrative opportunities that separate visionary thought leaders from impressive options.

Filming at the Women Grow Leadership Summit

Feb 5, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director, Notes from the Field

Imagine you’re in an auditorium full of 1,200 women united around the same cause. You hear excitement in everyone’s voice. Your skin tingles with...

What is a “Puffragette”?

Feb 2, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director

Puffragette (pronounced “Puff-rah-jet”) is a combination of Pot and Suffragette. Pot is a nickname for marijuana. A Suffragette is a woman who...

What to expect from “Mary Janes”

Feb 1, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director

I am the daughter of a doctor and nurse, and a product of the D.A.R.E. generation, who learned all drugs are bad, but particularly marijuana because...

What is the Ottawa Process or Mine Ban Treaty?

Oct 8, 2012 | Blog Guests, DVA Productions Blog, Media Productions Blog

The political initiative launched in October 1996 and culminating in the opening for signature of the Mine Ban Treaty in Ottawa, Canada, in December 1997 is known as the Ottawa Process.

THREE-LEGGED ELEPHANTS IN “THE EYES OF THAILAND” TO HAVE THEIR MINNESOTA PREMIERE AT THE TWIN CITIES FILM FEST

Oct 4, 2012 | Eyes of Thailand, Press Release

D.V.A. Productions, in Association with Indiewood Pictures, is proud to announce the Minnesota Premiere of the 8-time award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary “The Eyes of Thailand”, narrated by Ashley Judd.

Award-winning film brings story of elephant landmine survivors to Canada

Oct 1, 2012 | Eyes of Thailand, Press Release

Mines Action Canada and D.V.A. Productions (San Francisco), in association with Indiewood Pictures, are proud to announce the Canadian Premiere of “The Eyes of Thailand” at the One World Film Festival in Ottawa, Ontario. Thursday, October 11, at 6:30pm at the Library and Archives (395 Wellington Ave). Q & A with Director/Producer Windy Borman will follow.

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