

The promoters had decided to add a second show at 9:00, and someone was moving down the line handing out tickets to a second set of 600 people.

I parked my truck, found the end of the line, and soon discovered that 600 people had already been let in. I was impressed that such a crowd had showed up for the event, but was puzzled as to why they had not been let inside. He presents a marketing framework inspired by principles of storytelling called the StoryBrand 7 Part Framework.On an unseasonably warm Wednesday evening in mid-January, I set out for the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville to see a program featuring Donald Miller, author of a popular book called “Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality.”Īs I approached the theater, driving up 21st Avenue, I saw a line of people stretching halfway down the block. In 2017, he released his latest book, Building a StoryBrand, on marketing and messaging. In early 2016 Miller consulted with Fox River Partnerships, an economic think tank in Illinois, to develop a messaging campaign for a new economic and tax plan called a Circulation Economy. In 2015 Miller helped The Federation for Children create the Failing Our Kids campaign that lobbied state governments for school voucher programs. In 2015, he published a book called Scary Close, discussing his views and personal history of self-discovery and intimacy in relationships. On November 30, 2013, Donald Miller married Elizabeth "Betsy" Miltenberger. In 2009, Miller served on a Presidential Advisory Council on Fatherhood and Healthy Families. Miller's next book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, was released in late 2009. Miller is also the founder of The Mentoring Project, a non-profit that partners with local churches to mentor fatherless young men. In 2006, he wrote another book, To Own A Dragon, on his reflections on growing up without a father.

In 2005, he released Through Painted Deserts, a republished version of his first book, Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance, originally published in 2000. In 2004, Miller released Searching For God Knows What, which discusses how the traditional understanding of the gospel of Jesus aligns with a theory of personality. Miller became a New York Times Bestselling Author when he published Blue Like Jazz in 2003. His first New York Times bestselling book was Blue Like Jazz and his latest book is called Hero on a Mission.Īt 21, Miller left his home in Pearland, Texas, and went to Portland, Oregon, where he owned a small Portland-based textbook publishing company called Coffee House Books. He is also an author of personal essays and reflections about faith, God, and self-discovery. He is the CEO of StoryBrand, a marketing company. Donald "Don" Miller (born August 12, 1971) is an American author, public speaker, and business owner.
