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Storytelling for Grant Writers: 10 Tactical & Stylistic Tips

Achieve

Do your grant applications tell stories that catch the attention of funders and illustrate the real impact their support will have on your community? Let’s take a look at why storytelling matters for nonprofit grant writing and actionable ways you can start telling more compelling stories in your proposals. Stories make things real.

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Impact to Story: How to Explain Non-Profit Impact Through Storytelling

The Storytelling Non-profit

That’s where storytelling comes in. In this article, I’m going to talk about the common challenges of explaining non-profit impact and go over the action steps you can take to explain your non-profit’s impact through storytelling. If you write grant applications, you may have these numbers handy.

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DEI in Nonprofit Storytelling: A Beginner’s Guide to Sharing Empowering Stories

Bloomerang

Diversity, Equity And Inclusion in Nonprofit Storytelling. Think about the voices you need on your team in order to effectively serve the population you want to help, seek out those applicants, and pay them fairly. . But how do you go about that? Why is this important? You can ask questions like: . Do you hear your voice?

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Creating a Nonprofit Digital Strategy with ChatGPT: A Practical Guide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Include additional details such as the Content / Post Title, Primary Target(s), Hashtag (if applicable), Content Type(s), Budget Amount, Content Source, Content Development Timeline, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for measurement and monitoring. Organize this information in a tabular format for clear visualization.

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What Is a Story and Why You Need To Tell Them

The Storytelling Non-profit

Storytelling is an invaluable tool for non-profits. But so many non-profit professionals get discouraged by storytelling because they think it’s going to require the unparalleled writing skills of a Pulitzer Prize winner. What is storytelling? I want to take a minute to differentiate story from storytelling.

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New on SSIR: A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

Amy Sample Ward

. —– I’m really excited by tools that enable digital or transmedia storytelling. I recently attended the US launch event for Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API).

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Mastering Modern Grant Writing for Nonprofit Success

The Modern Nonprofit

Grab the oars of compelling storytelling , row with gusto and make your application stand out. This storytelling can even jazz up your overall communication strategy. It requires a delicate balance of factual precision and emotional resonance, of strategic planning and authentic storytelling. And what’s more?

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