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How to tell me a story

Hands on Fundraising

But there are lots of delicious layers to that answer. If you’re a fundraiser, telling a good story is a skill you need. The simplest answer is that stories – not facts – are how we make decisions. Stories are how we relate Facts – especially statistics – light up a part of our […].

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Guest Post by Jasper Visser: Storytelling for Social Cohesion at Story House Belvédère

Museum 2.0

On a beautiful location in a former jazz-era night club, a committed team works on storytelling activities to bring different communities in the city together, and contribute to a happier, more engaged city. They created storytelling events and shows, which prompted other communities to start telling their own stories.

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Building Blocks of Social Media - Webinar slides and notes

Amy Sample Ward

Today was the first webinar in the Storytelling & Social Media series from NTEN and TechSoup Global. If you are using Delicious, for example, you don’t need to create a list of tags or a taxonomy you have to stick to before you actually start saving bookmarks. How do you create a tag?

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Digital Storytelling ToolKit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's where blogging and delicious can be really handy. Today I stumbled upon " Digital Storytelling ToolKit " by Elizabeth Kanter (hmm. not my digital twin) on the Community Technology Network of the Bay Area. I like her 7 Elements of a Digital Story.

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Great reads from around the web on January 25th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Try These Dynamic Digital Storytelling Platforms | Community Organizer 2.0 – "Nonprofit organizations can tell the best stories.

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Great reads from around the web on January 26th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Great example of digital storytelling and community engagement. Check it out and submit a photo yourself!

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Great reads from around the web on April 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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