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Storytelling for Grant Writers: 10 Tactical & Stylistic Tips

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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. Why Does Storytelling Matter for Grant Writers? Storytelling matters in grant writing for two key reasons: Stories help you stand out. Stories make things real.

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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

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As new thinking continues to emerge and donor positioning shifts, ethical storytelling is evolving, and a new messaging strategy, called strength-based messaging , has emerged. These guidelines can apply to all sectors of the nonprofit landscape: Use “person-first” language.

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Mastering Modern Grant Writing for Nonprofit Success

The Modern Nonprofit

And remember – follow their guidelines to the letter. 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. With this, you’re already on their good side. And what’s more?

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Essential Grant Writing Tips for Your Nonprofit

The Modern Nonprofit

The funder’s interests should match well with your organization’s mission, and your proposal should follow the funder’s guidelines. In your proposal, explain how and why your organization fits those guidelines. Get noticed among the giant stack of proposals with a powerful story about your organization’s impact.

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The Evolution of the Salesforce.org Brand

Saleforce Nonprofit

To achieve this, we’re expanding our storytelling focus to spotlight more stories of our community, and to share the work of our constituents all over the world in compelling ways. Learn more about our new brand guidelines Opens new window. More than 50,000 organizations and institutions rely on our tools to power their purpose.

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How to Tell Non-Profit Stories With Emotions and Details

The Storytelling Non-profit

This is natural in any line of work, but in non-profit storytelling I find that it mostly impacts my process for writing and telling stories. One of the changes I’ve recently made is simplifying my personal definition of storytelling to this: Storytelling is the process of sharing facts, which are told with emotions and details.

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TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge: Tools for Telling Your Story

Tech Soup

There's still plenty of time to participate in the second annual TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge ! Finished video or photo stories created according to the challenge guidelines can be submitted at the challenge website. Don't know about the challenge? Pacific time, January 31, 2011. read more.