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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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How you can foster sustainable innovation within your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

This is where participatory practice comes in to play. Participatory practice is a concept which means giving voice to those in the community who know the issues best, and then planning and organizing solutions to these issues using the resources of the nonprofit to implement solutions.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: Storytelling and Collaborative Video

Tech Soup

This special digital storytelling episode of Nonprofits Live will include secrets from the pros for nonprofits submitting photo and video stories to the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge in February. This is a participatory live video show - come ready with your questions for our experts! Thomas Grasty - Stroome.

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Participation in Storytelling: Collaborative Video on Nonprofits Live

Tech Soup

This special Digital Storytelling episode of Nonprofits Live will include secrets from the pros for nonprofits submitting photo and video stories to the TSDigs challenge in February. This is a participatory live video show - come ready with your questions for our experts! Thomas Grasty - Stroome.

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Personal Stories – Arts Orgs Need Not Apply?

Connection Cafe

Participatory fundraising often starts with events that allow people to get involved causally with a small time commitment. Participants typically have a story and by raising money for the event they can dip their toe into the storytelling waters with one or two sentences about why they are participating. Make it fun! Reward them!

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started in the Cornell University Center for Theatre Arts , where I founded and directed two programs: Cornell Theatre Outreach and the Community-Based Arts Project. These programs involved cultural, educational and training efforts that used interactive theater and storytelling. is aimed at online college/university learners.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

At frank, we divide our time among great talks by strategists, storytellers and scientists and casual opportunities to connect with other sophisticated communicators over coffee or cocktails. The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management, North Park University / Chicago, IL / Price TBA. Feb 23 - 26. frank / Gainesville, FL / Invite only.

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