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Non-Profit Storytelling: Your Next Best Step

The Storytelling Non-profit

Has your non-profit told stories? You’re in for a treat in this article as we’re going to talk about how to find your next best step in non-profit storytelling. I always stress to clients and students that we want to avoid doing something just for the sake of doing it. Non-Profit Storytelling: Your Next Best Step.

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Non-Profit Storytelling: What If There Is No Conflict?

The Storytelling Non-profit

For a lot of non-profit causes, the conflict is clear, high-stakes, and very motivating. However, many students and clients I work with compare their cause with others and doubt that they have a compelling enough conflict for a story. The post Non-Profit Storytelling: What If There Is No Conflict?

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13 Students Graduate ITWorks Fall 2013 Program

TechImpact

ITWorks students graduate December 2013. Through the course of the program, ITWorks students get internship experience while they earn a professional certification in IT. Even on graduation, students had lessons to learn. Over the past 16 weeks, they’ve been fully immersed in the IT world and today they graduate.

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How to Collect Compelling Stories to Use in Your Fundraising Work

The Fundraising Authority

Storytelling has become a hot topic in non-profit fundraising. Two Types of Non-Profit Storytelling. In my experience, when we talk about “storytelling” in non-profit fundraising, we’re talking about one of two separate things. If you are a school, you collect parent and student stories.

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4 Ways to Use Trello to Manage Your Non-Profit Communications Program

The Storytelling Non-profit

In addition to using Trello for The Storytelling Non-Profit, I use it personally for meal planning and household management. Story Bank If your non-profit wants to share stories and get more mileage out of your best stories, you need to have a story bank. Organization FTW! Here's my step-by-step tutorial for setting up a story bank.

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Big Data Means More Than Big Profits

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And though they use the massive sets of data they collect to help create a better experience for their consumers (such as customized ads or tailored movie recommendations), their primary goal is to use what they learn to maximize profits. We don’t know if the student ever gets past Chapter 1.

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Writing for Fundraising: Fundraising Appeal Writing Tips for Non-Profit Professionals

The Storytelling Non-profit

But as I tell my students and clients regularly, writing to raise money is a learnable skill that you can master. Additionally, inside The Storytelling Non-Profit Master Class, we spend a lot of time focused on improving your writing skills. And writing fundraising emails is its own wonky subgenre. 25 Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block .