How Can Stories Boost Your Impact?
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Increase empathy
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Encourage giving
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Demystify complex concepts
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Encourage program registration
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Explain the needs your organization is filling
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Provide evidence to policymakers
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Promote transparency
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Create space for partners/participants to tell their own stories
5 Basic Types of Nonprofit Stories
1. Your Founding: The origins (and the "why") of your organization
2. Your Focus: The core challenges you tackle and how your approach adds value
3. Your Impact: How you and supporters are effecting change
4. Your People: Profiles on donors, staff, board, volunteers, and clients/participants.
5. Your Future: Your vision o the change you want to make in the world or what your work will lead to.
Is storytelling important to you – but you lack the time or in-house staff to develop quality content?
Let me help you as an external writer! I love getting at the heart of what you do and writing compelling stories that will engage your audience.
I can help you tell your stories for use on a variety of platforms:
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Website
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Newsletters/email updates
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Blog
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Annual reports
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Fundraising appeals and campaigns
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Social media
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Reports
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Press releases
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Fundraising collateral
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Events
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Speeches
Practically speaking, my service can include:
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Helping you identify your existing stories and/or figuring out the right stories to tell
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Background research and/or interviewing subjects (if appropriate)
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Writing and editing stories that reflect your brand voice and deliver your key messages
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Strategizing on how and where to most effectively use your new stories
I especially love helping organizations discover how to repackage stories for different platforms. It's a great way to stretch your resources and reinforce your brand and message.
Storytelling
Communications Strategy
I can also help your organization with:
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Content Creation
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Email List Growth
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Social Media Engagement
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Editorial Calendars
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Communications Assessments/Audits
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Branding & Messaging
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Integrating Fundraising & Communications Channels