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Resources: Storytelling

Here are some articles, experts, online resources, and other ideas to help you delve further into storytelling.

“Three Things Great Data Storytellers Do Differently,” Jake Porway, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), June 8, 2016

“Seizing the Opportunity to Tell Our Story,” Jenna Wachtmann, PhilanthroFiles, April 21, 2016

“Four Nonprofit Storytelling Tips from Psychology,” Jeannie Chan, CauseVox, June 4, 2016

“The Other Side of Storytelling: Listening,” Paul VanDeCarr, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 9, 2015

“Whose Stories Are We Telling?” Andrew Means, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), April 28, 2016

Success of Philanthropy

Social Impact Story Map

Storytelling and Social Change: A Strategy for Grantmakers, Paul VanDeCarr, Working Narratives, 2013

The Storytelling Nonprofit Blog

Demonstrating Impact: A Guide for Storytelling, Northern California Grantmakers

Storytelling with Data

@PaulVDC – Paul VanDeCarr writes on nonprofit storytelling in the Chronicle of Philanthropy and is the managing director and co-founder of Working Narratives, an organization that uses storytelling to support communities.

@storywithdata – Cole Nussbaumer is the founder ofStorytelling with Data: creating narrative through visualization.

@StoryCorps-Collecting, sharing and preserving the stories of humanity.

Twitter search: #storytelling

 

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