Great piece. I’m interning with an organization called MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates) and found this piece very helpful. MEDA focuses on business and economic development, and the project’s do capture success stories. I’d love to see more storytelling in the NGO sector, as you mentioned it’ll become more prominent in the coming few years.
Great article, very important project and incredibly sound advice! It’s great to see the concept of “building a storytelling culture” highlighted in such an insightful and practical way.
Great piece. Any advice/resources for getting the stories from the front lines to the storytellers? And managing a story (and ideally outcomes) ‘library’?
Thank you! The blog post on 3 ways to collect more effectively looks particularly helpful! The concrete examples help me wrap my head around the more abstract concepts.
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BY Thaler Pekar
ON October 28, 2014 07:14 AM
Terrific piece, Julie.
BY cyoon
ON October 29, 2014 06:13 AM
Great piece. I’m interning with an organization called MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates) and found this piece very helpful. MEDA focuses on business and economic development, and the project’s do capture success stories. I’d love to see more storytelling in the NGO sector, as you mentioned it’ll become more prominent in the coming few years.
BY Julie Dixon
ON October 29, 2014 12:16 PM
Thank you both! I’m happy to hear that it resonated with you.
@cyoon - I’m looking forward to checking out MEDA’s success stories, as well.
BY Roger Burks
ON October 30, 2014 10:33 AM
Great article, very important project and incredibly sound advice! It’s great to see the concept of “building a storytelling culture” highlighted in such an insightful and practical way.
BY Julie Dixon
ON November 3, 2014 06:03 AM
Roger, many thanks to you for your contributions to the project!
BY Rachel
ON November 3, 2014 01:43 PM
Great piece. Any advice/resources for getting the stories from the front lines to the storytellers? And managing a story (and ideally outcomes) ‘library’?
BY Julie Dixon
ON November 3, 2014 02:07 PM
Thanks, Rachel! We did develop resources on both of those topics as part of the Stories Worth Telling Project. Here are some links:
Collection tips:
https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/socialimpact/2014/07/30/three-ways-to-collect-stories-more-effectively-at-your-nonprofit/
Story banking:
http://vimeo.com/105986741
http://meyerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/files/SWT-Checklists-090414_UserFriendly-StoryBank.pdf
And the full list of pdf resources, videos and the white paper (with more tips) are at this link:
http://meyerfoundation.org/impact/stories-worth-telling
Cheers!
BY Rachel
ON November 3, 2014 02:16 PM
Thank you! The blog post on 3 ways to collect more effectively looks particularly helpful! The concrete examples help me wrap my head around the more abstract concepts.
BY Dianne Hanlon Druyff
ON November 21, 2014 08:20 AM
Fantastic piece! While data - of course - is critical, stories are what truly move people and create a connection to an issue. Head and heart…