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This is one of those stories we tell ourselves: That fundraising staff and program staff are not aligned in storytelling. There is a perception that…
Continue reading → The Diagram of Ethical Storytelling Excellence
The conversation around ethical storytelling has evolved a lot over the years. We used to think of ethical storytelling as a practice of “doing no…
Most people think alumni travel is only one thing: big group trips, the kind we see in glossy catalog photos. But my experience working with…
One of our biggest challenges when writing about culture is avoiding stereotyping that culture. Sometimes our stories sound like stereotypes because we have failed to…
Continue reading → 3 Tips to Avoid Stereotypes in Ethical Storytelling
I get asked a lot about how to address culture—a group’s shared values and beliefs—through ethical storytelling. Nonprofit staff who are not members of the…
Continue reading → 4 Ways to Balance Discussions of Culture through Ethical Storytelling