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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…
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
Ethical storytelling is not just about good stewardship in acquisition (interviewing)—often the biggest blunders occur behind the scenes: in the editorial process. Of all the…
Continue reading → 3 Steps for Equitable Editing in Storytelling
I’ve written a lot about the principles behind ethical storytelling, how empathy differs from sympathy in storytelling, why exploitative storytelling persists, and how the evolving…