The guide below is for organizers, organizations, activists, artists, storytellers, social entrepreneurs, and anyone else who wants to create positive social change.
The guide is bookended by an introduction and an afterword. In between, you’ll find thirty-two short chapters divided into four color-coded sections. The strategy section is about how to use storytelling to best effect in service of your cause. The storytelling section offers ideas on how to tell a good story. The methods section covers some techniques in storytelling. And the structure section looks at practical questions of how to incorporate storytelling into your everyday work. Following these sections is a series of case studies of foundation and nonprofit partners from the first edition of the guide.
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Strategy
How do we tell compelling stories about boring topics? FacebookTwitterGoogle+
Storytelling
What is Theatre of the Oppressed and how can we use it? FacebookTwitterGoogle+
Methods
How do we make storytelling a more regular part of our work? FacebookTwitterGoogle+
Structure
How can nonprofits work with outside storytellers to create change? FacebookTwitterGoogle+
Structure
By Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director, Center for Community Change Action FacebookTwitterGoogle+
Afterword
Globalgiving/Rockefeller Foundation
Case Study: Globalgiving/Rockefeller Foundation FacebookTwitterGoogle+
Case Studies
Heart & Soul / Orton Family Foundation
Case Study: Heart & Soul / Orton Family Foundation FacebookTwitterGoogle+
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Nation Inside / Media Democracy Fund
Case Study: Nation Inside / Media Democracy Fund FacebookTwitterGoogle+
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Public Narrative / Rappaport Family Foundation
Case Study: Public Narrative / Rappaport Family Foundation FacebookTwitterGoogle+
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Cornerstone Theater / Ford Foundation
Case Study: Cornerstone Theater / Ford Foundation FacebookTwitterGoogle+
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Neighborhood Story Project / Private Funder
Case Study: Neighborhood Story Project / Private Funder FacebookTwitterGoogle+
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Voice of Witness / Panta Rhea Foundation
Case Study: Voice of Witness / Panta Rhea Foundation FacebookTwitterGoogle+
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Stories of Change / Skoll Foundation and Sundance Institute
Case Study: Stories of Change / Skoll Foundation and Sundance Institute FacebookTwitterGoogle+
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Witness / Overbrook Foundation
Case Study: Witness / Overbrook Foundation FacebookTwitterGoogle+
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Health Media Initiative / Open Society Foundations
Case Study: Health Media Initiative / Open Society Foundations FacebookTwitterGoogle+
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