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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Neighborhood to Newsroom | Free Community Engagement Toolkit
Communities solve problems better when people can learn from one another. Whether the issue is public health, housing, education, transportation, or neighborhood safety, decisions are stronger when residents, journalists, public institutions, and local organizations are connected through strong relationships and reliable information. Neighborhood to Newsroom is a free community engagement toolkit designed to help you [...]
Structure
Field Guide for Community Journalism Hubs
In our recent webinar, Building the Hub, we explored how community knowledge acts as critical infrastructure. This session features insights and lessons from Suzanne Wertman, project manager of the Coastal Journalism Hub, and J'vanete Skiba, executive director of the Resiliency Task Force of New Hanover County, who share their experience in connecting community voices, public [...]
Structure
What Is a Story Circle? Definition, Examples, and Community Use
What Is a Story Circle? How Narrative Arts Uses Story Circles in Community Life For more than 30 years, Narrative Arts has used story circles as a core practice in community storytelling, cultural work, media-making, and public life. A story circle is a facilitated group storytelling process in which people respond to a shared prompt [...]
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How to Evaluate Storytelling Impact for Social Change
How do we evaluate the impact of our stories?
Structure
Heart & Soul / Orton Family Foundation
Case Study: Heart & Soul / Orton Family Foundation
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Public Narrative / Rappaport Family Foundation
Case Study: Public Narrative / Rappaport Family Foundation
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Cornerstone Theater / Ford Foundation
Case Study: Cornerstone Theater / Ford Foundation
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Neighborhood Story Project / Private Funder
Case Study: Neighborhood Story Project / Private Funder
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Stories of Change / Skoll Foundation and Sundance Institute
Case Study: Stories of Change / Skoll Foundation and Sundance Institute
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Voice of Witness / Panta Rhea Foundation
Case Study: Voice of Witness / Panta Rhea Foundation
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Health Media Initiative / Open Society Foundations
Case Study: Health Media Initiative / Open Society Foundations
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