Telling the right stories in the right way can help you connect with donors, staff, volunteers, and communities in an incredible way. We partner with organizations to identify, articulate, and communicate their most impactful stories through a reliable, flexible framework we call the StoryFind Process™. The process has been so successful, we even wrote a book about it.
Great storytelling is a science and an art
How we help organizations tell their stories
We enable you to consistently captivate and motivate your audience with compelling narratives which highlights the impact of your work.
We lead you step-by-step through the process of uncovering, crafting, and perfecting the stories associated with your initiatives.
By weaving storytelling seamlessly into your daily operations and fundraising activities, we help transform your organization into a dynamic storytelling hub.
Storytelling Strategy
Our approach includes:
Ensuring the people in your organization have at least one powerful impact story they know and share with others.
Working through the StoryFind Process™ with your team to bring everybody together on how to properly identify, collect, and utilize stories across the organization.
Assembling a strategic Master Plan which will ensure every story hits its mark.
Conducting Discovery Interviews on behalf of your organization to unlock the stories your team needs to inspire others to make a huge impact.
Helping your team identify which medium or method will best communicate these stories for the greatest engagement and results.
Our team equips your organization with the essential tools required to find and tell the influential stories of the individuals who bring your mission to life.
We implement the StoryFind Process™ across your organization, ensuring a comprehensive application which allows you to highlight the human element behind your cause effectively.
Workshops & Training
Some of the workshops and trainings we offer include:
Board of Director and executive leadership training on the power of finding and telling stories in a unified manner, and the benefit this provides across all departments.
Staff and volunteer training on how to use the StoryFind Process™ to identify the appropriate storytellers, conduct the interviews to collect the stories, and tell the story ethically, powerfully, and with clarity.
Trauma-informed interviewing skills and ethical storytelling knowledge, including topics on informed consent, working through challenging stories, and ensuring storytellers are honored and empowered through their experience.
Connect with your community through the power of storytelling.
Connect with your community through the power of storytelling.
Our acclaimed StoryFind Process™, detailed in our guide, StoryFind: The Handbook for Finding and Telling Your Nonprofit’s Most Impactful Stories, equips you with the tools needed to discover and convey the stories of individuals linked to your mission. This process includes:
1. Plan
Determine your goals, target audience, and One Big Idea.
2. Discover
Go on a Story Hunt to choose the correct storyteller who will convey impact and engage audiences.
3. Organize
Structure your story and prepare for the interview to ensure intended outcomes are reached.
4. Conduct
Interview your storyteller with care, compassion, and honor, ensuring their story is captured ethically.
5. Edit
Piece together your story to capture the One Big Idea and drive engagement from the target audience.
We will guide you through each of these steps, and by the end, you will have the stories you need to inspire stakeholders to drive results. By revealing the genuine experiences of the people you impact, we assist you in creating narratives that connect profoundly with your audience and inspire them to engage actively with your cause.
Let’s find the stories that matter
What could your team accomplish with the right storytelling skills? Let’s start a conversation about how StoryFind can help you elevate your mission.