THE STORY DISCOVERY PACKAGE
We find your best stories.
Six real stories from the people around your mission, interviewed with care and written for you. Ready for year-end.
Six storytellers · Six weeks · $4,900
“We know we have amazing stories. Finding them, and telling them in a thoughtful and compassionate way, is beyond our team’s capacity.”
You're not short on stories. You're short on time, and on a way to ask that honors the person.
You know the stories are there. A family your work changed, a volunteer who keeps showing up for a reason nobody has asked about, a donor whose first gift came out of something personal. You also know that asking someone to revisit the most meaningful or most difficult thing that ever happened to them, so that it can go in an appeal letter, is a lot to ask. You are right to hesitate.
HOW WE WORK
The best stories aren't taken. They're entrusted.
Our interviewers are trained in the StoryFind Process from Kristin Sukraw's bestselling book. It does two things: it helps a person feel safe enough to tell the true story in a way that honors them, and it finds the thread that connects the story to your mission
Why you’re not in the room
We interview without anyone from your organization present. When a boss, program staff, or a donor-relations officer is watching, storytellers tell the edited version of their story. Alone with a trained StoryFinder, they open up. You get a full debrief and every recording afterward, and nothing is used without the storyteller's informed consent.
THE PROCESS
Four steps. Six weeks.
Plan
In one session we build your Master Plan and a list of possible storytellers.
1
Discover
We interview six of them, remotely, one on one.
2
Craft
We write the Profiles, posts, newsletter story, and appeal letter from what they said.
3
Equip
You get everything, plus recommendations for how to use each story.
4
Your time: one planning session, an introduction to each storyteller, one debrief.
WHAT YOU GET
Master Plan
The plan the StoryFind handbook starts with, built together.
6 Interviews
Recordings and transcripts, yours to keep.
6 Storyteller Profiles
Themes, quotes, and the thread to your mission.
36 Social Posts
Nine months of content.
1 Newsletter Story
Ready for your next issue.
1 Appeal Letter
Ready for year-end.
Strategic Recommendations
Where each story belongs and who it will move.
$4,900. Start by early October and your appeal is done by mid-November.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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About three-five hours total.
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We decide together in the planning session. Usually a mix of clients/beneficiaries, volunteers, staff, and donors.
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Consent before and after every interview, on the recording. No staff in the room. Every Profile records exactly what the storyteller agreed to, and anything sensitive is flagged before a word is written.
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Great! Many clients hire Discovery alone and hand the Profiles to their team. It’s a great way to equip your technical team with great stories.
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The first three steps, with the stories written from the discovery interviews. The on-camera interview is what we add for film, and your ranked Profiles say which stories have earned it.
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Not a produced one. You receive the full recordings and transcripts of all six interviews, which are yours to keep. If you want a story taken to film, that's a separate project, and your ranked Profiles will tell you which stories have earned it.
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$4,900 for everything above. Larger packages are scoped on the call.
Your next great story is one conversation away.
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