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How to Ask Your Non-Profit’s Community to Share Their Stories

If you've ever thought that your non-profit needs more stories to share, you're not alone. Most of the clients and students I work with have shared this concern at one point or another. In some ways, I consider this to be the non-profit storytelling paradox. By that I mean, most organizations have an abundance of stories that illustrate the mission, demonstrate the communities passion, and show their impact in action. The on-going problem for most fundraising and communications professionals is identifying these stories and collecting them. 

I recently saw a fantastic example of a story ask email paired with a public facing story form, so I thought I'd create a short video to show you these examples and why I think they work well. 

Like I shared in this video, I think these are two easy tools that your organization can use to ask others to share their stories. If you need to create a story form for your community, be sure to watch this tutorial.

You can also check out my comprehensive guide to collecting stories here.

I'll be sharing more video content on my Youtube channel this summer so be sure to subscribe here to get more video content to help your storytelling and communications. 

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About Vanessa Chase Lockshin

My name is Vanessa Chase Lockshin, and I want to empower you to tell your story. In my personal life, finding ways to tell my stories has been a transformational practice. In my fundraising life, I’ve helped hundreds of organizations tell their stories to engage and inspire their donors. To date, my work has helped non-profits raise over $10 million.

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My name is Vanessa Chase Lockshin and I've helped non-profits raise over $10 million by telling stories that engage and inspire donors. I'm the author of The Storytelling Non-Profit: A practical guide to telling stories that raise money and awareness, and the creator of immersive online training programs that have trained thousands of non-profit professionals. Read More…

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