The tools change. The purpose never does.
At Only Human Stories, we love a new tool. Twenty years ago that meant a transcription pedal and a hired typist. Then it meant teaching caseworkers to capture video on the first iPod with a camera. The tools changed. The purpose never did: help nonprofits take advantage of something commercial organisations can only dream of — real, trusted relationships with the people who share their goals.
That’s your first-person advantage.
It’s always been there. We’ve always found ways to help you use it.
The work that was always worth doing.
What makes first-person work so powerful is the care taken to gather real conversations, record them, and work from transcriptions. Those steps take time and sometimes new skills, and that’s kept it out of reach for many organisations who would have benefited most.
Judicious use of AI changes that equation. It speeds up the parts that don’t require human judgment or connection, so you have more time and energy for the parts that do.
The tools we’ve developed sit within best-practice methods built over two decades. They’re designed to free up your time and support your growing skills, so you can focus on what this work is really about: looking after and amplifying the voices of the people who matter most to your organisation.
Why it matters more now than ever.
People can tell the difference now. They scroll past organisational voice without a second thought. What stops them is something that rings true, that sounds like a real person, that they recognise themselves in.
Working with first-person material builds exactly that skill. And right now, it’s the most essential one there is.
Tools and the confidence to trust your own judgment with them.
When you work with us, you leave with tools and confidence in a new capability.
Most people haven’t been taught to work with first-person material. It’s a skill worth building: knowing how to gather it, make sense of it, and put it to work. We show you how, and we make it easier than you’d expect.
What develops is judgment. In your direct relationships, in your sense-making, in the way you gather and repurpose what your organisation knows. That’s something you take into every part of your work.
Ready to find out what’s already in your orbit?