Category / Only Human Stories / Story Gathering / Story Telling
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How I Make Annual Reports… Easy
During my time at Uni, I volunteered at a medium-sized not-for-profit organisation. My role included making coffee, handling post office errands and doing research here and there. It was a pretty cruisey way to earn a uni credit, and everyone in the organisation was smart, kind and generally relaxed… until the dreaded Annual Report was…
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Have You Ever Asked this Question?
Some years back, I was meeting with the exec team and board members of a disability organisation. There were about 12 of us. I’d been gathering stories from the founders and staff for their 40th anniversary and on this day, I was going to share some of what I’d discovered. I’d chosen a range of stories…
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6 Storytelling Tips for Not-For-Profits
For many not-for-profit organisations impact stories are essential for showing the world (and reminding themselves), of the amazing work they do. Yet, for some reason, be it lack of time, confidence, enthusiasm – the stories they want rarely appear. We often meet with these leaders and get asked ‘Where do I find the stories?’ ‘Can…
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Accidentally deleting my iPhone photos was kinda liberating.
A few weeks ago I (accidentally) deleted the last 2 years of my iPhone photos. People who know me know, I’m very sentimental and that I take a LOT of iPhone photos. I love documenting things, especially the ‘small’ and intimate moments we don’t always remember or post on social media. It’s my way of…
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Best story ideas from around the world
Monday fireworks for the brain. Straight from my brain to yours. This is a deliriously fab selection of the best creative story ideas and advice from around the globe. Apologies that I didn’t post last week. I meant to honestly but I was swimming in stories playing out all around me. So, I was breathing…
