Bringing Nonprofit Storytelling Back to the Campfire with Michael Kass

About this episode

In this episode, Maria Bryan and Michael Kass discuss the importance of storytelling in nonprofits as a means of fostering connection and belonging.

Send us Fan Mail What if storytelling returned back toward its oldest purpose: connection? In this episode, I’m joined by Michael Kass, founder of Story & Spirit, to imagine what it would look like to flip the way we tell nonprofit stories, not as content, not as a tool, not as a mechanism, but as something living. Something that restores connection, belonging, and shared humanity. And to do that, we must first explore the historical roots of nonprofit storytelling and how many of our inh...

People in this episode

Host: Maria Bryan

Guest: Michael Kass

Topics covered

• nonprofit storytelling
• connection
• shared humanity
• historical roots
• storytelling techniques

Keywords

• nonprofit
• storytelling
• connection
• belonging
• shared humanity
• historical roots
• Story & Spirit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Story & Spirit

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