Building a Nonprofit Story Bank With Consent and Care with Natalie Monroe

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The episode discusses the evolution of nonprofit storytelling towards ethical and community-centered practices.

Send us Fan Mail In This Episode Nonprofit storytelling is changing. Organizations are being asked to think more carefully about how stories are gathered, who holds power in the storytelling process, and what it means to share stories with dignity, transparency, and ongoing consent. As more nonprofits move away from transactional testimonials and toward community-centered storytelling, many teams are still navigating how to do this work ethically while continuing to communicate impact. In thi...

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Host: Maria Bryan

Guest: Natalie Monroe

Topics covered

• nonprofit storytelling
• community-centered storytelling
• ethical storytelling
• transparency
• consent
• impact communication

Keywords

• nonprofit
• storytelling
• ethics
• community
• transparency
• consent
• impact

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