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Podcast: Small Nonprofit: Fundraising Tips, Leadership Strategies, and Community-Centric Solutions
Episode: Dignified Storytelling: Never tell another sob story again
Description: Send us Fan MailNonprofits are constantly told to “tell powerful stories” to move donors, but what happens when those stories come at the expense of the people you serve? In this episode, we dive into the messy, important questions behind ethical storytelling: consent, power, and what it really means to honor people’s dignity in your fundraising and communications. Maria and Ceallaigh unpack how photos and personal narratives have historically been used in extractive, colonial ways, and why “we got a signed form” is not enough. On this week’s episode of The Small Nonprofit Pod...