Here are seven common storytelling sins that make your story ineffective:
- It’s about you, not your donor.
- It doesn’t have conflict.
- The problem is too big.
- It’s a story about success, not need.
- It’s over-written.
- It’s too hard to read.
- It’s aimed at the wrong audience.
This podcast is a preview of the presentation we’ll be making at the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference, November 12-13 in Seattle. Seats are filling up fast, but there may still be room for you!
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Jeff Brooks has been serving the nonprofit community for more than 35 years and blogging about it since 2005. He considers fundraising the most noble of pursuits and hopes you’ll join him in that opinion. You can reach him at jeff [at] jeff-brooks [dot] com.
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