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Residency | Making Tools for Storytelling Accessible to NGOs
Abundance of impact stories, but scarcity of storytelling?
Are you a development sector professional or founder struggling to tell your real stories of change? Do you feel you donβt have the right tools or the strategy for impact storytelling? Do you feel your work needs to be more visible to your supporters? If your answer is yes, this program is designed for you.
Cost: FREE workshop, shared accommodation, food, and tech tools (participants need to bring a laptop and cover travel costs. travel scholarship available for NGOs with limited budgets)
Who are the trainers?
Jinso Raj
aikyam fellow
Loves tech and will break down the technicalities of the tool for you in simple ways
Megha Jibhakate
aikyam fellow
Loves design and trainer in Ghost content management system and website creation
Sumi Thomas
aikyam fellow
Communications expert, with an interest in design for storytelling
What exactly will I do at the residency?
We have 2 days to work on carefully designed activities that have real outcomes for you and your organisation.
Key takeaways from the Storytelling for Nonprofits workshop
What tech tool will I learn and get access to?
Ghost
Ghost, a free, simple, storytelling platform for creating blogs, newsletters, and websites. It offers a clean interface with powerful features for discoverability, content creation, visibility, member engagement, and storytelling for fundraising.