1. 1. Smart & Caring Storytelling Presented by Andy Goodman
2. 2. Storytelling is nice, but is it really necessary?
3. 3. Q. 1: Can you name a foundation?
4. 4. Q. 2: What do foundations do?
5. 5. Q. 3: Should foundations be regulated more closely?
6. 6. What kinds of stories should your foundation tell? Smart & Caring Stories What kinds of stories must leaders of change tell?
7. 7. Identify your core stories and make sure everyone who represents your organization knows them by heart. What kinds of stories should your foundation tell?
8. 8. The Nature of our Challenge Story ORG ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE What kinds of stories should your foundation tell?
9. 9. If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will. Mother Teresa
10. 10. The Nature of our Challenge Story The How We Started Story ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE ORG What kinds of stories should your foundation tell?
11. 11. The Nature of our Challenge Story The How We Started Story The Emblematic Success Stories ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE ORG What kinds of stories should your foundation tell?
12. 12. The Nature of our Challenge Story The How We Started Story The Emblematic Success Stories The Values Stories ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE ORG What kinds of stories should your foundation tell?
13. 13. The Nature of our Challenge Story The How We Started Story The Emblematic Success Stories The Values Stories ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE The Striving-to- Improve Story ORG What kinds of stories should your foundation tell?
14. 14. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
15. 15. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
16. 16. The Nature of our Challenge Story The How We Started Story The Emblematic Success Stories The Values Stories ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE The Where We Are Going Story The Striving-to- Improve Story ORG What kinds of stories should your foundation tell?
17. 17. The Nature of our Challenge Story The How We Started Story The Emblematic Success Stories The Values Stories ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE The Where We Are Going Story The Striving-to- Improve Story ORG What kinds of stories should your foundation tell?
18. 18. What kinds of stories should your foundation tell? Smart & Caring Stories What kinds of stories must leaders of change tell?
19. 19. The 3 Stories Leaders of Change Must Tell Marshall Ganz
20. 20. billmoyers.com
21. 21. The Story of Self Why am I called to do this work? The Story of Us Why is my cause your cause, too? The Story of Now Why must we act now? Marshall Ganz
22. 22. The Story of Self Why am I called to do this work? The Story of Us Why is my cause your cause, too? The Story of Now Why must we act now? If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when? Hillel
23. 23. 3 minutes Think about your Story of Self why youve chosen this kind of work, why you came to your foundation, why a particular issue moves you. 3 minutes Tell your story to the people in your group in 3 minutes or fewer. The person sitting farthest to the left will go first. Go clockwise. The last person will be the timekeeper. Story of Self Exercise
24. 24. Share Your Story Story of Self Exercise
25. 25. What kinds of stories should your foundation tell? Smart & Caring Stories What kinds of stories must leaders of change tell?
26. 26. Caitlin Gojdostik Community Foundation of Lethbridge and SW Alberta
27. 27. Aaron McRann Community Foundation of the South Okanagan
28. 28. Leah Baade Victoria Foundation
29. 29. Doug Hackett Squamish Community Foundation
30. 30. Bethan Llewellyn Kitchener-Waterloo Community Foundation
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37. 37. Change the story
38. 38. Change the The End Definitely Not