In nonprofit communications, “storytelling” has become a catch-all term for almost everything. Need a donor appeal? Storytelling. A social media campaign? Storytelling. An educational explainer? Storytelling. The danger is that once everything becomes “storytelling,” we start to forget the long-established strategies and best practices of the disciplines we're actually using, like marketing, advertising, sales, and fundraising. So the next time you reach for the word “storyte

Happy Giving Tuesday! Today's a special day for charities and organizations across the globe, and although nobody can donate to all of them, I do enjoy seeing the flood of fundraising asks popping up across my social media feeds. There are plenty of important causes out there, so today, I thought I'd open up and share the four organizations to which I personally make recurring monthly contributions! 1. Doctors Without Borders Doctors Without Borders is an organization whose m

Last week, I was tasked with photographing Curecanti National Recreation Area as part of an effort to pass the Colorado Outdoor...