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The Importance of Storytelling in Building Relationships with Your Audience

The Importance of Storytelling in Building Relationships with Your Audience

Reading Time: 4 minutes“People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it.…
April 30, 2025September 1, 2025
Story First: Why Strategy Beats Speed Every Time

Story First: Why Strategy Beats Speed Every Time

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the most common conversations I have with clients starts…
April 28, 2025September 1, 2025
Why Photographing Birds at Your Birdfeeder is Surprisingly Therapeutic

Why Photographing Birds at Your Birdfeeder is Surprisingly Therapeutic

Reading Time: 3 minutesCaption: A male rose-breasted grosbeak, often called a “cut-throat” for its striking…
April 28, 2025September 1, 2025
How Alvin Toffler’s Powershift Shaped the World We Live In — and Why Storytellers Matter More Than Ever

How Alvin Toffler’s Powershift Shaped the World We Live In — and Why Storytellers Matter More Than Ever

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Alvin Toffler’s book Powershift hit the shelves in 1990, I was…
April 26, 2025September 1, 2025
How Often Should a Storyteller Tell Their Own Story?

How Often Should a Storyteller Tell Their Own Story?

Reading Time: 2 minutesPhoto by Dennis Fahringer As someone who helps businesses and nonprofits tell…
April 25, 2025September 1, 2025
What Made Mother Teresa Different? It Wasn’t Just the Work.

What Made Mother Teresa Different? It Wasn’t Just the Work.

Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery day, around the world, nuns, missionaries, aid workers, and volunteers roll…
April 24, 2025September 1, 2025
Why My Backup CDs Failed — And What I Learned About Proper Storage

Why My Backup CDs Failed — And What I Learned About Proper Storage

Reading Time: 2 minutesI used to think backing up my photos to CD and DVD…
April 22, 2025September 1, 2025
Don’t Retire Your Strongest Stories: How Missionaries Can Lead with Impact While Expanding Support

Don’t Retire Your Strongest Stories: How Missionaries Can Lead with Impact While Expanding Support

Reading Time: 3 minutesDavid Cifuentes Velazquez, a coffee grower and member of the Just Coffee…
April 21, 2025September 1, 2025
Techniques for Authentic Storytelling in Photography

Techniques for Authentic Storytelling in Photography

Reading Time: 4 minutesCaption: Pastor Anani Martouka stands in front of the thriving ABWE church…
April 18, 2025September 1, 2025
Stop Hiding Behind Style: How Gimmicks Can Hold You Back as a Visual Storyteller

Stop Hiding Behind Style: How Gimmicks Can Hold You Back as a Visual Storyteller

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs storytellers and photojournalists, it’s easy to fall in love with a…
April 17, 2025September 1, 2025
The One Question That Can Transform Your Storytelling (and Fundraising)

The One Question That Can Transform Your Storytelling (and Fundraising)

Reading Time: 2 minutesPhoto Caption: Rynaldo Cifuentes, president of the Café Justo Cooperative and a…
April 16, 2025September 1, 2025
What Most Creatives Need Help With (And How I Can Help You)

What Most Creatives Need Help With (And How I Can Help You)

Reading Time: 2 minutesPhoto by Jeff Raymond: Stanley Leary in front of the Government Palace…
April 14, 2025September 1, 2025

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