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.…
Month: April 2025
Story First: Why Strategy Beats Speed Every Time
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the most common conversations I have with clients starts…
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…
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…
How Often Should a Storyteller Tell Their Own Story?
Reading Time: 2 minutesPhoto by Dennis Fahringer As someone who helps businesses and nonprofits tell…
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…
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…
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…
Techniques for Authentic Storytelling in Photography
Reading Time: 4 minutesCaption: Pastor Anani Martouka stands in front of the thriving ABWE church…
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…
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…
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…