Once you know what stories you’d like to tell, start here for the how. From digital storytelling to oral histories to advocacy, this section contains technical insights for your organization to tell your stories on your terms.
The “digital” world is a hub where lots of stories—and lots of types of stories—are available. The term “digital storytelling” includes any storytelling medium that takes place or is viewed digitally: social media, websites, blogs, livestreams, photos, videos, and many other types of content.
This section of the toolkit will help you select the best digital storytelling medium for you, depending on your goals, audience, and resources.
Digital storytelling might not be the right medium for the story you’re trying to tell, particularly given the dynamics of sudden attention, data voids, lack of control, and the internet’s permanency. Archiving and oral history might allow your organization and community to document and share stories, while facilitating greater control over who has access to these stories, how they get stored, and how they are shared. In this guide, we’ll focus on two main kinds of archival work: oral history and archives management.
This section details strategies for direct engagement with legislators and other decision-makers in and around your community. Political advocacy is an incredibly important and powerful way to make change.
Your organization’s capacity refers to the time, materials, tools, and resources it can invest and direct toward a particular project. A large part of capacity is funding, which is a critical form of storytelling within many organizations. Funding can be obtained in two main ways: soliciting donations and applying for grants.
