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Five Best Practices for Preparing Competitive Grant Proposals CommunicationsFunding
December 12, 2023

Five Best Practices for Preparing Competitive Grant Proposals

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    Counter-Narratives
    A Toolkit for Storytelling and Narrative Sovereignty
    Toolkit Home
    Section 1 | Basics of Storytelling

    Storytelling Basics

    • How to Tell a Powerful Story
      • Five phases of safe storytelling
      • Questions to ask yourself before telling your story
      • STAR Method
      • Choosing an anecdote
      • Lead with shared values
      • Get personal!
    • Narrative Sovereignty
      • What is narrative sovereignty?
      • Why is it important?
    • Choosing Your Audience: Who and How?
      • Should this story be told? And to whom?
      • What are the threats, and to whom?
      • What are the benefits, and to whom?
      • Conduct a risk assessment
      • Who is your audience?
      • Ways to tell your story
    Section 2 | Building Technical Storytelling Skills

    Digital Storytelling

    • Social Media for Storytelling
      • General Best Practices
      • Digital Safety
    • Social Media Platforms: Which to use and best practices
      • Instagram
      • Facebook
      • X vs. Bluesky
      • TikTok
      • LinkedIn
      • YouTube
      • Substack
    • Content Creation
      • Canva, Adobe Suite, and Graphic Design
      • Designing a basic website
      • Blogs
    • Video
      • Capturing video
      • Editing
    • Photography
      • Taking photos

    Archiving and Storytelling

    • Archiving
      • What is an archive?
    • Oral History
      • Establish a Process for Consent from Interviewees
      • Depositing Oral Histories in an Archive

    Political Advocacy

    • Public Comment and Testimony
      • Public comment
      • Public testimony
      • Meeting with elected officials
    • Fact Sheets and One Pagers
      • Best practices

    Storytelling for Fundraising & Growth

    • Grant Writing
      • What goes into writing a good grant proposal?
      • How do I know if this is the right funding opportunity for my organization?
    • Events
      • Storytelling events to consider
      • Steps to putting on a successful event
    Section 3 | Collaboration

    Working With Collaborators

    • Social Media for Storytelling
      • General Best Practices
      • Digital Safety
    • Social Media Platforms: Which to use and best practices
      • Instagram
      • Facebook
      • X vs. Bluesky
      • TikTok
      • LinkedIn
      • YouTube
      • Substack
    • Content Creation
      • Canva, Adobe Suite, and Graphic Design
      • Designing a basic website
      • Blogs
    • Video
      • Capturing video
      • Editing
    • Photography
      • Taking photos

    Potential Collaborators

    • Archiving
      • What is an archive?
    • Oral History
      • Establish a Process for Consent from Interviewees
      • Depositing Oral Histories in an Archive
    Section 4 | Conclusion
    Section 5 | Glossary
    Section 6 | Resources

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