Part 3: Advanced – Storytelling and Stewardship

Fundraising Essentials: Strategy, Storytelling & Stewardship

A Hybrid Three-Part Series with Liz Albert

HYBRID: In Person- Zion Lutheran Church, Pittsfield / Virtual Participation via Zoom

You’ve got the basics down and a draft appeal underway–now you’ll learn how to use stories to bring your fundraising to the next level! This session covers storytelling at every scale, from the big story that is your organization’s case for support, to the impact stories that bring your work to life and show donors how they can make a difference. We’ll talk through where each type of story belongs, and how thoughtful storytelling and stewardship can keep your donor relationships strong long after the ask.

A New Approach to Workshop Pricing

We believe professional development should be accessible to nonprofit professionals regardless of what they or their organizations can afford.

Beginning this fall, all NPC workshops will use a three-tier sliding scale, adapted from Alexis J. Cunningfolk’s The Sliding Scale: A Tool of Economic Justice (the “Green Bottle Method”).

The idea is simple: choose the rate that best reflects your current resources. Every participant receives the same program, regardless of what they pay. No application, documentation, or explanation is required.

THE FULL GREEN BOTTLE — Choose this rate if you or your organization can comfortably pay the full cost of the program. Paying at this level helps NPC keep lower-cost options available to others.

THE TIPPED GREEN BOTTLE — Choose this rate if paying the full price would put meaningful pressure on your personal or organizational budget.

THE LOW GREEN BOTTLE — Choose this rate if cost would otherwise prevent you from participating.

There is no “right” tier. We trust you to choose the one that makes participation sustainable for you.

Have questions or thoughts about the new pricing model? Please reach out to Samantha