Crafting Your Story

Registration includes access for up to three individuals from your organization.

Registration for this event includes access to the zoom workshop as well as a 1-hour consultation with the presenter.

Every missional organization needs a strong narrative to engage with volunteers, funders, and stakeholders. Having a well-crafted story means that you can quickly and easily adapt it to new audiences, asks, and formats. Whether you give a 2 min elevator pitch to welcome new volunteers, write a 15-page grant application, or mail an appeal letter, your narrative needs to be compelling and targeted to your audience.

Join us to learn the basics of writing your organization’s story. Bring your current mission statement, website text, and other promotional materials so you can immediately practice adapting your text, and receive feedback.

About the Instructor: Susannah Conner is PRC’s Director of Program Development and specializes in fundraising for nonprofit, cooperative, and faith-based organizations. She holds a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School and a B.A. in English Literature from UNC, Chapel Hill, calling upon both schools of thought to explore the convergence of storytelling and spirituality. She has helped organizations build sustainable grants programs, expand fundraising and marketing, and shape new projects – all while telling compelling stories. She is a songwriter and musician and has released five studio albums as part of various musical groups. Her most recent album is a collection of songs written by women in prison over the course of two storytelling-as-healing workshops she taught at the North Carolina Correctional Institute for Women.

All sales are non-refundable.

Thank you to the Lancaster County Community Foundation for their support of PRC’s Toolkit Series. To see the rest of the workshops in this series, click here.