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Is Our Storytelling Ethical?

Ignited Fundraising

Is our storytelling ethical? And what does it mean to tell stories that are ethical? This isn’t a topic for a single blog post. Today my question for both you and me is: What does it mean to be making ethical choices as we share stories in the social sector? Free ethical storytelling webinars can be found here.

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Ethical Storytelling + Nonprofit Fundraising

Greater Giving

But asking someone, especially someone who is already in a vulnerable situation, to share what is typically a deeply personal and sensitive story can create a host of ethical dilemmas. Ethical and empowering storytelling is also BETTER and more effective storytelling for fundraising! There’s even scientific research to back this up!

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OPINION: A wake-up call – addressing ethical AI in the nonprofit sector

Critical Fundraising

So, you’re using AI ‘responsibly’, but, asks Cherian Koshy , are you using it ethically? I use that word – ‘ethical’ – intentionally and with priority. Far too often, we dispense with ethics because it seems too obscure or fluffy. Ethical challenges don’t disappear via semantic legerdemain.

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Follow the yellow brick…code?

Grant Professionals Association

With the upheaval of many federal agencies and their funding priorities in limbo, I know I am concerned with the ethics of advising clients to pursue grant opportunities with so many unknowns, and I have heard this sentiment echoed by many colleagues. In times like this, we must continue to rely on our Code of Ethics.

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It’s Ethics Month! “Guidance for Common Ethical Dilemmas”

Grant Professionals Association

The Grant Professionals Association, (GPA) in collaboration with the Association of Fundraising Professionals, (AFP) has chosen October to highlight the ethical practices of professionals in the resource development field. Ethical practices in grants and the GPA Code of Ethics have been a cornerstone of GPA since its founding 25 years ago.

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Community-Centric Fundraising: Equity, social justice, and an abundance mindset 

Candid

The movement was sparked by Vu Le’s blog, Nonprofit AF , in 2015. moving from exploitative storytelling to ethical storytelling) so we can all collectively grow. CCF strives to move past “the donor is always right” way of thinking.

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Strategies for Ethical Storytelling

Elevate

Welcome back to our two-part blog series on Ethical Storytelling, which kicked off last fall with a blog providing an introduction to the topic. Storytelling […]

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