Heading into what promises to be a complex year, we asked contributor Angela Long, who is also a poet, to write a poem to share with our readers as a way of putting a bow on our 2024 publishing. We love how she worked in voices from the interviews she’s done for us over the last few years.
Shifting fundraising practices isn’t just about minimizing harm – it’s also about maximizing opportunities. When storytelling aligns with an organization’s purpose, it can foster a better understanding of systemic issues and create meaningful connections between donors and the communities they aim to support.
For each of these organizations, creating a “successful” visual campaign was about authenticity, bold storytelling, and navigating ethical complexities.
Comment attirer l’attention et faire évoluer de manière significative les mentalités sur les enjeux qui sont leurs raisons d’être? Et comment le faire d’une manière qui donne la priorité au transfert du pouvoir narratif aux groupes concernés par ces enjeux? Avec un nombre croissant d’organisations qui s’engagent dans le changement narratif et partagent leurs expériences, de nouvelles façons de penser et d’aborder le travail émergent.
What can we do to capture attention and meaningfully shift the mindsets on our issues? And how can we do that in a way that prioritizes shifting narrative power to the groups affected by the issues we’re talking about? With a rising number of organizations engaging with narrative change and sharing learnings, more ways of thinking about and approaching the work are emerging.
The latest CanadaHelps Giving Report reveals that our social bonds are contracting, which is affecting our levels of generosity, including donations to charities. President and CEO Duke Chang offers four steps charities can take to cultivate connected communities.
Through a yearlong series of articles and conversations taking stock of the Journal at 50 years, we have considered how our publication and the sector we’re part of have evolved – and where we go from here.
The latest conversations on the future of the philanthropic sector – and of this journal – bring to light “widening” generational differences, writes Tim Harper.
