Storytelling for Advocates: 2 Ways to Empower Your Leaders

A couple of weeks ago, Zoe and I presented at the Pennsylvania Family Leadership conference. They invited us to speak about the power of storytelling. We walked through how storytelling can make a difference, best practices for setting up (or expanding!) a storytelling program and how to create smart storytelling practices.

We focused on how to ensure family leaders have what they need to succeed in storytelling. One family leader mentioned that while she has shared her story dozens of times, only one nonprofit ever truly prepared her.

That’s why I’m sharing some of our tips below!

Communications Campaigns, Nonprofit Communications, School District Marketing, StorytellingNiki JuhaszApril 22, 2026Nonprofit storytelling, advocacy communications, family leadership, storytelling best practices, advocacy training, building a quote bank, empowering community leaders, policy change strategy, authentic video content, nonprofit capacity building, speaker preparation checklist, lived experience advocacy

Creating stability in uncertain times

News breaks.

Funding is cancelled.

New legislation is enacted.

How do communicators like you find steady ground while everything feels like an earthquake?

We get it. It’s a lot.

Yet charting a stable course on unsteady ground is something we’re pretty darn good at here at Forthright. (In fact, we have data to prove it. We heard from our clients in our 2025 client happiness survey that we’re a shelter in the storm.)

So how do we do it? Let’s break it down.

Nonprofit Communications, Communications Campaigns, About Forthright, Hiring and PeopleKatie Test DavisApril 6, 2026team burnout, communications strategy, breaking-news response, nonprofit communications, workflow protocols, advocacy communications, finding focus, time management, crisis communication, child family advocacy

What's ahead for Forthright

Y'all, I can't believe we're already staring down the end of 2025. It's been a ride (as always).

Our team has been heads-down planning for 2026, and I am SO excited about what's coming next. We're growing, we're learning and we're getting even more focused on how we can best support the entire child-and-family space.

As part of our community, I wanted to give you an insider heads-up on a few big things we're launching.

About Forthright

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who we work with:

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