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So Shines a Good Deed: The Role of Storytelling in Nonprofit Fundraising

Mark Redmond's inspiring address from the Vermont Story Lab's 2017 Summit at Shelburne Farms.

Getting Technical: RETN’s Top Tips for Digital Media Outreach

I’ve put some of my own lessons learned into a 3-hour lab for Vermont Story Lab, "Top Tips for Digital Media Outreach," and this post shares a few of the tech ...

RETN’s Tips for Planning Digital Media Outreach

I’ve put some of my own lessons learned into a 3-hour lab for Vermont Story Lab, “Top Tips for Digital Media Outreach,” — this post shares a few key ideas about ...

Winter 2018 Labs

We haven't planned our Winter 2018 labs yet, but we are actively thinking about them. Do you have a need or an idea? Let us know here...

Storytelling Strategies that Move People to Donate
Thursday June 22, 2017, 1-4 pm
Marlboro College Graduate Center, Brattleboro

At the heart of your work as a nonprofit communicator is the powerful mission-driven story that your organization has to share. How effectively are you bringing that story to funders, ...

E-News April 2017

Does your nonprofit storytelling need a boost? Check out our Regional Story Labs this spring in Waterbury, Middlebury and Burlington! Gain new skills and strategies. Learn from your peers.

Top Tips for Digital Media Outreach
June 12, 2017, 1-4 pm
RETN Media Factory, Burlington

Get started telling your organization's story online and via video. Learn strategies for reaching your audience and explore digital media tools that elevate and amplify your story. RETN's Gine Ferrara and ...

Minimal Resource Filmmaking
Friday June 2, 2017, 1-4 pm
VT Folklife Center, Middlebury

Learn to create short videos using technology you already own such as mobile phones and iPods. Join Mary Rizos, of the Vermont Folklife Center, for an introduction to ethnography as a ...