Week one: the foundations (Tuesday 3rd November, 1000 - 1200pm)

· What does a successful story gathering function look like?

· How to develop your charity’s storytelling values.

· What needs to be included in a story strategy?

· How to identify and engage internal clients and stakeholders.

· How to audit your stories and conduct a needs analysis.

Week two: planning and pipeline (Tuesday 10th November, 1000 - 1200pm)

· Systems for planning including briefing templates, project planning protocols, and service level agreements.

· Mapping and prioritising requests.

· How to develop and nurture the relationships that secure your story pipeline.

· How to find storytellers when you do not have a service delivery function.

Week three: readiness, risk and safeguarding (Tuesday 17th November, 1000 - 1200pm)

· Assessing storyteller readiness, motivation and expectations.

· Identifying and assessing risks before, during and after participation.

· Planning appropriate support, limits of organisation support and external help if needed.

· Responding to disclosures and escalation.

· Maintaining professional boundaries and supporting story gatherer wellbeing

Week four: consent and storage (Tuesday 24th November, 1000 - 1200pm)

· The law (GDPR) of consent and the ethics of consent and why it is important to recognise the difference.

· What should be included in your consent process.

· How to manage the sign off process, internally and with your storytellers.

· Protocol for storing and circulating stories

Week five: storyteller stewardship (Tuesday 1st December, 1000 - 1200pm)

· How to set expectations with your storyteller and agree the terms of their involvement.

· Paying storytellers and other ways to recognise them.

· How to support storytellers when something goes wrong.

· When and how to retire storytellers.

Week six: monitoring and reporting your impact (Tuesday 8th December, 1000 - 1200pm)

· How to educate colleagues on what goes into story gathering.

· Tips for monitoring and measuring your impact.

· The importance of feeding back to your storytellers.

· How to do your own internal PR.

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