by Marlene Oliveira | Sep 10, 2026 | Storytelling
Are you tired of the friction caused by scrambling for stories at the last minute? If you regularly field questions like… “Can you get me a story by next week?” “Who can think of someone to interview?” “Haven’t we already done a story like...
by Marlene Oliveira | Jul 16, 2026 | Storytelling
I’m an advocate for proactive, intentional storytelling because the (very common) last-minute story scramble causes problems. Rushing not only makes things unnecessarily difficult, but reactive storytelling can also create a bigger problem: narrowing audiences’...
by Marlene Oliveira | Jun 16, 2026 | Storytelling
One type of support I particularly enjoy is serving as a nonprofit organization’s storytelling partner; we work side by side to keep storytelling moving forward and strategically aligned. Recently, I updated my story writing package to reflect this partnership...
by Marlene Oliveira | Jun 9, 2026 | Storytelling
When you look back at the last five to ten stories your nonprofit organization has shared, how do you feel about them? Are they your best, most compelling and strategically important stories? Or… Are they the stories you could manage to pull together in a last-minute...
by Marlene Oliveira | May 19, 2026 | Communications audits
If you’re wondering what a nonprofit communications audit can look like in practice, this case study offers a behind-the-scenes view. It’s the story of how New Language Solutions undertook an audit to assess existing communications channels, gather stakeholder...
