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Storytelling

Help 180 Degrees enhance their annual reports, grant applications, and other marketing materials with compelling narratives about their organization’s mission, activities, and achievements.
180 Degrees
Saint Paul, MN, USA
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Posted February 13th

Storytelling

Project details

What we need
  • A compelling narrative, or set of stories
  • Persuasive copy that can be used in appeals to donors, annual reports, grant applications, and media relations
  • Popular examples: Organization's founding story, a program achievement or milestone, a look back at the past few years, organizational backgrounder, etc.
  • Note: This project is not intended to support your general content planning or marketing but there are several projects in our Marketing & Communications category which are a good fit!
What we have in place
  • We currently have clients and staff who work with them to interview, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have consult with our Advancement Director for context, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $2,397 , allowing us to direct these savings directly to our shelter operations (staffing, programming for clients, facility upgrades)

180 Degrees does great work but has low awareness. We have serveral different programs. Packaging up a series of stories, using the same voice/tone, will deliver a more cohesive impression of our impact -- and increase fundraising. This, in turn, helps us deliver better service to our clients.

Project plan

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Prep: Information Gathering
  • Volunteer Manager and Professional discuss the objectives of project and key audiences
  • Volunteer Manager provides Professional with relevant background materials (e.g., annual reports, white papers, brochures, organizational history)
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Milestone 1: Storytelling Framework
  • Professional presents and discusses primary story angle(s) to the Volunteer Manager
  • Volunteer Manager facilitates interviews between Professional and individuals willing to share their story (if applicable)
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Milestone 2: Document Creation
  • Professional shares draft with Volunteer Manager
  • Volunteer Manager provides Professional with up to two rounds of feedback
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Milestone 3: Wrap-Up
  • Professional submits final version
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About the org

180 Degrees
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Human services Housing & homelessness Youth development
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Janet H.

Advancement Director

Our mission

180 Degrees provides emergency shelter and supportive programming for homeless and at-risk youth, girls who are victims of sexual exploitation, and men rebuilding lives following incarceration. Programs are located in the Twin Cities metro area including St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Excelsior, Minnesota and in two rural communities, St. Cloud and Rochester.

Founded in 1971, 180 Degrees' first program was a halfway house for ex-felons needing housing, employment, and connection. Through acquisition and programming, 180 Degrees expanded to include additional shelters. Almost all of our clients lives below the Federal Poverty guideline and 85% are people of color.

What we do

Hope House: Emergency shelter for homeless youth
Brittany's Place: Emergency shelter for sexually exploited girls
Group homes for at-risk teens
Clifton Place: men rebuilding lives following incarceration
Youth Vocational Program providing career exploration, skill building and job placement for at risk youth
Foster Care
Support services for women experiencing domestic violence

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