Ethical Storytelling: The Practicalities
This course will outline the steps you and your teams can take to produce and use stories ethically.
15 spots left
Service Description
If you want to embed ethical storytelling in your organisation, this course is for you. Over three hours we will cover these steps: 1. Reframing your relationship with your job - reflecting individually and personally on our relationship with our roles through the lens of ethics. 2. Sharing power throughout the process of story production - from creating an equitable team to the foundational importance of consent as dialogue. 3. Content creation - the practicalities of adding context and nuance to your stories and not repeating the triumvirate of problematic storytelling. 4. Reframing your audience's relationship - reimagining and investigating the practicalities of a narrative rooted in solidarity over saviourism. 5. Testing & learn - developing both short and long term actions and plans. This hands-on, practical course is ideal for staff in the aid and development sectors, especially in fundraising, communications, and media teams. We welcome participants from all over the world, from both small and large organisations. Course outcomes: - A deeper understanding of ethical storytelling and how unethical practices show up. - Guidance on creating an equity-focused story production process. - Knowledge of how to deliver a dialogue-centred consent process. - How to steps for producing communications and fundraising materials equitably. - Ideas to engage your audiences and donors in equitable storytelling. You'll also receive three takeaway documents: - Equitable story production checklist - Consent as dialogue – key actions - Consent as dialogue key questions Course tutor: Jess Crombie Jess has pioneered sector-wide change towards more ethical practises in storytelling. She brings to this course significant experience in communications leadership and humanitarian story production, a current role as an ethics academic at UAL, and as lead consultant at Jess Crombie Consultancy. Jess co-authored the groundbreaking research ‘The People in the Pictures’, ‘Who Owns The Story’ and 'Reimagine, Reframe, Redefine: Co-Creation & Storytelling. Details: - Online - Maximum 15 participants - Dates: July 3rd 13.30 - 16.30 - Cost: £250 per participant - Course may be rescheduled if minimum participants are not met. - Course fees will be refunded in full if cancellation is 7 days before first delivery date, after this date fees will not be refunded. - For bespoke sessions, or more information, contact info@jesscrombie.com