Day 2: Key Takeaways by Avarna Ojha https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny Made with love en-us 2021-09-03 07:43:56 UTC 2026-01-25 22:06:12 UTC hello@padlet.com Ashish, Maee https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715176145 It was very intriguing session, which challenged my beliefs and gave many insights for future fund raising. ]]> 2021-09-03 13:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715176145 Lecture 1: How to create and tell your story impactfully: Ravishankar IyerRavi is a story coach & Founder of Story Rules1. It’s a critical skill everyone needs to build a. Funding b. Hiring employees c. Bridging the gap between perception and reality for the audience 2. Key story principles, storytelling techniquesa. Easy to understand, engaging, persuasiveb. Stories are memorable, SinA, battle of Panipat, hare & tortoise (information packaged in form of a story)c. Rokia study done by Carnegie Mellon (giving a face to the problem)3. The art of telling a story: Telling a human story: Frameworka. Who: protagonist, vivid relatable characteristics, build a mental image, ability shown through incidents b. When & where: location, pictures, place & time c. Conflict/What goal?d. Obstacles in attaining the goal/What is stopping them?e. How to overcome: What do the hero, donor and your org bring to the tablef. Impact, what next? 4. Ethos: Ethics, credibility, Pathos: Emotions, Logos: Logic (you need to build your own narrative)5. Human stories, Use of analogies, Showcase standout areas, Why this problem? Why us? 6. Long term stories: The right donors, metrics/data, deliverability 7. Ritika CEO Pravah: Empathy Quotient, Story Quotient, Partnership Quotient, 3 is to 1 rule shameerrishad https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715176378 2021-09-03 13:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715176378 Harsh- How stories can be used, contexts where founder story becomes important, ethics in story telling. Seeing donor as partners. Very intriguing session. harshkothari1 https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715177088 2021-09-03 13:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715177088 Sanjina reachus3 https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715178172 I think i resonated with the storytelling process shared by Ravi since I feel that building our story is a long term process and constantly evolving.
Loved Ritika's tips and tricks. It was so valuable and insightful]]> 2021-09-03 13:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715178172 Kanmani https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715178846 It was great learning today!

Ravi breaking down the story telling process leaves us with a lot more clarity.  

Ritika talking about building relationships with donors and approaching with empathy was very very helpful :)

]]> 2021-09-03 13:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715178846 Aatma Prakash jinee https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715180302 Every minute of the session was helpful and there are several take-aways. The best out of it was the discussion with Ritikaa which helped us clarify the doubts around fundraising. ]]> 2021-09-03 13:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715180302 Udita Chadha https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715180423 Takeaways
1. Pride over Pity ( story telling )
2. The 7 questions of story telling
3. 3:1 ratio rule for discussions with the funder
4. More streams for fundraising than just one]]> 2021-09-03 13:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715180423 Bikash Karunodaya bikash7692 https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715180733 It really amazing learning for me, building our story was insightful, and ritika session gives Sanjivani for fundraising activities]]> 2021-09-03 13:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715180733 Lokesh https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715188322 I was great learning for me, story telling process was very clear and easy to understand, and the very interesting rule of funding i know today by Ritika.]]> 2021-09-03 13:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1715188322 Prapti praptiaafaaqfoundation https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1716491964 - Ethios, Pathos & Logos
- The 7 questions of Story Telling
- What makes a story powerful (via comparing & contrasting different examples)
- Empathy with the other party (interviewers/ donors)
- Seeing donors as partners
- Using Analogies (from the ISD example) to make the story stronger
- Deviation from the Norm]]> 2021-09-04 09:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1716491964 Pradeep https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1716516248 Helped me to think differently. Loved the session of Ravi and his questions. 

]]> 2021-09-04 10:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1716516248 Shweta unmuktfoundation https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1717108060 2021-09-05 05:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/avarnaojha/qehru8fuq4uanny/wish/1717108060