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Storytelling for Grantseekers: A Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising
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Storytelling for Grantseekers: A Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising

by Cheryl A. Clarke
January 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
212 pages
5h 33m
English
Jossey-Bass
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WHO IS THE ANTAGONIST?

Who is the antagonist in our proposal stories? Hint: it isn’t a person. The antagonist is something larger than any single person. (Often something more diabolic than Sherlock Holmes’s nemesis, Dr. Moriarty, and more terrifying than Harry Potter’s Lord Voldemort.) The antagonist in our proposal stories is the need or problem being addressed by our agency. The problem or need is frequently unwieldy and complex. And although we may have foreshadowed the problem at the beginning of our narrative (recall the important fact, key question, and notable quote from Chapter Four?), in this dedicated section in your proposal it is time to elaborate more fully.
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