How Story Arc and AI Level Up Grant Storytelling Nonprofit Workshop

Schedule

Tue Jan 27 2026 at 09:30 am to 02:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

221 E Indianola Ave | Phoenix, AZ

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About this Event

How Story Arc and AI Level Up Grant Storytelling Nonprofit Workshop: A Nonprofit Grant Writing & Narrative Development Workshop


Transform the way your nonprofit communicates its impact. The Story Arc + AI Level Up Grant Storytelling Workshop gives you the tools, language, and narrative clarity your team needs to strengthen funding confidence, win more grants, and align your entire organization under one powerful message.

You will learn how to craft a grant narrative that works across fundraising, board communication, donor engagement, and grant applications. By the end of the workshop, your organization will speak with one voice, confident, aligned, and funder-ready.

What Attendees Will Walk Away With

✔ A complete, polished grant narrative ready to use for grants, LOIs, and sponsorships

✔ Board Talking Points that strengthen your board’s confidence, clarity, and communication

✔ A Signature Story Arc that aligns your whole organization under one unified message

✔ AI-powered templates to speed up narrative writing and improve storytelling workflows

✔ A clear structure to communicate impact to funders, donors, partners, and the community

✔ A stronger internal messaging system that supports fundraising long-term

✔ Renewed confidence in your funding strategy and narrative power

✔ A deeper understanding of how storytelling increases funding success

Most nonprofits are doing amazing work—but their story is unclear, inconsistent, or buried in internal documents.

  • Boards struggle to communicate impact
  • Staff tell different versions of the mission
  • Funders can’t quickly understand the value
  • Grant applications feel repetitive and exhausting
  • Organizing a single, unified narrative feels impossible

This workshop solves that.

We give nonprofits a simple, repeatable system to communicate their value in a way that strengthens the board, aligns staff, and elevates all fundraising efforts.

Funders don’t fund the work. They fund the story that proves the work is meaningful, effective, and needed. After this workshop, your organization will have that story.


Co-Facilitators

Destinee Cade

Founder & Lead Consultant, UrbanSceneries Consulting

Grant Strategist • Nonprofit Fundraising Architect • AI-Powered Storytelling & Funding Expert


Frank Velásquez Jr.

Founder, 4 Da Hood

Story Coach + Narrative Strategist

Creator of the Signature Story Arc Framework

Specialist in Message Alignment for Nonprofits & Social Impact Organizations


Agenda

🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome + Check-In + Networking

Info: Early arrival, coffee, refreshments, mingle with other nonprofit leaders and fundraisers.


🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Session

Info: Welcome, objectives, agenda walk-through, materials check.


🕑: 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
The 5-Stage Story Arc with Frank

Info: Frank introduces his signature storytelling framework and guides participants through reframing their organizational narrative.


🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Individual Work Session

Info: Participants begin applying the Story Arc to their organization with worksheets and prompts.


🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Transition + AI Lab Setup

Info: Facilitators prep for the hands-on AI segment.


🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:35 PM
Working Lunch + Office-Hours Q&A

Info: Bring your questions and get real-time personal feedback from both facilitators.


🕑: 12:40 PM - 01:30 PM
AI Grant Lab: Turn Story Into Strategy with Destinee

Info: Live demonstration + guided work on:
• Community + Organizational Needs
• Program Description
• Objectives
• Evaluation
• Budget
• Sustainability
Participants leave with a polished narrative framework ready for grants + LOIs.


🕑: 01:35 PM - 01:55 PM
Rotations + Peer Review

Info: Split room into two groups for personalized coaching + narrative refinement.


🕑: 01:55 PM - 02:00 PM
Commitments + Next Steps + Resource

Info: Wrap-up, templates, action steps, and follow-up guidance.


🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Closing Networking Mixer

Info: Connect with peers, exchange contacts, and build collaboration opportunities.


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Where is it happening?

221 E Indianola Ave, 221 East Indianola Avenue, Phoenix, United States

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Tickets

USD 379.00 to USD 750.00

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