We specialize in publications and research that include a story format such as case studies, oral histories, and articles that draw heavily on testimonials. Combining engaging stories with data analysis, you can use our research capabilities to:


Wake Me Up When the Data Is Over:
How Organizations are Using
Stories to Drive Results


Editor: Lori Silverman
Contributing Author: Alicia Korten


This book showcases how stories are being applied in over 70 organizations to address key business issues and manage daily work. Featured institutions include Levi Strauss & Co., Lands’ End, Interface, Inc., Microsoft, NASA, AARP, Hewlett Packard, the OneVillage Foundation and many more.
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Staying Power: Using
Technical Assistance and
Peer Learning to
Enhance Donor Investments

Written by Alicia Korten with
Barbara Wyckoff-Baird


This publication highlights the role of technical assistance and peer learning in the Ford Foundation’s Community-Based Forestry National Demonstration Project, a six-year initiative to renew rural America. Case studies show how, by providing not only money but also support systems, the Ford Foundation helped to support change at three levels - within institutions, within communities and within a nation.
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Changing the Power
Equation: Case Studies
of Indigenous
Leadership
in Panama’s Darien Gap

Written by Alicia Korten
and Hector Huertas


This report compares organizing strategies of three campaigns led by Indigenous Peoples in Panama’s Darien Gap and shows how the most effective of the three initiatives helped them to not only secure their land rights, but also set an international precedent. Indigenous Peoples became negotiators in a major loan by the Inter-American Development Bank, an intergovernmental agency that historically only negotiated loans with governments.


“Acute analytical abilities and a clear sense of logic and organization. Her book and articles are clearly written, cogently argued and meticulously documented.”

Cathy Schneider, Professor, American University

 


Our strategic planning begins with comprehensive evaluations. Too often change agents fail to effectively evaluate what is needed for an organization . . . read more

Wake Me Up! Entertaining, fun and informative, this newly launched workshop is a wonderful introductory session to how companies can use stories . . . read more