Practical Resources for Practitioners

Resource landscape

Without an industry standard, resources are created and shared by stakeholders:

  • Practitioners who sharing their own internal policies

  • Nonprofit funders who are invested in the prevention of harm

Internal policies

Self-published by practitioners

SOS Children’s Villages
Ethical Storytelling Guidelines

Voice of Witness
VOW’s Ethical Storytelling Principles
VOW’s Trauma-Informed Storytelling Practices

Define American
The Roadmap to Resilience for Undocumented Storytelling

Oxfam
Ethical Content Guidelines

Photographers Without Borders
Code of Ethics

Blue Avocado
Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits, 2022.

Broke Project
Self-care for Storytellers (or Your Story Is Yours)

Dignified Storytelling
The Dignified Storytelling Handbook

Resources for practitioners

Published by practitioners and non-practitioners

Ethical Storytelling
Storyteller Ethical Storytelling Webinar: How To, 2018.

M&C Saatchi World Services
Better conversations about Ethical Storytelling, 2023.

Social Impact Solutions
How You Can Conduct Ethical Nonprofit Storytelling, 2025.