Learn to tell the stories your mission deserves.
Self-paced courses paired with live workshops, expert Q&A sessions, and human review — so your team learns the frameworks behind agency-level visual storytelling and has real support along the way.
Most nonprofits know they should be telling stories. Few know how.
You have powerful stories happening every day — in your programs, in your communities, in the lives you touch. But without the frameworks and skills to capture them, they stay invisible.
Academy bridges that gap. Not with theory, but with practical tools your team can use the same week they learn them.
Three courses. One complete skillset.
Each module builds on the last — from finding and structuring stories, to producing professional content, to distributing it everywhere your audience lives. Every course combines self-paced lessons with live workshops and human expert review.
Storytelling Foundations
Find stories hiding in your programs and tell them with structure, empathy, and power.
Visual Production Basics
Shoot interviews, B-roll, and on-location content that looks and sounds professional — even on a phone.
Content Strategy & Distribution
Turn one production day into months of content across every platform your audience uses.
Built for nonprofits and mission-driven organizations
Whether you're producing content with us or building in-house capacity, these courses help your team tell better stories.
Communications Directors
Build storytelling systems that outlast any single campaign.
Executive Directors
Learn the language of narrative so you can lead it across your organization.
Program Managers
Surface the stories happening in your programs every day.
In-House Content Teams
Level up from documentation to storytelling.
From first lesson to first story
Sign up
Create your free account. Academy is included with every RiseWorks plan — or start with Storytelling Foundations on its own.
Learn at your pace
Self-paced video lessons, hands-on exercises, and AI-powered coaching — plus live workshops, Q&A sessions, and human expert review for deeper learning.
Apply to your organization
Every exercise uses your real content. Get feedback from instructors and peers, then leave with frameworks and assets you can use immediately.
AI-Powered Coaching
A personal coach available 24/7.
Story Coach gives you feedback on your writing. Critique Lab analyzes your narratives for structure and emotion. Adaptive Bridge explains concepts in the context of your actual role.
Human-Led Sessions
Real experts. Real feedback.
Live workshops, group Q&A sessions, and human review of your work. Go deeper on the concepts that matter most to your team with experienced storytelling practitioners.
Ready to tell better stories?
Start with Storytelling Foundations — free for all RiseWorks subscribers. No credit card required.