Britt Bravo is on a much-deserved vacation, so I'm stepping in for her to keep news and information about the social change web coming your way!

NTEN and Beth Kanter are leading the nonprofit technology community in the We Are Media Project: The Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits. The community, by working wikily, is building a toolkit and instructional guides about the use of social media in helping nonprofits distribute their stories.

This is week 4 of the project, focusing on the Art of Storytelling.

• Why is storytelling an important component of your social media strategy?
• How can you think through telling your story effectively?
• What are some brilliant examples of nonprofit storytelling in a social media strategy?

This is a great place to contribute to a collaborative, wiki project and to help share your experiences and knowledge about social media. Whether you are an expert or not, this is a project that can benefit from your participation: you can add your ideas and advice, or learn from what others share.

Previously, the group has tackled:

• Module 1: Why or why not?
• Module 2: Thinking Strategically
• Module 3: Resistance

You can learn more about the We Are Media Project and start participating by visiting the We Are Media Project wiki.

What are some of your organization's favorite stories to tell? What media do you use to tell them (photos, videos, letters)? What do you think makes them so compelling?