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CURRENT EVENTS AND ISSUES



                FORTHCOMING                       FORTHCOMING                       NEW

              When Ideology                     The Field Guide                   The New Digital
              Trumps Science                    to Fundraising                    Storytelling

              Why We Question the               for Nonprofits                    Creating Narratives with
              Experts on Everything             Fusing Creativity and             New Media–Revised and
              from Climate Change               New Best Practices                Updated Edition
              to Vaccinations
                                                SARAH B. LANGE                    BRYAN ALEXANDER
              BRENT S. STEEL AND
              ERIKA ALLEN WOLTERS















                                                December 2017, 265pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4   July 2017, 291pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
                                                Print: 978-1-4408-5459-0          Print: 978-1-4408-4960-2
              December 2017, 170pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4   $48.00, £37.00, €44.00          $48.00, £37.00, €44.00
              Print: 978-1-4408-4983-1          eBook: 978-1-4408-5460-6          eBook: 978-1-4408-4961-9
              $60.00, £47.00, €55.00
              eBook: 978-1-4408-4984-8
                                                With this book in hand, nonprofits can   Newly revised and updated, this is the
                                                increase their fundraising potential—  essential guide to state-of-the-art digital
              This book reveals how embedded                                      storytelling for audiences, creators, and
              beliefs more so than a lack of scientific   and their overall impact—by learning   teachers.
              knowledge and understanding are   how to ramp up nearly every aspect of
              creating a cognitive bias toward   their fundraising programs in new and   FEATURES
              information that coincides with   creative ways.                    •  Documents how digital storytelling
              personal beliefs rather than scientific   FEATURES                    has become an international
                                                                                    movement, with vibrant communities
              consensus—and that this anti-science   •  Adopts a comprehensive approach   of practice, ever-developing ideas,
              bias exists among liberals as well as   to nonprofit fundraising for board   and growing appeal
              conservatives.                      members, executives, and those   •  Captures the full depth and breadth
                                                  specifically charged with raising
              FEATURES                            money                             of the history and present of digital
              •  Provides readers with a clear   •  Explores nonprofits’ attitudes and   storytelling, while also offering
                                                                                    practical tips for getting started
                understanding of how ideology and   limiting beliefs                making stories
                personal values supersede scientific   •  Examines best practices related
                consensus for people across the   to fundraising, then takes those   •  Incorporates a plethora of digital
                political spectrum                                                  technologies, from video to
                                                  practices to the next level through   augmented reality, and mobile
                                                  creativity and innovation         devices to virtual reality
              BRENT S. STEEL, PhD, is professor
              at Oregon State University’s School of
              Public Policy.                    SARAH B. LANGE is principal and   BRYAN ALEXANDER, PhD, is a futurist,
                                                founder of New Era for Nonprofits, a   researcher, writer, speaker, consultant,
              ERIKA ALLEN WOLTERS, PhD, is      company that helps nonprofits raise   and teacher. His published work
              director of the Oregon State University   more revenue, build better boards, and   includes the first edition of The New
              Policy Analysis Laboratory (OPAL) and   engage in strategic planning.  Digital Storytelling and Gearing Up For
              faculty member in the School of Public                              Learning Beyond K–12.
              Policy at Oregon State University.

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