Building Trust and Shaping the Future through Storytelling

Description

Join this highly interactive program alongside your Midwest colleagues to build your narrative skills and explore the power of storytelling—along with the risks of leaving certain stories untold. Through reflection-driven personal and organizational storytelling prompts and thoughtful discussion, you’ll gain practical takeaways on how philanthropic organizations can deepen trust and legacy through shared, human-centered stories. 

What you will take away

✅ Practical tips on how to incorporate storytelling into your organization’s communications, development, and engagement work

✅ Insight into how narrative can strengthen your organization’s strategy, relationships, and long-term impact

✅ Deepened connections to your Midwest colleagues through interactive discussion and shared learning

Guest speaker

Brittany “Britt” Lovett, Founder and Principal Consultant

Lovett & Sons, LLC

Britt is a strategist, communicator, and community builder with over 15 years of experience working at the intersection of philanthropy, nonprofit leadership, and systems change.

A proud graduate of Avon High School and Xavier University in Cincinnati, Britt began her career serving youth and families in educational and community spaces across Southwest Ohio. From her early roles at Pleasant Ridge Montessori and the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati — where she led six licensed childcare programs, a preschool unit, and an ACA-accredited summer camp — to her AmeriCorps VISTA service at Oberlin Community Services, her commitment has always been grounded in impact, equity, and people.

Most recently, Britt spent nearly seven years at the Community Foundation of Lorain County, where she guided the organization through two strategic plans, oversaw a full rebrand, restructured grantmaking and scholarship processes, and launched new initiatives to expand community visibility and trust.

She is a member of Leadership Lorain County’s Best Class of 2022 and serves as Chair of the Ruby N. Jones Community Scholarship Fund. Britt is a board member of the Lorain County Urban League, a trustee of Philanthropy Ohio, and the President of the Lorain County Young Professionals Chapter. Under her leadership, the chapter was named National Rookie Chapter of the Year by the National Urban League Young Professionals.

Britt’s work is rooted in strategy, storytelling, and the belief that community-centered solutions require deep listening and courageous leadership. Through Lovett and Sons LLC, she partners with individuals, nonprofits, and philanthropic institutions to co-create change that is both meaningful and measurable.

Audience & Registration

Any PhilMO Member or Missouri may register. Our colleagues at Philanthropy Ohio are hosting this Midwest Partnership webinar. The webinar is geared to communication or development professionals who are gathering and sharing stories and/or staff leaders interested in building narrative skills and embedding storytelling into mission-driven work. 

PhilMO Members may participate for free. If this is your first interaction with the new PhilMO website, choose “Create New Account” when registering. 

Non-Member Missouri grantmakers may participate for a fee of $75. Non-Members should choose “Non-Member Funder” to register and submit payment.

If you encounter any challenges registering for this program or otherwise navigating the new website, help is available by contacting info@philmo.org. 

What is the Midwest Partnership?

The Midwest Partnership is a collaboration between the Council of Michigan Foundations, Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, Philanthropy Missouri, and Philanthropy Ohio. 

The Midwest Partnership publishes an annual Midwest Grantmaker Salary Report and hosts joint programs, including monthly webinars connecting funders across the four states. Webinars are typically designed for community foundations, corporate foundations and giving programs, and/or family foundations. Occasionally, a program -- like this one! -- will be relevant to all foundation types. Regardless of focus, all foundation types may register for any program. 

Participation in webinars and access to the annual Salary Report is free for Member organizations. Non-Members may not access the report but may register for most webinars by contributing a $75 fee.