Online interactive workshop: Storytelling to Drive Change

Facts and evidence matter, but they are rarely enough to inspire action on their own. This practical, 90-minute workshop explores how storytelling can help governance and social change practitioners communicate complex work, build trust, influence decisions, and mobilize support.

Through real-world examples and interactive discussion, participants will learn how to connect evidence, lived experience, and values into clear, compelling narratives for different audiences.

What you’ll learn

By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:

identify the audiences they need to reach;
use storytelling to make complex issues more meaningful;
connect evidence and lived experience in compelling ways;
communicate their work with greater clarity, purpose, and impact.

Meet the speakers

Jasmine Anouna

Founder, The Bloom

Jasmine is the founder of The Bloom, a global community for social impact careers that has grown from 20 friends and family to 30,000 social impact professionals around the world. She is also an SDG goalkeeper at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As a social impact weaver, feminist, and social entrepreneur, Jasmine is driven by a passion for deep listening and building creative bridges across ideas, people, and cultures. She graduated from Oxford University in 2019 with a specialization in the intersection of women’s rights and social media, which led to an internship at the U.N. Human Rights Office in Geneva. Since starting The Bloom, she has been invited to speak at prestigious institutions such as Cambridge University, Antwerp Management School, and UNESCO.

Anjani Anand

Partnerships & Outreach Lead, Carbon Removal India Alliance (CRIA)

Anjani Anand leads Partnerships and Outreach at the Carbon Removal India Alliance (CRIA), India’s only industry-led coalition advancing durable carbon removal. She works across partnerships, communications, and ecosystem building, translating complex climate science and policy into collaborations with researchers, policymakers, industry, philanthropy, and civil society. Over eight years, she has built partnerships and narratives for early-stage climate and social impact initiatives, including helping scale rePurpose Global’s partner portfolio from 75 to 500+ brands and supporting donor engagement and fundraising for The Diabesties Foundation. A Terra.do Climate Fellow and OnePointFive Global South Changemaker Scholar, Anjani holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Symbiosis International University. Her work is grounded in equity, justice, and amplifying Global South voices in climate action.

Mmabatho Boitshepo Oke

Advocacy and Governance Specialist

Mmabatho is a knowledge management & advocacy specialist who works at the intersection of digital governance, gender equality and economic justice. Over 12 years, Mmabatho has a proven track record of turning complex policy and research into insightful action. She has worked with various INGO’s, governments and is an expert in building cross-functional collaborations and leading advocacy initiatives in global platforms. Her leadership spans board roles, including the Aidsfonds supervisory board, several youth and tech-focused institutions, and is complemented by recognitions such as the AFR100 Youth Ambassador and in MIPAD 100 as the Most Influential Person of African Descent (2020) and an Anzisha media finalist (2016). Mmabatho is also a Mandela Washington Fellowship alumnus and a Bosch alumnus. Currently, Mmabatho is the Lead Facilitator for the Gender Standing Group at the Internet Society.

Camille May

Senior Global Communications Officer, International Development Enterprises (iDE)

Camille May is an Australian-born global communications strategist and journalist who bridges frontline storytelling with high-level media strategy. She currently leads global communications and marketing for iDE, following a decade spanning newsrooms, field reporting, and major advocacy campaigns for organizations like Global Citizen, the Gates Foundation, the Brookings Institution, and the United Nations. Her work ranges from directing multi-camera field productions to shaping campaigns for major live broadcasts, with reporting featured globally. Based in New York City, Camille writes and consults globally, helping purpose-driven brands and NGOs turn field insight into communications that drive real impact. She holds a Master’s from CUNY, and is a contributor to the New Zero World climate communications white paper and CUNY’s Social Change and Transgressive Studies Project.