{"id":8110,"date":"2017-09-20T20:49:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T20:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=8110"},"modified":"2020-11-15T13:08:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T18:08:42","slug":"marc-pitman-5-stories-every-leader-must-telling","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/resources\/marc-pitman-5-stories-every-leader-must-telling\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Stories Every Leader Must Be Telling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a nonprofit leader, are you consistently telling the right stories? Do you even know what they are? Nonprofit leadership expert Marc A. Pitman says there are just five stories you need to know. 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