Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Their work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, CNN and AdWeek and Doug is a guest lecturer at Stanford University on the power of storytelling for nonprofit organizations. Your goal is to make storytelling decisions for your video that will elicit arousing, high-dominance emotions with an element of surprise in the viewer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2024

Diverging and Converging Views About AI Most leaders – 79% – agree that their company needs to adopt AI to stay competitive, but 59% worry about quantifying the productivity gains of AI and demonstrating a sufficient return on investment. Embracing AI tools now offers nonprofits a range of immediate and long-term benefits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. A solution many adopted in 2020 is the small dollar donation campaign. Adopt tried-and-true best practices for major donor engagement. Uncover data that reveals the latest trends in major giving.

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The Next Web

MARCH 28, 2014

Garrett Heath is a technology storyteller with Rackspace. We see a range of emotions towards Bitcoin adoption in the. The meteoric rise of Bitcoin’s value—from a low of $13 to upwards of $1000 in 2013—caused the general public to take notice of this cryptocurrency. Last year was truly the coming out party for Bitcoin.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 25, 2016

It’s not easy to tell a good Snapchat story, but the nonprofits listed below are making a concerted effort to pioneer Snapchat storytelling. In time, Snapcash may be used for fundraising, but for now it’s all about being an early adopter. Is your nonprofit considering experimenting with Snapchat?

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Greater Giving

JUNE 19, 2023

It’s common knowledge today that storytelling is among the most effective ways to connect with an audience and deliver content in a way that’s catchy, resonant, and memorable. But what does storytelling mean in practice? The post Truly Compelling Cases for Support: 5 Storytelling Tips appeared first on Greater Giving Blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, the Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits webinar highlights current trends in using social media for fundraising, advocacy, and storytelling. That’s an incredibly high donor retention rate for a set of tools that are still in their early adoption phase.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Be an early adopter of digital payments. Your organization’s ability to embrace social media as a storytelling and fundraising tools depends upon the hours and salary that you are willing to invest. Online giving is set for exponential growth over the next decade ( especially through social networks ). Invest in social media staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2007

adoption at the enterprise level. Here are two wonderful slideshows I found on Slideshare both on the same topic: Web2.0 Note the visual style with a narrative structure. This are very engaging ways to do presentations. I especially like slide 13

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 29, 2013

As Google+ further influences search results (recent research shows it has the highest correlation with search rankings out of any technique) and as people begin adopting it professionally, knowing how to spark Google+ engagement will be an exciting opportunity for social media gurus, ninjas or whatever fun term they are using these days.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Last night, a couple of us from the VisionLink team attended another wonderfully informative Tech4Good forum on the power and execution of video storytelling. After watching a few short, low budget videos, it became clear just how effective (and inexpensive) film could be when it comes to spreading your nonprofit''s story and mission.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Leadership and decision-making come from adoption not from executive authority. If there’s an idea that the community is behind, and a project or plan that’s adopted (whether it’s a new way of operating or a new tool), then it moves forward, regardless of “who” thought it up or campaigned for it.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

The writing process for the book: Expository vs storytelling. Staff started to see the value in social media and it led to adoption of tools. This session will take a look about these trends and how nonprofits can equipment themselves to be networked nonprofits. —— [link]. Different brains – visual vs words.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. It’s for this reason that nonprofits have been slow to adopt LinkedIn Ads. For example: 1. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 25, 2023

To meet this goal, your association could consider adopting innovative association management software (AMS) to enhance member engagement and boost retention. Expect AI to remain relevant in the coming years and consider adopting AI at your association. K eep ing up with emerging trends. Does your AMS make it simple to leverage AI?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

This immersive, interactive webinar experience(tm) will begin with a plenary session providing an overview of social media strategy, organizational adoption issues, capacity, metrics, and strategy execution. Experience a variety of social web tools that are essential in listening/engaging, storytelling, generating buzz, and online networking.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

NPTech folks are keenly aware of the rise of mobile phone adoption and the need to evolve their online strategies so NTEN made sure the topic was covered by offerings sessions on strategies for going mobile , HTML5 , and optimizing emails for mobile phones. Storytelling Tips from the Pros at @12NTC by Debra Askanase. Visual Notes.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

But by combining technology with storytelling, the organization can draw a clear line to the people their donors are helping. Interactive and immersive experiences are another growing way to utilize technology in storytelling. To achieve this, you may need to adopt a new way of thinking, which may initially feel uncomfortable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

For example, @nonprofitorgs/lists : Customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, the Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits webinar highlights current trends in using social media for fundraising, advocacy, and storytelling. 6) Respond to and engage with followers. Pick a topic and start talking. Twitter Newsletters.

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Tableau

JUNE 15, 2021

Keep reading for a conversation with Teljo on how CIOs can use data storytelling to communicate insights that resonate and inspire action. . CIOs can gain great traction with data storytelling. Ensuring you’re operating from a single, shared version of the truth is essential for effective data storytelling.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories. Develop a strategy for data storytelling. Design your data storytelling products. Know your audience.

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Candid

AUGUST 15, 2024

From quick, on-demand videos about compelling storytelling to more intensive webinars on writing the strongest grant proposals, Candid offers dozens of professional development opportunities at any given time. Beyond efficiency: A human-first AI adoption strategy. Zero-cost, maximum-impact professional development for fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

It is superb for visual storytelling about your organization, its stakeholders, and results. Also, here’s a post I wrote about how early adopter nonprofits have used Instagram for contests. Nonprofit Examples and Getting Started or Rebooting A Strategic Approach. Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

In previous years, we called it our Digital Storytelling Challenge. We thought we’d ask some past winners to tell us about how they’ve been using their videos and how important storytelling is to their organization. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

While this usually is applied to the adoption of new technology, it goes for discussions of leadership change, too. Leverage Success Stories Share positive outcomes from the new leaderships initiatives by relying on your outstanding storytelling skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It has been adopted across the disciplines, institutional types, and throughout the world. It is also part of another educational technology trend of MOOCs (massively open online courses) which are seeing more widespread adoption in higher education and have become more popular options for online learning.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

That’s why every culture uses storytelling to pass down vital traditions and values. See this principle at work in these good and bad examples of nonprofit storytelling. Great storytelling can boost the results of your year-end donation letter. Because the letter didn’t include an inspiring story that touched donor’s hearts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

This interactive webinar experience will begin with a plenary session providing an overview of social media strategy, organizational adoption issues, capacity, metrics, and strategy execution. Experience a variety of social web tools that are essential in listening/engaging, storytelling, generating buzz, and online networking.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

don’t embark on fundraising without a plan for using the funds, we can’t adopt a new fundraising approach without proper training. Core elements included using the Razoo giving platform, content best practices, online storytelling, social media strategy, and donor cultivation. Just as organizations (usually!)

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Are you trying to close your books faster, reduce errors, or create better data storytelling ? By involving end-users early on, you also foster a sense of ownership and buy-in, which can be critical for the smooth adoption of new processes. This ensures that your adjustments are both meaningful and practical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

This conversation came about after Seth's provoking post " The Problem with Non " took a swing at nonprofits for lack of adoption of social media, saying it was all due to fear. We covered a lot of topics - for culture change within nonprofits, nonprofit innovation, transparency, leadership, and the importance of storytelling.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 6, 2024

Mastering the art of storytelling: Connecting heart to cause Let’s talk about storytelling —it’s more than a buzzword. Compelling storytelling does just that by transporting your supporters into the lives affected by their donations. Here’s a straightforward look at what stirs the heart and opens the wallet.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

At this price point, it’s going to be a niche market for a while, so we’re thinking about things like immersive storytelling to build empathy in policymakers on issues that they don’t have lived experience with, or deepening engagement in donors with work they’re not able to see in person.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Just as open, streamlined communication is critical to the success of your nonprofit team, adopting tools that communicate with one another in real-time is one of the most important components of data collection. HOPE Atlanta’s donor retention rate steadily increased after adopting Classy for Salesforce. Hannah Durbin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2017

. #2: Use Transmedia Storytelling to Share Stories That Inspires InspireAction. Over the summer, the local humane society in Appleton, Wisconsin shared a story of one of its dogs, a chocolate lab named Hank, who was available for adoption, but had done something very wrong. And the shelter continues to post updates.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Discover how adopting a marketing mindset can revolutionize your board’s engagement and drive your nonprofit’s growth. Creating memorable and impactful interactions through storytelling and multi-channel communication. Developing clear calls to action that inspire confidence and trust.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

The new funding comes as live commerce continues to grow in adoption. We believe Firework empowers businesses to use video to transform their websites into social and storytelling hubs so they can build deeper, long-term relationships with customers. Last October, Albertsons was the first U.S. That compares to the U.S.

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