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. In this article we’ll focus on just one of those key findings: how emotion impacts social sharing. He and his team work with nonprofits across the U.S.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

THE AGITATOR / DONOR VOICE. The authors aren’t just fundraising experts, but also literary and playful in their writing. She was one of the first to publish about using social media for social impact and has lectured at Stanford University. THE STORYTELLING NONPROFIT. Follow him on Twitter @JeffBrooks.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

For example, if your podcast is about fundraising, you would research experts in the fundraising sphere, such as authors of fundraising books, fundraising consultants , and fundraising event planners. Drink lots of water beforehand and during the recording session to ensure you’re hydrated and your voice stays strong. Stay hydrated.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Utilize storytelling in your communications. Utilize storytelling in your communications You have probably heard this advice before but it’s not always clear exactly how you actually achieve it. Storytelling is important because it helps your audience better understand and connect with the work you’re doing. Let’s dive in!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 30, 2022

Utilize storytelling in your communications. Utilize storytelling in your communications You have probably heard this advice before but it’s not always clear exactly how you actually achieve it. Storytelling is important because it helps your audience better understand and connect with the work you’re doing. About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Chad Norman, publisher of I dig webby things.and I bet you do too So much of social media and relationship marketing revolves around storytelling, and this is especially true for nonprofits. These artists are all great examples of how media can be used for social change - as a vehicle for storytelling. And he did it well.

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Kindful

MARCH 11, 2021

Did the outcomes of the day grow stale and ultimately have little impact on your board? Impact-driven. They are impact-driven. Most importantly, board members should leave feeling motivated to make the changes necessary that will take your board to the next level of performance and impact so your mission can soar!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

However, there’s a great opportunity to stand out simply by having a distinctive human voice. When more and more content is bad, good content deepens connections with audiences, ranks high in search engines, and amplifies impact. Even better, develop a bit of a distinctive voice. This article walks through seven tips.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

This year’s top auctioneers are driving impactful change, raising crucial funds and leveraging their expertise to make a difference for great causes worldwide. Leveraging his success as a platform for greater impact, he considers himself incredibly fortunate. He connects donors to the impact they can make through your event.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

And for good reason: I love tools that help make quality content and storytelling something that all of us can create. Plus, you can add authors to a blog to be sure it isn’t just you that’s responsible for posting. What are your favorite tools or tips for telling the story of your work and impact online?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 29, 2020

Mainly, if the leader gives keynote speeches, writes articles, or is seen as an essential voice in the field, your organization can reap more significant benefits in terms of brand recognition. Don’t just go with the annual report to showcase your organization’s impact. Include visual storytelling, especially in videos.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

It’s in the next few years that decisions are taken, or not taken, that will impact our kids’ lives forever. There’s a real strength in acting together with others, and it can have a real impact. The parent voice carries acute moral and emotional weight. About the Authors: Photo credit: Appendix Fotografi. Devi Thomas.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Five years ago, at the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City, #GivingTuesday started as a response to the Black Friday and Cyber Monday crazes that follow Thanksgiving. Asha Curran, Chief Innovation Officer at the Belfer Center, authored the report. Storytelling works.

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

There were some, of course, that made a bigger impact than others—whether because they challenged us to think about the world in new and different ways, or simply kept us entertained when we needed it most, and our eyes were revolting from far too much screen time. We even started our own little book club!).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Through multiple examples of how individual initiatives can have impact, Gail reminds us that everyone of us can contribute to achieving these goals. These stories and narratives about the major social issues of our time can have an incredible impact on our beliefs around change and our motivation to make it happen.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Using this data, your organization can determine which metrics are best for measuring your social impact and illustrating all of your work’s tangible achievements. But to clearly convey your impact on your community, your nonprofit needs to put its findings into context. Pairing data with impactful visuals. Let’s get started!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

We want them to share content, we want them to feel really connected to their impact and we want them to represent that to all their friends and family.”. With over 310,000 followers, he is a strong voice for the organization on Twitter, and he recently published a memoir that tells the story of how he started his organization.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Digital Storytelling Expert, J Campbell Social Marketing. Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes. Julia Campbell. Cause Camp 2020 Host. Lynne Wester. Get your tickets today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

They set up a c ommunity champions campaign on Razoo and asked their champions to commit to raising $500 each and that the money would be matched by the NTEN board.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Between the visual storytelling opportunities, real time update capabilities, almost all of the same advertising options as Facebook, and 1 billion active monthly users* – Instagram is a no brainer to me. they do an amazing job of visual storytelling), @rainforestalliance. , @habitatforhumanity. , @aspca. , Share impact stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. So, it is important for the host to hold a call with the facilitation team to clarify expectations for the session outcomes and team authority/decision-making roles.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

It's not enough to just share stories about your impact — how do you mobilize and engage people who are passionate about issues you're working on? For example, a story that begins with a big emotional impact will leave the reader asking questions and wanting more information. Offer a Call to Action. Engage Offline.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

The Internet is awash in a flood of digital storytelling tips. Here are four good ideas to incorporate into your own digital storytelling from two digital storytelling gurus: Michael Hoffman is the Founder and CEO of See3 Communications where he is the leading authority in online video for nonprofits. Look no further!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Does your nonprofit have a plan for storytelling this year ? The truth is that nonprofits are still not using storytelling as strategically as they could be. In other words, storytelling is an ad-hoc activity that happens on the side. In other words, storytelling is an ad-hoc activity that happens on the side.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

Striving to make storytelling work given the constraints of time, space, the boss’s demands, evolving trends, and how dang hard it is to draw horses. Dear <FirstName>, With just hours to go before our midnight deadline, 4,236 committed supporters have already donated and DOUBLED their impact thanks to a special matching gift.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Foundations face unique communications challenges—from amplifying the voices and work of their grantees, to advancing their overall mission and goals. Or do you want to serve as a cheerleader, giving grantees the ability to directly voice the work that you are supporting? Your storytelling strategy. Quick tip.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Up your storytelling game. Show the impact of each donation. Use an emotionally compelling image or a short story at the top of your form that illustrates what kind of positive impact your donors are having on your beneficiaries. Add a sentence about how you can provide direct impact along with suggested giving amounts.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2007

I've spent several hours perusing the WWO time machine, finding the voices, images, and missions most interesting and applicable to my lifestyle. The more we can accomodate visitors/players who want to engage in any of a number of ways--personal, theoretical, active--the greater the potential involvement and impact. I wasn't ready.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2017

This conference brings together some of the top minds in nptech and gives attendees a chance to discuss what’s happening across the industry and share best practices for how to work smarter and create bigger, lasting impact with technology. Here are the top 11 tips for nonprofits to embrace technology for even greater impact.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Kat Holmes, author of Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design , says that “For better or worse, the people who design the touchpoints of society determine who can participate and who’s left out. Reclaimphoto.com – “Committed to amplifying the voices of underrepresented photographers and decolonizing the photojournalism industry.”

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Connection Cafe

MAY 17, 2017

“ Use your voice.” Asking an individual to use their own voice and share personal experiences, as opposed to simply urging them to regurgitate a prewritten organizational blurb, makes the resulting message matter. As author Annette Simmons puts it, “Facts don’t have the power to change someone’s story.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Working for a large nonprofit focused on programs and services that have impact on peoples’ lives, we often find ourselves with great stories of inspiration to tell. The challenge is identifying ways for the staff, who are responsible for implementing programs of impact every day, to tell the organization’s stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages. Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. for awareness campaigns, staff and volunteer training, and creative storytelling and reporting. Vizify :: vizify.com. Present.me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. It is a must download!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 12, 2023

Use these essential tips to make an effective text messaging campaign designed to engage your audience and boost revenue: Use storytelling. Use storytelling To maximize the impact of your SMS messaging, tell a story in your fundraising text messages that describes an urgent problem and how the donor can help overcome it.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 12, 2022

This requires the global community to center the voices of people directly impacted by poverty in its approach and support solutions that empower children and their families. Center People Directly Impacted by Poverty. About the Authors.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

A like here, a comment there, and a link back to your site can, with time, have a huge impact on search rankings. Storytelling is good, but no one likes to read a paragraph where a single sentence would do. Finally, use statistics, industry sources or research that supports your point of view to build authority around your article.

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