CauseVox

JULY 18, 2024

Imagine the impact your nonprofit could achieve if your stories captivated more hearts and inspired more actions. Great news: with the right storytelling techniques, this is entirely within reach. We’ve created this comprehensive guide to help you master the art of storytelling for your nonprofit. Get Started Today!

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. The Power of Storytelling in Fundraising Humans are meaning-making creatures.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Prioritize storytelling over marketing. If you make storytelling a higher priority than marketing, then over time your nonprofit’s brand becomes synonymous with the cause(s) you advocate. If you make storytelling a higher priority than marketing, then over time your nonprofit’s brand becomes synonymous with the cause(s) you advocate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. While Facebook and Twitter may be waning a bit in popularity and usage, visual storytelling platform Instagram keeps growing in engagement and daily time spent on the site. .

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. Why You Need a Good Story Strong, effective storytelling for nonprofits can accomplish lots of good things: Connects your audience to those you serve.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This is part one of a series on the skills you need to be a great nonprofit storyteller. Good communication is the key to being an effective fundraiser, building strong relationships, leading well, and serving the people you’re working to help. Storytelling is one of the most powerful forms of communication. I have good news!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

In this environment, building a community of loyal advocates for your cause is more important than ever before. While building this community takes time, it will ensure you always have a full pipeline of people interested in engaging with your cause. Meanwhile, building an organic community is like backpacking through that new country.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

By Greg Fine – a marketing consultant that works to elevate nonprofit marketing impact, revitalize giving campaigns, and bring energy and awareness to nonprofit brands and their mission. 25% YELLOW: Emotional Storytelling Emotional appeals were crucial for tapping donor heartstrings. Online Donations – St.

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Candid

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Ford , Skoll , and Compton foundations have announced the launch of a donor collaborative to help strengthen the impact of moving image storytelling. Cultural change is needed to achieve long-term advances in justice and equity, making the role of transformational storytellers all the more important," said Mertes.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

But, the fact of the matter is, the channels you employ will have little impact on your outreach strategy if the messages you send through those channels are subpar. That’s where nonprofit storytelling comes into play. How To Identify and Build Your Nonprofit’s Story in 5 Steps. The Importance of Storytelling for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

By Jess Woloszyn , Content Specialist at Classy.org – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Show them precisely what impact their gift will make. Building your campaign layout.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In part two of this series on the skills you need to be a great nonprofit storyteller, I talk about how to engage your audience emotionally through creative storytelling. In this post, I’ll focus on the creative skills involved in storytelling. . In this post, I’ll focus on the creative skills involved in storytelling. .

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.orgSource

AUGUST 19, 2024

It’s impossible to create that high-level, human-centered impact without getting into the weeds. While a policy that restricts access might keep your data safe, it also builds a wall around that wealth of information. Build communities where data experts share knowledge, best practices, and challenges.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. YouTube is building on Google findings that online video is the most influential source in driving donations. The other and more impactful way is to use Instagram sponsored posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. For example: “Habitat for Humanity volunteers building an a-frame in Mobile, Alabama” or “Infographic describing 2019 Habitat for Humanity of Alabama’s budget expenditures.”. Your webmaster can help with this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

When more and more content is bad, good content deepens connections with audiences, ranks high in search engines, and amplifies impact. This is a critical first step in building a relationship with an audience, effectively serving as the foundation of an engagement pyramid or ladder for a nonprofit website.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For nonprofit professionals serving rural communities, building strong donor relationships starts with clear communication about local needs and measurable outcomes. Building support starts with helping donors understand these crucial differences in how housing insecurity manifests in their specific communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2024

There is no doubt that social media, no matter the platform, remains a powerful way for people to build communities and connect with the causes and nonprofits they care about. What will the impact be? This is where social media storytelling comes in! Along with urgency, clearly spell out how the funds will be used.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 18, 2022

A problem or conflict in a story naturally builds a case for giving. In the context of fundraising the most common stories that we tell are impact stories and stories about people. Impact stories work well for fundraising because they demonstrate a need that donors can meet through donating. That’s just the nature of the beast.

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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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Forum One

MARCH 2, 2023

You don’t have to build an entire site in Webflow to benefit. Webflow has been a great platform for organizations like the Vilcek Foundation and American Jazz Museum to create special content with advanced visual storytelling. Forum One even created microsites in Webflow for last year’s Digital Impact Summit website.

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Pamela Grow

AUGUST 14, 2024

When it comes to sharing a nonprofit’s impact, sensitive stories demand compassionate and responsible handling. However, navigating storytelling that balances between transparency and respect for privacy can be daunting. Founder of 4 Da Hood Ethical storytelling starts with story collection. Families facing financial hardship.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

2) Recurring Donors and Giving Flexibility Recurring or sustaining-level donors are supporters who are excited to provide ongoing support and have a long-term impact on your organization, whether this is on a biweekly, monthly, or on a quarterly basis. Peer-to-Peer fundraising can build a major gift pipeline for your organization as well!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2024

Workers want to use AI tools right now but leaders in both the for-profit and nonprofit space worry that they won’t be able to demonstrate the impact AI has in objective terms and are leery to implement new technology without proper security and policy in place. For nonprofits, the less time spent on administrative tasks, the better.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 16, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Creating Unforgettable Nonprofit Events for Maximum Impact Ever been to a nonprofit event that left you in awe and inspired to make a difference? Engage supporters : Events let you connect with your supporters in person, helping you build stronger bonds and a sense of community. Well, guess what?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

But making skill building an organizational priority is a hedge against the unknown that offers 360 degrees of current benefits. Be Aggressive About Learning If proactive skill-building isn’t part of your culture, it is time to consider a more aggressive approach to learning, development, and employee retention.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

We are about to enter into a golden age of storytelling more unbound from resource constraints than ever before. By creating images that evoke emotion, you can make your materials more impactful and persuade people to donate to your cause. Creative Ideas for Social Impact Imagery. Sometimes you need a whale in a building.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Acquiring new donors is always an important part of your growth strategy, but engaging the donors you do have and building relationships with them can lead to more value down the road. Share your donors’ impact. . Share your donors’ impact. . Here a few ways you can effectively convey your donors’ impact: . Add visuals.

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

Whether your donors are transactional or high value (including mid-level and recurring donors) or participatory (like event participants and volunteers), building healthy relationships with them today—and retaining them—recognizes the responsibility we all have to our constituents, our communities, and, ultimately, to ourselves.

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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? Part of making a compelling case for anything is telling a story. Let’s take a closer look.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Leveraging an online fundraising platform allows your nonprofit to streamline its efforts, connect with supporters more effectively, and make the giving experience easier and more impactful for everyone involved. Let’s look at how you can utilize branded donation pages and powerful storytelling through our online fundraising platform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2023

2017 Population Matters Infographics Series 2) Postcards [with QR codes] Gen Z rarely receives print mail, so it makes an impact when it arrives. In 2024, postcards with QR codes designed to make an impact (LOL funny, powerful quotes, beautiful art, photography, etc.) The problem is that most print mail from nonprofits is boring.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2021

Designed to help creators on their platform build community, audience, and impact, this could translate into opportunities for nonprofits to partner with influencers to run fundraising initiatives and campaigns on the app. Contribute to the conversation, ask questions, connect with attendees, and build your network. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In the process of coming up with a nice design and captivating storytelling to capture potential supporters, you may be overlooking a few fundamental and truly effective steps to boost conversions on your online donation page. Showcase impact metrics of what each giving level can accomplish. 1) Make Giving Simple.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

These are people who want to help amplify your message to increase your impact, share their passion, and recruit others to join the cause. . A strategist, writer and storyteller, Melissa focuses on clear messaging and brand strategy to assist teams in engaging their audiences and motivating them to take action.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The answer lies in the power of storytelling. Pattern recognition: A storytelling superpower Our brains are wired to recognize patterns. They allow us to see ourselves within the narrative, making the lessons they impart deeply personal and impactful. Show, don’t just tell: Illustrate the impact of your programs.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 23, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore some effective strategies and tips for nonprofit leaders to leverage social media for fundraising and make a lasting impact on their cause. This will help you make informed decisions on where to invest your time and resources for maximum impact. Engage, Engage, Engage Social media is a two-way street.

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