Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

This was a theme slam where panelists had to share their case study in five minutes or less using a similar format and unique style of delivery. Not yr same old social media NPO case study SLAM at #SMoP14 pic.twitter.com/j7Gp12hIRD. The final set of case studies discussed social media success and failure.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2023

The reason storytelling is so effective at capturing people’s attention is simple. In fact, our brains are hardwired to respond to stories. This means the story you share about your mission-driven work can motivate everyone—from your potential and existing donors to your staff and board members. It’s human.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Hear this inspiring story of Bobbie, a homeless woman who was helped by the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund to become more empowered and more hopeful.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2010

Of course, we don’t just want to talk about Haiti — we want to highlight some amazing work from around the sector, while also building a nice little library of case studies we can all learn from. So, we invite you to share your social media for social good story. Submit your Social Media for Social Good story today!

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

No matter the details of your story, you can leverage that sense of empathy to solicit a response from your audience. Your story goes far beyond simply telling the tale of how you got started. In fact, storytelling encompasses blog writing, advertising, and stewardship efforts. Seek inspiration from real storytellers.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

That’s where nonprofit storytelling comes into play. Crafting a strong narrative that explains your mission, why it’s so crucial, and how donors and volunteers can help is key in making a case for supporting your nonprofit. How To Identify and Build Your Nonprofit’s Story in 5 Steps. Map out the basic arc of your story.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

In other words, data can tell a continuous story that is meaningful, dynamic, and actionable. We were looking for a way to use our quantitative data to tell a visual story and start an ongoing and responsive narrative of our communities and our work; we wanted to answer the "so what?" and "to what ends?"

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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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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

I also had the privilege of speaking on another Online Storytelling panel with Roger Burks and Jay Davis. We've provided training on how to interview subjects, tips for photographing and video-recording, as well as best practices for writing strong stories that encourage and elicit action.

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Care2

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Every new nonprofit I work with at Rad Campaign always tell me how they want their new website to do a better job of telling stories. They are usually in a terrific position to tell incredibly inspiring stories, but they don''t have the resources or the time to craft them. Nonprofit Online Marketing Trends'

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VQ Strategies

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

However, success stories exist! In fact, UJA Federation of New York was recently featured as an important success story, with a recently released report detailing the results of ten years’ of investing in volunteer engagement infrastructure, training, and coaching. New stories to tell. It’s up to us.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

This is where the art and science of effective storytelling comes in. Packing all of your organization’s efforts into a thoughtful, easy-to-digest story can be remarkably challenging. Increasingly, Nonprofits are Turning to Video for Storytelling. They embraced the power of video storytelling to do it.

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Candid

MARCH 22, 2022

The answer: tell an engaging story. But how exactly do you craft a story, and digital storytelling strategy, that will draw new supporters’ interest and spur your followers to act? Next it's really understanding how to properly develop your story so it has the problem, the solution, the impact and the ask, right?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

“Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). Many social media tools are specifically designed for users to tell stories and voice opinions, others are built as aggregators and distributors of users’ stories. Lesson #1: Voice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The first is compelling brand storytelling, and the second is fluency in social technology. Unfortunately few brands effectively master both, as veteran storytellers struggle to deeply understand social technology, or digital natives rush to emerging technology only to overlook the importance of storytelling.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

A personal grievance of mine when it comes to our sector has always been the lack of case studies illustrating long-term success. Thats why I frequently reference this brilliant case study on SOFII from Denisa Casement, Lisa Sargent, and Sandi Collette. And now you. Sure, its easy to experience one-off successes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Today, I had the pleasure of doing a little planning for March, 2012 bootcamps in country with the strategic social media adviser from Jordan, Rami Al-Karmi and Heather Ramsey at IIE in San Francisco as well as Craig Newmark and Barry Newstead from Wikimedia. Stay tuned … Video and Storytelling. View more documents from E-Mediat.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

"Stories told visually tend to naturally engage both sides of our brain. If you're just getting started with storytelling, we walk you through how to tell great stories. First, know what you want to accomplish, and second, understand what makes a compelling story. Learn More. spanhidden.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

We Are Media is a terrific resource for anyone looking for tips, examples, case studies and information on using social media in a nonprofit organization. After a ten minute break, participants will have the option of joining one of four break out sessions: Listening/Engaging; Storytelling; Generating Buzz; Online Networking.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

11 — “Customer Case Study”: use case slide. 12 — “Case Study”: typical customer growth overview. 13 — “Case Study”: how the problem is currently solved. 14 — “Case Study”: how the problem is solved with Lumigo. Slides in this deck.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

5) Creating Signature Stories by David Aaker. Effective storytelling is the secret sauce of nonprofit fundraising and marketing. David Aaker is the guru of powerful, authentic, and engaging storytelling. Great storytelling is one thing, but you need to your stories shared across the right media channels.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

With so many EOY campaigns , one of the most powerful ways for donors to connect with your cause is through the power of storytelling. A good story resonates with the donor, connects them to your vision, creates a sense of urgency, and gives donors an outlet to take action. 15 Minute Storytelling Workouts.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Stories are powerful. It’s incredibly important for nonprofits to tell stories about their organization and the people they serve. Storytelling for nonprofits is an avenue to connect with donors and help them relate to your work. What is Nonprofit Storytelling? To that aim, there are two important terms to know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

At that time she made and raised $2,000 using Chipin, using the case study I had documented where I raised money to send a young Cambodian women to college. This was the very beginning of what we’re calling crowd funding or social fundraising. When I think of story telling, I think of books. Some call it boring.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

TechSoup kicked off its 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge with the webinar Creating a Culture of Storytelling. The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. on how to get your organization started telling stories digitally.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Are you ready to join a global, Storytelling conversation on Twitter at #Storymakers2014 spanning the globe from India, Libya, Kenya across Europe, Canada and the United States. Topic: AWESOME Digital Storytelling case studies. Topic: Mobile tools and platforms for telling your story. Topic: Tools for Storytelling.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. Storytelling and Content Strategy Best Practices.

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Tableau

MAY 18, 2022

Three fierce contestants took the keynote stage to rock day two with their mad data storytelling skills. The judges evaluated the vizzes based on three criteria: design, analysis, and storytelling. Let’s take a deep dive into the powerful data stories our finalists told. Misconceptions from the Grapevine. And the winner is….

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Tableau

MAY 18, 2022

Three fierce contestants took the keynote stage to rock day two with their mad data storytelling skills. The judges evaluated the vizzes based on three criteria: design, analysis, and storytelling. Let’s take a deep dive into the powerful data stories our finalists told. Misconceptions from the Grapevine. And the winner is….

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

This week's TechnoBuzz Newsletter has an excellent piece by Jonah Sachs from FreeRange Studios on online storytelling, making the point that you don't need the latest web2.0 technology tool, but the oldest communication method known to human beings - stories! The Villains: Every story needs a bad guy. workshops for July.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The guide is organized by four key questions and includes a mix of practical tips and case studies featuring Jewish organizations and others. I like how these qualities easily link to networked approaches, storytelling, and iteration, but can also be linked to specific measurable data points. How to collect data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Let your stakeholders share their story and passion about your organization – from the heart and humor work. Pick a campaign and platform to experiment with integrating social fundraising , but build your network and get organized first. Cultivate and cheer on champions for your cause. Engage influencers and free agents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

How do we get a telling the story about why this all important? Because x happened, we learned that: Next, based on our discussion and storytelling, we shifted in the ideation stage and brainstormed questions on sticky notes beginning with “How might we.” The goal was to generate, not judge our ideas. It was followed by this: 4.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

2021 Year End Success Stories. And now, a deeper look at what worked: Content and Storytelling for Year-End Fundraising Gains with Hope Services. In order to rise to this challenge, Media Cause focused on leveraging these elements to improve on 2020 wins and increase conversions through: Personalized storytelling.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

What : This meeting is for for people at orgs who have been using social media for several years and will be a forum to exchange advanced level tips and stories, as well as share what’s worked and what hasn’t. Open Data Storytelling: Learn how to best tell your organization’s story. When : 10:30 a.m. Listen First!

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2025

Meta, LinkedIn) Webinars and online events Case studies and impact stories Downloadable resources (e-books, guides) Social follower growth and engagement Digital Goal – INFORM: Turn casual interest into deeper connectioncollect permission-based contact info to build ongoing relationships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2009

amyrsward storytelling! from the organization, from supporters, from those served - telling stories in rich, authentic ways. One question about the Red Cross case study: What are the measure of success? (among many other awesome examples & possibilities).

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