Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

The museum and library preserves the rich history of the Northern Neck through its collections, exhibits, tours, and educational programs. Celebrating a Region Rich with History. New stories surface, like arrowheads long buried, providing constant shifting of information that gives vitality to history."

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

“As a people, we have to tell our own story.” – Evans Okinyi, CEO, East Africa Philanthropy Network Coming from a family of storytellers and strong matriarchs, I was interested in “Black (Women’s) Power: Our Voices.” Joseph Awards After-Party and meetups in between, there was plenty of Black joy and celebration.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 1, 2023

They have experienced firsthand the impact of the institution and have a shared history and sense of belonging. Potential Major Donors Some alumni may have achieved considerable success in their careers, and by engaging them, schools open the door to potential major donors who can significantly impact fundraising goals.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Forum One has partnered with NRDC to develop its website as well as additional digital assets, such as an immersive storytelling experience to celebrate the organization’s 50th anniversary in 2020 and an offshore drilling position tracking tool to help constituents easily find their legislators’ positions on offshore drilling.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 6, 2024

Here’s a straightforward look at what stirs the heart and opens the wallet. Celebrating contributions: How recognition fuels donor retention Recognition matters. Mastering the art of storytelling: Connecting heart to cause Let’s talk about storytelling —it’s more than a buzzword.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

Every June, the LGBTQ+ community and allies come together to celebrate love and friendship, to show how far the equality movement has come, and how much more work there is to do. Read about the history of the LGBTQ+ community and understand the challenges the community is facing today. In the U.K., Solving The Problem.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Rob Acker, CEO of Salesforce.org, opening our keynote session. We spotlighted the work that GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance , is doing with Nonprofit Cloud to power the COVAX Collaboration Platform , otherwise known as the largest vaccine operation in history. Our call for proposals is now open. Submit your session ideas today !

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The organization we support, Major Health Partners (MHP) has a long history of always being above average, and it’s our overall goal to improve the health of our community, thereby increasing the quality of the care we provide. Clinical staff at MHP will be celebrated for their year of tireless care through the pandemic.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This Black History Month, we reflect on the strategy work that our team does through our partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture —much of which centers around expanding access. Museum Helps Americans Discuss Race” ~ U.S.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

Devi Thomas (DT): With the recent honoring of Junteenth, so much of what we do around the day is a celebration of freedom. Bryan Stevenson (BS): It’s important that we have a new consciousness about the problems created by our history. The mistake will be if we just look for easy things to celebrate.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2022

Whether it’s community services, donor relations, governance, volunteer management, or communications, data plays a critical role in telling the story and uncovering the insights required to develop a response. . DLRS is a community-built and community-maintained open source Salesforce solution. Opens new window.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 11, 2023

This report then helps you “get” your donors − their preferences, their giving history, heck, even their level of involvement with your organization. Imagine their faces when they open a message that shows exactly how their donation changed a life. But it doesn’t stop there. Now that’s an impression that lasts!

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The Brand Story. A brand story relays the history, character, motivations, and other defining qualities of your nonprofit, from conception until today. The key to producing an effective brand story video is treating it like a novel. Producing an awareness video is about creating a story of change. Impact Videos.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

. —– In a previous post, I discussed some of the highlights from recent reports about the impact of celebrities and data on Millennial donors. The conclusion was that building trust with your constituents is the closest you can come to a silver bullet for fundraising – not slick online tools or celebrity endorsements.

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Forum One

APRIL 2, 2024

We’re thrilled to share that HHMI’s Wild Hope has been nominated as well as being recognized as an honoree; Vilcek Foundation’s Pueblo Pottery: Stories of Clay has been nominated; and AARP’s Livability Index is an honoree! Voting is simple and open to everyone through April 18th at 11:59 pm PDT. With nearly 2.5

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. ” For nonprofits, this shows the value of thoroughly researching your donors’ demographics, history, and motivations before crafting appeals. Don’t rely too much on gimmicks or guilt. Their passion can be contagious.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

Look into your audience’s giving history, previous event attendance, in-kind donation support, or online engagement with your cause to understand how to best reach them. For instance, you’ll want to track email open rates, social media likes, and click-through rates to gauge performance. Previous engagement.

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Qgiv

MARCH 25, 2024

Benefit concerts are often celebrations of major achievements or a part of a larger fundraising campaign. Many benefit concerts become annual events or make history for their cause. Another good source of performers is to look at musicians with a history of philanthropy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

On International Human Rights Day, we pay tribute to all human rights defenders, celebrate the recent victories of the human rights community, and recognize the challenges that still lie ahead in the global struggle to advance justice, accountability and an end to impunity. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

If you live in an area with some morbid history or well-known ghost stories, you can add a few stops on your scavenger hunt related to those creepy tidbits for your more daring donors. Ghost story contest. There’s nothing like a good ghost story when the weather gets chilly and the sun goes down. Haunted House fundraiser.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. . Salesforce.org’s second annual Nonprofit Summit, held earlier this month, attracted over 6,500 attendees from 100 countries.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 10, 2021

For a little history here, the game CryptoKitties was the first major use case for NFTs and has been a huge success. Some NFTs are open for a period of time and others have a finite amount at an auction or fixed price. Whereas each Bitcoin can be swapped with another Bitcoin in a “fungible” manner, each NFT is unique.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

A great story? A video at the top of the campaign opens with idyllic scenes of the gulf and a guy enjoying a summer day. Using humor to tell the story of something quite tragic, like blue whales dying, is a creative way to get people talking about your cause. The page opens with a video of a previous KaBoom! Cool photos?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It’s no secret that storytelling in the digital age is essential for nonprofits , but the efficacy of stories depends largely on how clearly and strategically they’re communicated to each unique segment of your audience, also sometimes known as a persona. Eddie Engager + Emma Event Attendee.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Staged a major exhibition celebrating the spectrum of what is in the library, public programs partners with The Moth. The result was an 800 page book of narratives, pictures, stories, and much more that will now be part of the library’s collection.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. It also won the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture a Silver Vega Award!

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. It also won the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture a Silver Vega Award!

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

We bridge through experiences that bring together people from all walks of life, in shared celebration, respect, and learning. Rather than operating in a bubble of “art people” or “history people,” we strive to connect ALL people in our county. Homeless adults and history buffs improving a historic cemetery. Learn about them.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Whether quietly spearheading some of the world's most groundbreaking scientific and medical research or not-so-quietly leading revolutions on the battlefield, our history is ripe with stories of ferocious, adventurous, enlightened, and persistent women. Gabriela Mistral. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

When you open the path, people flood in. You open the potential for something more. This summer, we opened two exhibitions at my museum that are highly relevant to local culture. The story of how these surfboards became significant speaks to the fickle face of relevance. Relevance is not an end unto itself.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2012

Last week, the local newspaper did a really generous front-page story on my museum (the MAH) and the changes here over the past eight months since I started. It's always shocking to me when a visitor will say, "it feels so comfortable here," or "I love how it's opened up to the community." but I didn't have numbers to back it up.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

I've long admired this museum for its all-encompassing commitment to community co-creation , and the visit was a kind of pilgrimage to their new site (opened in 2008). One man (Gordon from Kirkland) told us that "Vi is kind of a celebrity" in the Seattle Chinatown community, which made the rest of us more excited about taking a tour from her.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 31, 2016

Ask a few questions, statistical or open-ended. The best open-ended question Richard Radcliffe (UK, world-class researcher) ever came up with? For example, there is a bias towards quantitative data, but many communities lean toward qualitative data, anecdotes, stories, etc. Share impact stories. You’re 99.9%

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 4, 2015

Our mandate was to be the museum of Silicon Valley--not of its material history, but its pulse of innovation. Or Streb Labs , where choreographer Elizabeth Streb flipped the traditional dance model by opening a 24/7, open-access venue for practice and performance. Endlessly, persistently, expensively, now. This was impossible.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

It may include researching individuals’ giving history, political affiliations, and philanthropic interests, as well as analyzing publicly available data and market research. WealthEngine: This database provides comprehensive wealth and lifestyle information on individuals, including their philanthropic history and giving capacity.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

The Lake Wales History Museum recently hosted an online auction dedicated to vintage furniture. From actors, to reality tv stars, to musicians, there are a number of celebrities who will film a shoutout for your auction. This might even help you bring in more dollars and meet new prospects who’ve never heard of your mission!

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