TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

You can collect fantastic, compelling stories, but if no one hears or sees them, they fall flat. You can manage 10 social media accounts, but if you are not telling great stories and cutting through the online clutter, your audience will not engage. The key is using stories to get people’s attention on social media channels.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

When people hear the word “social sustainability,” they’re likely to think of coordinated efforts to protect the environment. over people’s safety and well-being, will eventually lose the trust and support of the community (including investors, customers, and partners). A business that damages the environment, or puts profit.

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Whole Whale

MAY 23, 2022

More on that after the tips to get people to donate. Here are nine ideas that will get people donating on Father’s Day: 1. For example, if you’re raising money for cancer research, tell stories about how cancer has affected fathers in your community. Have a specific Father’s Day fundraiser. Use social media.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Philippines-based nonprofit Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation was selected winner of the.ORG of the Year award, recognizing the organization’s work to provide access to education for children in remote and poverty-stricken areas by providing boats to reach their schools. There are over a billion unbanked people around the world.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Whether you have a #GivingTuesday strategy in the works or you’re starting fresh, check out some #GivingTuesday insights gleaned from The Fiver’s Children Foundation. About The Fiver Children’s Foundation. Fiver’s goal is to empower children to make positive life choices, to become engaged citizens, and to succeed in school and beyond.

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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. The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! What Makes a Good Story? What is happening in your hero’s life?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Save the Children’s Ettoré Rossetti, Director of Digital Marketing & Social Media for Save the Children USA, emailed me an infographic on the impact of the Syria crisis on children. There’s enough children impacted by the crisis in Syria to fill every professional baseball and professional football stadium in the US.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Cyclists sign up for the ride and seek out people in their network to sponsor their participation. One of the reasons that challenge events work so well is something called the “martyrdom effect” which finds people feel better about a thing if they have to undergo adversity to achieve it. Use that to your advantage! Yes, they are!

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

You’ve heard that the power of storytelling is essential when it comes to educating people about your cause and converting people into supporters. It is often much more effective to use as few words as possible and let images tell the stories for us. Our audience is no longer taking our word for it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

The organizations listed are profiled by other young people. Offer a Match: Blogger Marion Conway ,whose children are now grown, recommended the book Raising Charitable Children by Carol Wiseman. Children for Children Foundation. What other stories, tips, or resources would you add to this post?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Growing up in the 1960''s sometimes my parents would say to me, "now, don''t tell stories," heading off what they anticipated might be an untruthful account of events. Truthful stories, of course. Stories demand attention of listeners. Stories demand attention of listeners. Stories inspire. Stories are contagious.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

Focus on connecting your donor to the people they helped instead of to you, the organization. Donors are motivated by helping other people. Sharing real-life stories and examples will reinforce the idea that their money made a tangible difference in the world. Tell a story about a person who benefitted from your donor’s support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2012

While the exhibit was emotionally wrenching, not to mention disturbing, the most poignant was the children’s memorial that tells the story of innocent child victims of the genocide. You can find her story on the Generation Rwanda site). Favorite: On A Mission To Help Children in Rwanda.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Anything more than that, and people simply won’t want to read it. Assume this e-mail is being sent by the following organization: A homeless shelter in a major US city that serves 1,000s of people per year. Dear Joe: Thanks to you 2,349 men, women and children had a warm place to stay and a hot meal to eat this year.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

No matter how you approach this campaign, you can’t spend all of your time and effort on marketing and communications, fundraising events , and partnerships, and then hope people are able to find the donate button on the morning of December 3. So why make it hard when it can be easy? You also need to make it very easy to give online.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 4, 2021

According to Meta: We’re expanding the set of nonprofits that people can fundraise for on Instagram. In April 2020, Instagram rolled out “Donate” stickers for stories and shortly thereafter, Instagram Live Donations and “Donate” buttons for profiles. million organizations by adding a fundraiser to a post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

A word on content and AI Search for SEO tips and you’ll read a lot about creating good content that people will want to read. Highlight authentic stories: Share real-life examples of the impact your nonprofit has made. jpg could be “children-learning-to-grow-food-community-garden-seattle.jpg.” But you can change that.

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DipJar

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Letting your supporters know the costs of keeping water clean, mentoring children, changing laws, or helping veterans is equally important. Sharing costs alone can be dry and uninspiring but when your money story is combined with a story about one person – people listen. What is a money story.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Lindsay Simonds will decode the top five most impactful ways people contribute to communities. If you’re watching the recording, hope you’re having a good day because we are here to talk about some creative ways that people are contributing to the community. Full Transcript: – [Lindsay] Okay. . I’m Steven.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

I believe that our children’s generation is key to creating lasting change in equality, justice, climate change, and human rights. It’s the gift of having my children teach me that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Children are teaching their parents that everyday actions can make a world of difference.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It Gets Better Project Proceeds from each purchase help to reach more young people throughout the world every day. Starlight Childrens Foundation Starlight Gowns are a perfect gift for a child going into the hospital. Wear your support for LGBTQ+ youth.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Use Your Impact to Drive Your Stories. For example, your output of 3,000 meals and food security for 300 families may have given: Parents the energy to take care of their children. Children a full stomach so they could thrive at school. How many children won’t be successful at school because they are hungry?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Throughout the years, GivingTuesday has only grown in popularity with millions of people coming together to celebrate generosity, share kindness, and drive giving. Consider setting any one or more of these goals: Awareness: How many people do you want to educate about your cause? Stories help to connect people.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 27, 2021

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit operating in support of a vision that one day all children in the United States will have the opportunity to attain an equitable and excellent education. You May Also Enjoy: Success Story: How Zero to Three Improves Childhood Development Through Salesforce Technology.

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M+R

MARCH 9, 2023

mental gymnastics) in which folks would try to no t say “Black” as in Black people. They would say “people of color,” “BIPOC,” or my favorite (insert side-eye emoji) “diverse” when it was very clear that they were referring to Black people. There is nothing shameful or harmful about simply saying “Black.”

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. This story should be short and to the point. But there is so much more to properly thanking donors.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2023

Plus, I’m a little uncomfortable asking for a specific amount when I don’t know what people might be able to afford. Some words and phrases work for the lion’s share of people. Please join in contributing… The people relying on our communal support desperately need your help. It puts people in a receptive mood.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 18, 2022

When writing a story to raise money, an essential part of the story is a conflict. A problem or conflict in a story naturally builds a case for giving. However, many students and clients I work with compare their cause with others and doubt that they have a compelling enough conflict for a story.

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CauseVox

MAY 23, 2021

SOS Children’s Villages of Illinois is an organization that is committed to providing safe, stable, loving homes for foster children. This creates a real community that truly supports children as they grow. This creates a real community that truly supports children as they grow. Their final total? Over $55,000.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 26, 2021

A good place to start is by making sure that our communications and branding fulfill one or more of the following goals: Move people to a specific action. Motivate people to donate. Shown above are the logo, social media “story” posts, and postcards, which originally introduced the brand. So, what’s the secret sauce?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Children love their freedom. Technology can be a window to the outside world that gives these children back some of their freedom, and becomes a companion in the process. Technology can be a window to the outside world that gives these children back some of their freedom, and becomes a companion in the process. He was wrong.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

Over 73 percent of all Netflix subscribers are watching documentaries — that’s nearly 70 million people on just a single platform. It’s a hard, honest look at the circumstances that lead up to Tilikum's involvement in the deaths of three people. But millions of people didn’t. News outlets ran stories on the doc and its exposé.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 20, 2009

Couric wanted our help getting the word out about the issues being covered in CBS Reports' new series, Children of the Recession. According to Couric's post, Katie Couric's Notebook: Children of the Recession : "Since the recession began, more than one million children have lost health insurance as their parents lose their jobs.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2016

That's because these aren't just children's nursery rhymes; they're sticky stories, or stories that stick with you for decades. When we were children, we all knew how important stories were. And I don't mean rhymes, but really high-impact, emotional stories, true stories.

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Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

Organizations hosted “listening” sessions, in which the Black community shared their experiences with leaders in the sector, mostly non-Black people of color and white people. According to the 2020 Smithsonian Magazine article, The Storied History of Giving in America , the practice of philanthropy can reflect and reinforce inequity.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Email is a powerful marketing tool, but to get results you need to learn how to write fundraising emails that connect emotionally and inspire people to give. Not the content (which most people skim in about 13 seconds or less). Start by being very clear what you want people to do after they read your email.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

CARE’s partnership with Cloud for Good has helped them leverage technology to transform their business operations and create a direct impact for women and girls in over 100 countries, helping over 250,000 people each year. Success Story: Creating an Omnichannel Marketing Experience with Teach For America.

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