Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Your tone of voice and your brand will then guide you as you actively employ the five communication styles most commonly used in the nonprofit sector. Storytelling should be your top priority, but balanced with a steady intermingling of marketing, fundraising, engagement, and curation. Storytelling. Fundraising. Fundraising.

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Hands on Fundraising

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The best stories are personal If your organization wants to communicate well with donors in a way that moves them to feel connected to your mission youll need stories. Stories are how we relate… and have been forever. It’s a human thing. Consider Neanderthal cave art.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Every communication piece you write to a donor has two goals: Make your donor care about your cause and/or the people, animals, or problem you are trying to solve Enhance how good your donor feels about themselves The heart of all of this is storytelling. Great stories are simple, easy to digest, and memorable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Stories are windows into new worlds. Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 1, 2022

In his latest blog, Duke Haddad talks about how he learned a long time ago that video is vital to nonprofit storytelling to educate prospects, donors, and other constituencies by showing the impact a nonprofit makes on a community.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 27, 2021

Once you and your team have worked together to fine-tune your internal nonprofit strategic communication initiatives by constructing a mission statement, vision statement, and identifying your core values, you can now start to strategize your external nonprofit communication efforts. You really only a need a few solid stories a year.

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Hands on Fundraising

JANUARY 21, 2025

Storytelling rightfully gets lots of attention After all, human beings communicate through stories and always have. You probably know someone who is a terrific storyteller. Either […] The post If you want to raise more money, tell me a story appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Diversity, Equity And Inclusion in Nonprofit Storytelling. Few things connect people together better than stories, which is why it’s important that your nonprofit showcases as many diverse and inclusive stories as possible. . And how do you share stories in a way that honors the people featured in them?

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Bloomerang

JULY 27, 2021

Over centuries, storytelling has followed a similar pattern. Once you’ve cracked the code to the pattern, you’ll find that telling compelling nonprofit stories becomes less overwhelming and more manageable. You can apply the same blueprint again and again and know the stories will be well received by your audience. .

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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.

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Candid

JANUARY 23, 2025

No one wants to be treated as a transaction; when the emphasis is on community building, it turns one-time contributors into long-term partners. Share regular updates and behind-the-scenes stories to create emotional connections and a tangible sense of impact for your donors.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2021

Communications plans help offer structure and strategy that can save you time and energy in the long run, while getting your desired objectives accomplished. Having a coherent communications plan where you package your message will help ensure each piece of content you share is part of a greater story you are telling.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

"Stories strengthen communications and presence for leaders," explains Kristi Hedges , author of the book, The Power of Presence. She recommends you consider adding stories to your communications when you : Want to motivate others and paint a picture of what's possible.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 12, 2022

That’s where storytelling comes in. With a great story, you can illustrate non-profit impact super clearly for donors in a way that other kinds of writing might not be able to capture. Your fundraising and communications work greatly benefits when you write simple, clear copy. What does this number represent?

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Bloomerang

MAY 18, 2021

This method is sometimes known as “spray-and-pray,” and doesn’t get the communication objectives you want. . The effort lacks clear communication objectives and no specified audience has been identified. And this blog series will help to offer a little step-by-step structure to develop a nonprofit communications plan.

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Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2024

For years, when nonprofits would publish digital reports with their best stories, they had to point inspired readers to a separate page to make a donation, disrupting the storytelling to fundraising pipeline. We solved this problem with Storyraise , a solution for nonprofits to create digital annual, impact, and donor reports.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Has your non-profit told stories? Are you trying to figure out how to get better results from the stories you tell? You’re in for a treat in this article as we’re going to talk about how to find your next best step in non-profit storytelling. We don’t want to tell stories just for the sake of telling stories.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Your success is found in the strength of your nonprofit storytelling. The way you tell your story and engage people in your message can make or break your fundraising efforts. You’ve probably heard this already – that storytelling is important. What do we mean by storytelling? And how do you tell a good story?

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 17, 2025

“ Numbers have an important story to tell. Data visualization uses graphs, maps, and other graphics to communicate complex information more effectively. But pair that text with an image, and we remember 65% of the information communicated. They rely on you to give them a clear and convincing voice.” Thats a big jump.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

Everyone is talking about the ways that artificial intelligence (AI) can streamline the process of creating articles, stories, or posts. To create meaningful material that will move audiences to action, though, a human touch and a sound communication strategy is still essential. They are also a key to genuine storytelling.

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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?

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Bloomerang

MAY 4, 2021

Imagine a story where someone was born, everything went perfectly from beginning to end, and then the story was over. When it comes to a good nonprofit story, struggle and overcoming are at the center. Knowing what struggle your nonprofit helps solve will help you get good at identifying which stories you should be sharing.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In part three of this series on how to become a great nonprofit storyteller, I talk about the practical skills you need to tell an effective story. In part two, I touched on the storytelling elements that will inspire your audience and encourage them to take a desired action. . Edit your story. . Is this story evergreen?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Digital communications have become ever more important over the last year and a half, and visual storytelling is a critical part of an effective strategy. Topics Discussed in This Episode: Why visual storytelling matters to fundraising. Ways that organizations can make donors the heroes of the stories they’re telling.

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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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Bloomerang

APRIL 20, 2021

But really, good nonprofit strategic communication begins within an organization before ever setting out to share with everyone else. . Before you communicate with an audience, get together with your board and staff and get your stuff straight. Before mass nonprofit strategic communication communication, get….

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In the nonprofit world, we often walk a delicate tightrope when it comes to the stories we tell. However, raising money isn’t as simple as telling difficult nonprofit stories every single day. In fact, telling too many heavy stories too often has the potential to alienate or fatigue the audience you’re hoping to inspire. .

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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 the first part of this series, I talked about why you need to define your goals, your brand and voice, and your audience before crafting your story.

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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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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Donors dont see themselves in your story People give because they feel connected to a cause. A supporter donates to an animal shelter but never sees stories of the pets they helped save. Make donors the heroes of your storytelling. Feature donor names, quotes, or community highlights in emails and reports.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In our first Countdown to GivingTuesday blog post we covered tips for determining goals, using impact to drive storytelling, and planning communications. Now let’s look at making connections and drafting communications. Share with your committee the impactful stories you’ve collected over the year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Any doubts that social networks aren’t powerful or don’t need to be prioritized in your online communications and fundraising campaigns can now be put to rest. Prioritize storytelling over marketing. Nonprofits have been experimenting with mobile and social networks for years. Engage authentically. Your nonprofit is not a person.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Storytelling Storytelling possesses an unparalleled power to ignite empathy, drive action, and foster connection – making it an indispensable tool for your GivingTuesday social media campaigns. And in order to tell stories effectively you need to understand who your audience is. or “What would you want the world to know?”

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Bloomerang

JUNE 29, 2021

We’ve all heard how important stories are to fundraising communications. But how do you actually pick a great story? And more importantly, how do you take a great story and turn it into a great fundraising story? . To have a great fundraising story, you need a few key things. You need one person. .

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Charity Village

APRIL 18, 2024

These are the stories that make your cause worth donating to. These are the stories that explain why you do […] The post Storytelling with social media: Amplifying your nonprofit’s impact appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

For organizations that are trying to connect with their supporters, telling a compelling story is essential. Whether you’re planning an advocacy or fundraising campaign, using a storytelling framework to create your calls to action can help you make emotional connections with your audience and ultimately move them to act.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Read on to discover the value of data-driven storytelling and how this key feature increases trust and enables your nonprofit to drive more revenue. Data-driven storytelling and the Theory of Change Like words, numbers tell a story. Data-driven storytelling and the Theory of Change Like words, numbers tell a story.

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