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Storytelling Tips: Measure the ROI of Your Non-Profit’s Stories

The Storytelling Non-profit

One of the best storytelling tips I can give you is to set yourself up for measurement success from the very beginning. The very best advice I can give you on storytelling is to always start with the end in mind. Storytelling is a tool that supports various fundraising and communications strategies and goals.

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7 Fabulous Nonprofit Videos on Vine and Instagram

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you are wondering about the different between these two platforms, here’s a good comparison from TechCrunch , but either platform your nonprofit needs to share compelling videos, that use good storytelling , and support your goals. Guest Post Storytelling Video' Watch Video: https://vine.co/v/b5PTVUYQpXU.

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Making Data Visualizations: A Survival Guide And Other Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I did a quick scan of data visualization resources to look for practical advice on the process of thinking visually and some technical information on what chart to select and data storytelling. Order bars by value to make comparison easier. Here’s what I discovered. (1) Always extend bar charts to zero baseline.

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6 Tips for Nonprofit Professionals on Speaking Brilliantly with Your Slides

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Eileen Smith of Spokesmith, on empathy: “A great way to demonstrate you have values in common is through storytelling. Give your audience a real-life comparison to your statistic so they can grasp it immediately.”. And when your audience has these positive feelings, they can authentically connect with you and your organization.

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How To: Write Fundraising Auction Item Descriptions

Greater Giving

Indicate comparison (competitive, superior, ultimate, etc.) Incorporate Storytelling There’s no doubt that stories are powerful and evocative—we have plenty of books, movies, and TV shows as proof of that. For auction items, your storytelling element will likely be a personal anecdote.

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How Nonprofits Can Tell Powerful Stories Through Data Visualization 

Allegiance Group

Keep the suggestions outlined above in mind as you consider how you might incorporate data visualization in your storytelling. Remember, different types of data require different visualization techniques bar charts for comparisons or line charts for trends.

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Unicef’s Little Bet on Pinboard

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It really came to life when we started to build in the authenticity and storytelling we could offer from our own skills. We’d like to try to benchmark it against other disruptive pinterest campaigns but we’re not sure there is a good comparison case study. Then an agency approached us with the core idea.