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Inside the making of ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’

Fast Company Tech

This past weekend at the Fast Company Grill at SXSW, editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan sat down with the films cast, writers and director to talk about how they found the right note for their musical rom-com. It was quite a short script, but we played around with it. Ive written comedy songs, but not songs like this.

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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

After graduating with a BFA in drama & music from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Ellen spent ten years bringing joy to audiences nightly as one of only ten lead performers in the longest running musical revue in the world—San Francisco’s “Beach Blanket Babylon.”

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12 “it” social and content careers to watch for in 2014

The Next Web

In just a few months, Twitter went public , Google Glass showed up on our train route to work, and YouTube hosted ‘live’ music video awards. Growth among businesses such as Contently, Skyword and Scripted demonstrates that businesses (big and small) are starting to pay attention to the power of storytelling. Expert Storytellers.

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Umbrella People wins Startup Weekend Women’s edition in London

The Next Web

Carrying a soggy umbrella is no fun and it’s a human habit to leave an umbrella behind when you most need it. Ahead of the pitching processes we were treated to a chat with Dana El Salem of Fanshake , a platform of tools for music fans. Umbrella People won the weekend with a brolly rental system.

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Meet 15 companies that are turning ads and marketing into cultural moments

Fast Company Tech

The ad quicklywent viral for its dry humor and reverse psychology, which flipped the script on the often overproduced, and, frankly, corny approach thats typical for American tourism spots. The agency in 2024 continued to flip the script on how McDonalds shows up in culture by actually celebrating something that it didnt create.

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Next Level Donor Relations: Make The Experience “Unexpectedly Pleasurable”

Bloomerang

Adding a fun sticker or two is also a nice added touch. Create a short, powerful, well-written script that callers can use as a guide, but allow the callers freedom to go off script and just express their gratitude. Share the playlist with donors and let them experience the emotion through music. Avoid “pitching” the ask.

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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

Get Fully Funded

Our new playground equipment has turned our backyard into an oasis of fun for our resident kids to play and just be a kid. If you are producing a video (rather than just filming things onsite), prepare an engaging script or captions. If it’s a captioned/narrated video, the background music is very important.