Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Over a conversation with a journalist friend, George Quraishi, it became clear to Chanin that Quraishi’s skill set — interviewing and audio editing — could be conducive to capturing a family’s history. “Once there, it’s easy to add photos and then securely share your Artifacts with the people you love.”

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

It was an excellent program , organized by Tim Davies and Katie Bacon , and featured excellent speakers with stories and experience to share from their diverse backgrounds. Digital storytelling means everyone has the power to capture and share stories – how are you empowering your community to write their own history?

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Align yourself with your organization’s highest intentions, and ensure your grant writer knows how to tell a compelling story that connects the dots between your needs and the funder’s interests. ” you would tell them a powerful story. Dont mold your request to meet a funder’s interest.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Assassin’s Creed Shadows doesn’t totally upend the series formula and turn it into something else, but its dual-protagonist structure, open-ended design, and series-best stealth mechanics make it a fun tour through history, sometimes in spite of itself.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

So as fundraisers, how can we tell the real story – expose the true heart of an organization – when our messaging is only one part of a huge multi-dimensional website? When done correctly, a microsite can be one of the most powerful storytelling tools available to fundraisers. Through the stories of four young victims, the A.C.T.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2012

The main exhibition tells the history of Rwanda leading up to the genocide, what happened, and the aftermath. 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. Germaine: A Social Entrepreneur.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what mistakes nonprofits should avoid when crafting compelling stories: Dear Charity Clairity, I’ve been hearing a lot about storytelling and want to be sure I avoid common pitfalls. A story is not a category Don’t lead with your service category!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Santa Barbara-based HearHere , the company behind an audio entertainment and immersive storytelling road-trip app, has raised $3.2 The app aims to foster deep connections and understandings of the places and histories of the land that users are traveling through when on a road trip.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

The Internet is awash in a flood of digital storytelling tips. You know that telling your story is an important way to connect your nonprofit with your constituents and move people to action, but HOW?! Joe Lambert is the E xecutive Director of the Center for Digital Storytelling. Know Your Story Paradigm. The Story of Us.

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2011

Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people's minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. Animoto Animoto isn't a new tool, but it is still in my top five.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 20, 2018

Everyone has a favorite story. Whether it comes in the form of a book, a comic, a movie or a video game, we all have stories that we like and ones that we decidedly dislike. Some of our favorite stories are fiction, and some of them are nonfiction. Some of our favorite stories are fiction, and some of them are nonfiction.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2009

The folks who run Story of My Life , a website that encourages everyday people to chronicle the stories that make up their life (aka anthologies) and share them online with friends, family and future generations, has cooked up a new project aimed at nonprofits. Did I mention that the Story Tellers Project is grant funded?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Gen X Responds to Good Storytelling “By sharing personal stories and experiences that showcase the impact of our cause, we’ve been able to connect with Gen X on a deeper level and inspire them to support our fundraising efforts.” .”— Planned giving donors want to be part of a legacy, so think brick-and-mortar.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2021

Woody Sears has long been interested in storytelling. After spending several years in sales after nabbing an MBA from Pepperdine — and following the debut in 2007 of the first iPhone — he founded a storytelling app called Zuuka that built up a library of narrated and illustrated kids’ books for the iPhone and iPad.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

An integral part of powering that purpose is intentionally telling the stories of our customers and partners, with a focus on action, impact, and culture. Inheritance” is a critical reporting project by The Atlantic that aims to gather, examine, and share stories of the African Diaspora and the Black American experience at scale.

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

March is Women’s History Month, a time to honor women’s accomplishments throughout history and recognize history-makers that have contributed to advancing and protecting women’s rights in our society. Learn how you can take the time to celebrate Women’s History Month with our list of ideas and nonprofits you can support!

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Tableau

AUGUST 4, 2021

Who are these talented data storytellers? Entries were scored according to the following criteria: Design: How appropriate is the design for the story that is being told? Storytelling: Is there a clear story being told or a question being explored, and is there appropriate context? The judging.

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Tableau

AUGUST 4, 2021

Who are these talented data storytellers? Entries were scored according to the following criteria: Design: How appropriate is the design for the story that is being told? Storytelling: Is there a clear story being told or a question being explored, and is there appropriate context? The judging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. A nonprofit itself, the site is 100% fee-free and each story posted is independently researched and verified.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

When I think of story telling, I think of books. The art of storytelling though, and documenting an event or a slice of time is, of course, not restricted to bound pages. Stories surround us on the radio, in newspapers, in our music boxes, in short web videos and on large screens in movie theatres. Some call it boring.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Video is a powerful way to tell a story and meaningfully get a message across to supporters. Optimize your content: Keeping your goal in mind, write out your ideas and think of the story you’d like to tell. Read more about storytelling for nonprofits here. Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Video Making for Nonprofits.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Infographics make it possible to tell a complex story in a few words, that people can grab right away. They’re great for nonprofits to tell a story that will resonate with your audience. With their unique combination of images and words, infographics are a powerful storytelling tool.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

February is Black History Month and while there are countless ways to honor and celebrate black history throughout the year, we’re giving you a place to start by highlighting eight nonprofits that are making major waves in their communities. Black Public Media emerged out of a need for more stories from Black storytellers.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

Successful nonprofits know that humans respond to stories. The right story catches our attention and makes us more willing to listen to the hard numbers and details that ultimately convince us to take action. Why Does Storytelling Matter for Grant Writers? Stories make things real.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 13, 2024

Every nonprofit has a rich history, but it’s likely contained in various places — boxes in the basement, awards in a display case, memories of a long-time staff member or volunteer. You’ll also lose the stories they hold. Dr. Kristen Gwinn-Becker is on a mission to help nonprofits preserve their history through digital archiving.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2017

I first read about Story House Belvédère on Jasper Visser’s excellent blog, The Museum of the Future. This small, startup cultural project in Rotterdam works directly and intimately with community members to share their stories. I hope you’ll be as charmed and inspired by Story House Belvédère as I am.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. for awareness campaigns, staff and volunteer training, and creative storytelling and reporting. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2024

Data-Driven Storytelling : AI can analyze large datasets to identify trends and patterns, helping nonprofits craft compelling stories that highlight their impact. A proper CRM solution will give you a 360 degree view of donors including: total donations given over time, interactions with your staff, communication history, and more.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Leverage storytelling to build a base. Use your organization’s software to: Create segments based on participation in past campaigns, locality, and donation history, and visualize the distribution of your projected campaign stakeholders. Leverage storytelling to build a base. Your story should have a beginning, middle, and end.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

By tapping into the power of storytelling, you can connect with your audience emotionally, thereby motivating action and support. We’ll provide five tips on how you can utilize storytelling to level up your nonprofit’s marketing materials and make a lasting impression. Let’s jump in. Consider the following donor data points: Age.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

We shared our stories of what it means to be a "woman in tech" (consensus: we have no idea) and bonded over funny/sad experiences in our careers. Kara shared a poignant story about her response when asked by her boss how to best handle an issue. A knowledge of this history can feed confidence and help direct young women into the field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Fabulous storytelling. I love Shel's writing - he tells one great story after another. Like a sociologist digging up the remains of an ancient civilization or someone researching their family history, he went to great lengths to uncover the beginning of fundraising on Twitter. It's a great read!

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2021

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. To provide tools and guidance to empower people’s journeys and inspire conversation about race, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) developed “Talking About Race.” VOTE FOR “FIGHTING POLLUTERS SINCE 1970”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. for awareness campaigns, staff and volunteer training, and creative storytelling and reporting. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. Ideal for telling your nonprofit’s history on the Social Web, you can add Twitter, Tumblr, Posterous, WordPress, and Instagram. into “Stories” that can then be easily shared on social media and embeded on websites and blogs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

A logical evolution [Slide 4] Nothing is inevitable, but this is a very compelling story. Slides like this can do a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to telling the story. It’s a pretty subtle and masterful stroke of storytelling. Is there any way you can tell the story of your market like ANYbotics did here?

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