Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

At some point in your professional fundraising career, you’ve probably heard the importance of storytelling when crafting your nonprofit’s donor experience. No matter your experience, a crucial aspect of storytelling is helping donors understand what your organization does and showing how, or who, you’re helping.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Share photos and videos of the animals in your care and use relevant hashtags to expand your reach. Tell compelling stories Telling compelling stories through marketing outreach is essential as it humanizes your mission and makes it easier for potential supporters to understand your organization’s value. Problem solve.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Your nonprofit can have your best year-end campaign by incorporating data-driven planning, tapping into overlooked segments, crafting impactful storytelling strategies, maximizing digital fundraising channels, and cultivating donor fundraising and stewardship throughout the year. Keep reading to find out more! #1

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Obviously, this makes your video content very important. Below are some of the primary issues I see from nonprofits when trying to tell their stories through online videos: What? In a video, your message needs to be immediate, concise, and captivating because you have approximately five seconds to get my attention.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

However, modern platforms, smartphones, and short video formats allow nonprofits to take advantage of this powerful tool in a number of ways. Here are 10 ways to use video in online fundraising for nonprofits. Engaging video presentations showcase the items, generating excitement and encouraging healthy competition among bidders.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Raises more funds by sharing compelling stories about your mission. Your nonprofit marketing approach relies on stories, statistics, and emotional appeals to connect with potential supporters on a more personal level to rally support for your cause. Increases volunteer engagement through public recognition of their work.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Their stories, brimming with passion, resilience, and a rich cultural legacy, are deserving of more than just passive acknowledgment. Share Their Stories: Launch storytelling campaigns to showcase the success stories and challenges Latinos face in your community. These narratives can inspire and educate.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Social media provides your organization with a public forum to share updates on projects, success stories, and any unexpected challenges you’ve come across. This post features a video of two cats the rescue is working on rehoming, reaffirming the organization’s mission and updating their supporters on certain animals’ journeys.

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

I also had the privilege of speaking on another Online Storytelling panel with Roger Burks and Jay Davis. We've provided training on how to interview subjects, tips for photographing and video-recording, as well as best practices for writing strong stories that encourage and elicit action.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Longer-form content suits Facebook users, while shorter-form videos work well for Instagram users. For example, you could plan to post short, engaging Instagram reels to share your nonprofit’s story and easy ways a younger audience can get involved. One of the best ways to do this is by storytelling. What should you post?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

Adding holiday filters, stickers, or music to social media stories promoting the fundraiser. As you create marketing content, use storytelling strategies. They could record a testimonial video detailing their journey to recovery and expressing their gratitude for your organization’s support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. For example: 1.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 9, 2023

Social Media Influencers Board members who have large followings can be valuable assets to your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts. Tips for leveraging board members as social media influencers: Develop a social media strategy for board members, including guidelines for posting, messaging, and engagement.

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Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2023

Here are four unique ideas to market your nonprofit’s live auction: Release Your Auction Catalog in Advance Create Fundraising Videos Leverage Corporate Sponsorships Design Peer-to-Peer Invitations As you develop marketing materials for your auction, remember to demonstrate to supporters what’s in it for them if they participate.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2023

There are countless examples of streamers, influencers, and gamers going online and fundraising for a cause. Video content is being consumed at higher and higher rates and is the preferred medium for most. Storytelling is not new for charities, but the way we tell them can be! Did your participant walk five miles/kilometers?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

In the past few years, we've seen the transformation from long to extremely short-form digital content like that on Vine and Instagram, and we've experienced the rise and fall of numerous storytelling apps never to be seen or heard of again. But how can stories touch hearts and minds if they go unnoticed and unheard?

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

We tell stories to make sense of the world around us. Stories are based on commonly held beliefs about people, institutions, and society. Narratives have the power to liberate or oppress because they have the potential to influence the beliefs and behaviors of individuals, which in turn can shape institutional policies and practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Brian Gardner defines social proof as “the positive influence created when people find out others are doing something – now, suddenly, everyone else wants to do that something too.”. Harness the Power of Storytelling. After all, the people on the charity: water team are masters at storytelling.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Your NGO can use a variety of compelling storytelling methods to share your history with your supporters. Another way social media can influence the trust people have in your NGO is through humanization. 4) Make success stories sharable. Who doesn’t love a good success story ? 5) Partner with like-minded brands.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

Given the attention that Data gets from the media, influencers, and the hill, we believe that every communications department is obligated to look closer at their data and how they are using it - and should be tapping into it to get work done towards your organizations goals. Focus the Story We touched on this principle above.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

On Tuesday, right before the KONY video exploded on the mainstreams and went viral online, my 6th grade son came home from school and announced, ”Did you know that there are more people on Facebook today compared to the number of people on the planet ten years ago? I immediately asked him how do you know that?

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

volunteer fundraisers to brush up on your storytelling abilities. . Ask a volunteer to share a personal story from their time serving the organization, or ask one of your clients to share an example of how your organization has benefitted them. Add a visual element with images and videos. Millennial Impact Report.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Given the attention that Data gets from the media, influencers, and the hill, we believe that every communications department is obligated to look closer at their data and how they are using it - and should be tapping into it to get work done towards your organizations goals. Focus the Story. Speak With Numbers. Reveal Change.

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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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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Information Sharing and Storytelling. Try these suggestions to connect with your HR colleagues: Provide recruitment messages with impact data and storytelling. Offer profile/success stories for employee communications. Their ability to influence peers over time is the type of champion you want and need.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

One of the tactics I frequently use is storytelling to increase awareness of a campaign (surprise, surprise). In this article I’m going to break down the role stories play in marketing a year-end fundraising campaign, what kinds of stories to tell, and how to share those stories. The story communicates a problem.

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2013

Furthermore, mobile innovation influences the information consumption habits of your volunteers, staff, donors, constituents, and so on. Video-Sharing Apps and Super Smartphone Cameras. We're all about photo- video-sharing apps here at TechSoup and think it is a great way for nonprofits to tell their story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

Humberto Kam from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and Cindy Johanson from Edutopia shared some case studies about storytelling and what inspires people to share your organization’s content. Humberto Kam talked about how they engage with influencers and let them spread and remix their content. The campaign leveraged nostalgia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Let your stakeholders share their story and passion about your organization – from the heart and humor work. Engage influencers and free agents. Pick a campaign and platform to experiment with integrating social fundraising , but build your network and get organized first. Cultivate and cheer on champions for your cause.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

It's not enough to just share stories about your impact — how do you mobilize and engage people who are passionate about issues you're working on? NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Thinking of shopping, maybe before the end of the year, all kinds of videos and stuff that you can check out. We help you all tell your story to the masses and raise more funds faster. That’s kind of a part of my story. However, my story didn’t end there, and I want to kind of quickly tell you what happened next.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

Get your browser tabs ready: below are ways you can apply for funds, share your organization's best videos, win free webinars, and more. Their new report dives into lessons on how to engage volunteers in community change efforts, telling the unique story of KaBOOM!, Have more news to share? The Knight Foundation published KaBOOM!:

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2017

But what we’ve also seen are upticks in advocacy behavior, strength in the power of social influencers , and real belief in the capacity for nonprofits to cultivate change , in a world filled with so much uncertainty. The more tangible your stories are around change, the more they will resonate with audiences focused on making that impact.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

You have influencers on social media who call themselves content creators, posting videos and content online, and people like myself who consider themselves content writers, because, well, we write for a living. Content tends to be an all-encompassing word these days.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Their campaign is hinged on a compelling story. Your message, story, and ask must be coordinated across all of these channels. Nailing down the message of your campaign—the story you’ll tell and the action you want supporters to take— is critical. Have a Compelling Story. Finding a great story can take time.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event offered an interesting example of a great tweet in that the campaign kicked off with a question posed on Twitter that gave followers an opportunity to share information and resources, opening up an engaging conversation on the topic of using video for nonprofits and libraries.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

You can check out videos to watch to really get a sense of what we’re all about. . Jimmie Alford, one of the great fundraisers in America, told me a story a few years ago, which was about this volunteer who had to raise money for mental health in a community. The only thing that makes you different is your stories. .

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