NetWits

JULY 12, 2012

Use the right language. Every bit of content should showcase your school’s mission and voice. Is your school’s unique story clear? Telling your school’s story clearly and succinctly will give you the opportunity to differentiate yourself, gain clarity and earn trust. Know that writing is an art…AND a science.

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.orgSource

JULY 3, 2023

Giving your association’s stories their 15 minutes of fame has never been easier. Why would you release a great story in just one format when it can be told on so many venues in different ways? You want viewers to immediately recognize your voice. Tone—The advice above also applies to tone and language.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Like many diversity efforts, including women’s voices in grantmaking decisions—particularly women from historically marginalized groups—doesn’t often happen organically. The first step to creating more inclusive grantmaking is understanding whose voice is being lost. Artwork by Toya Beacham See Women and Girls. Intentionally.

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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. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages. It can also translate your messages in multiple languages. into “Stories” that can then be easily shared on social media and embeded on websites and blogs. VoiceTexter :: itunes.apple.com/voicetexter.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

There’s strength in numbers, and you need to build a base of educated and engaged advocates to raise their voices with you. Make sure your ask is clear and to the point: Trade complex language for simple phrasing and remove jargon in order to make sure supporters understand your call to action.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 29, 2021

Pride is not just a celebration of LGBTQ+ voices, culture, and experiences — it also creates visibility for under-represented groups and encourages us all to be our authentic selves. It means taking positive action to improve the lives of the LGBTQ+ community and using your voice to boost theirs. Language Matters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

But this year in my current role leading the Active Voice Lab for Story & Strategy I did more listening than screening. As a lifelong believer in the power of story — and other creative work – to advance social change, these days I’m spending a lot of time trying to prove it. Why this story, now?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This wasn’t just about having diverse faces in the room but about ensuring those with diverse perspectives had a voice in shaping solutions to the issues we sought to address. We rewrote job descriptions to use gender-neutral language. We needed to widen our search for talent to build a more diverse team.

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Pamela Grow

AUGUST 14, 2024

“What do I do if my nonprofit serves individuals who have sensitive stories that could trigger others?” When it comes to sharing a nonprofit’s impact, sensitive stories demand compassionate and responsible handling. In the post, we’ll explore the three essential keys to sharing sensitive stories at your nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2021

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. Your message can be written, verbal, or even visual, but all messages should tell a story. Package your message and brand as part of an overall story. Spread the word?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

There were many products demos and discussed, but I really liked the demo of cool things you could do with your smartphone. As I work more and more internationally, translation from different languages has become critical. Also demonstrated is how you can use the voice recorder to send dictate and send an email for you.

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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. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

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. At the root of every story is a struggle or conflict. This is true of the stories you’ll share about your nonprofit’s work too. . Consider all the angles of your story. .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Stories help embed a message into context and, often, entertainment. The message is the medication , and the story is the peanut butter. Sure, some of us have an inherent knack for weaving a good story, but the truth is storytelling can be learned, practiced, and mastered. . The strategy behind the stories you tell.

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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. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

However, as I learned from spending two weeks in Asia this past December , the news sources you watch and consume can dramatically effect your consciousness and ultimately your social media voice. The Daily Show remembers the important stories of 2011 so you don’t have to. . By early December I was anxious, angry, and hopeless.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

Use strong language to make your website visitors feel like waiting isn’t an option—they need to act now. You’ll find pictures and stories of the students they help, along with strong language that includes information about the crisis at hand—that most of Florida’s Youth in poverty will never complete college. I would like to.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. This story should be short and to the point. Infuse your letter with language that acknowledges this meaning.

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The MatrixFiles

MAY 1, 2024

If you want to hear stories about when, why and how I started the company, listen to this week’s episode of Associations Thrive. If we don’t hear joy in a client’s voice, our job is not done. For a change, Leah Monica, Director of Marketing at Matrix Group, interviewed me about my personal journey and the journey of Matrix Group.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Mark at Queer Ideas takes on the concept of voice and tone in nonprofit communications. I've come to the conclusion that the instructional approach that so many brand guidelines take to defining 'tone of voice' simply doesn't work when it comes to specifying how non-profits must use language," Mark says.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

The way you tell your story and engage people in your message can make or break your fundraising efforts. And how do you tell a good story? Stories are interactive, bonding. Shared stories can tie whole cultures and groups together. Shared stories bind all sorts of people, from families to religious groups.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 22, 2007

Just got some information on this cool program: The Hadley School for the Blind has launched an innovative program of English language learning and empowerment which spans the Pacific Ocean. Occasionally, slow internet connections make people's voices choppy or difficult to understand. About ten students log on per chatting session.

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Candid

MAY 29, 2024

Over the last few years, the language of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has gone mainstream. No matter what shelf they choose, Frida’s story will be missed by a whole swath of readers who would be interested in the book but are perusing a different shelf. As a DEI researcher, I both welcome and worry about this change.

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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. Your Voice Matters! David Patt from the National Assn.

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Classy

JULY 26, 2021

Crowdfunding campaigns offer nonprofits a powerful way to share their stories, rally supporters, and fund their programmatic initiatives. You can do this through the use of sensory language, compelling visuals, and creative impact blocks. . State the core issue you want to address in your campaign .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

According to Ed Bice, the short term goal is to just make sure that information is flowing between language communities and the longer term goal is to network these communities. What is needed, perhaps, is a Twitter Annotation project to facilitate translation of languages. From Crisis Mapping Egypt: Collection of Maps.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

You can review the page edits here: [link] ) Links to news stories were included as they emerged and the occasional personal edit of sentiments like “no one knows what’s going on” contributed to the live action growth of the page. The same with live information, personal stories from witnesses, and so on. Examples from Haiti.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

While advocating for survivors in San Francisco, I witnessed first-hand how critical stories are in tapping into people’s empathy. However, it wasn’t until my career took a turn into strategic communications and marketing that I learned just how integral a winning story is to the success of an advocacy campaign. .

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Danielle Coates-Connor: And you, Devyn, have been creating a visionary library of images with all of the branding work that you’ve done at Edge Leadership, with all of the illustration work that you’ve done for Nonprofit Quarterly and for The Voice Lab. Maybe we’ll start with you, Amy, bring your voice in.

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EveryAction

MAY 4, 2016

You might be wondering: why isn't the main course all of the inspiring photos, incredible stories, and data-driven impact numbers that I'm putting front-and-center in my campaign? Nonprofits like Conservation International use video to (literally) lend a voice to the voiceless in pursuit of spreading awareness of their causes.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

It takes commitment, guts, and a great story. As long as you’re giving donors a great experience ( thanking them well , communicating consistently, telling heartwarming stories, etc.), Nothing is more boring than boilerplate language: “Your donation will help us bridge the gap between mental illness and health care”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

So, we kicked things off with speed dating – modified share pairs to give participants swap success stories and mutual problem solving. I also added a round of “Pair Squares” or having two sets of pairs pair up – this helps break the intensity of the one-on-one. Member Voice Proxy: How will you make it memorable?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Use AI to: Analyze successful past pitches for commonalities and tips Identify language that resonates with similar donor groups Suggest talking points based on donor interests Prepare responses to potential objections Pro tip: Record your practice pitches and use AI to analyze your delivery and pacing. Don’t use AI for everything.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Thank you for your support.” …plus the standard default language. While an automated message is easy to set up, the default language (which most people use) is vague and too cookie-cutter to be meaningful. See the hero language? Your thank-you message should be more specific to your mission and be more impact-focused.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2011

With over 80 full-time staff, Cancer Council SA is the leading voice in the state when it comes to cancer research, prevention and support. We shared our stories (we cried together) and we talked about the possibility of change, real change in the fight to beat cancer. Let me tell you a bit about our journey …. that night.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

Their team of digital volunteers, already trained in public affairs and talking to the media, used specific language to represent themselves as Red Cross voices online. This time around, they added a Resource Center to the page, as well as a tab encouraging users to "Share Your Story".

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