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Earlier this month I co-facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. The event also included plenary speakers, including a provocative talk about storytelling with data from Alexandra Samuel.
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Submitted by Chad Norman, publisher of I dig webby things.and I bet you do too So much of social media and relationship marketing revolves around storytelling, and this is especially true for nonprofits. These artists are all great examples of how media can be used for social change - as a vehicle for storytelling. And he did it well.
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Join NTEN for this 4-part webinar series hosted by Triplex Interactive, a division of InfoGROUP to learn how to become a more effective email marketer, communicator and fundraiser. Storytelling via Email (3/26/2009). Tags: email marketing marketing webinar emailcampaigns nten events. Do you set up campaigns? 3/12/2009).
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Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Kudos to NTEN for breaking the template on the typical type of events it has hosted. Photo by Trav Williams. Then we opened up for discussion.
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Prior to joining NTEN in 2013, I worked in the human rights field with Social Accountability International (SAI). Plus, check out the new NTEN Voices section for tips and tools from our team and community! But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. Get started!
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The contest is presented by YouTube and See3 Communications and generously sponsored by Cisco and us, NTEN. Free registration to the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference , provided by NTEN. This message is cross-posted from the NTEN blog.
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Storytelling as a technique has been getting a lot of buzz in the nonprofit world. After all, effective visual storytelling relies on the medium matching the message. By Rebecca Hume, Senior Designer, Big Duck. Let me tell you a story. No, better. Let me show you one. And with good reason. photo: jennie Zed.
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Published by M+R and NTEN. 2014 Nonprofit Storytelling Report :: Download. Published by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good. 2015 World Giving Index :: Download. Published by the Charities Aid Foundation. For Nonprofits in the United States: 1. 2016 Nonprofit Benchmarks Study :: Download. Published by Abila.
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Nonprofit Social Media Storytelling Facebook Group :: facebook.com/groups/socialmediastorytelling. NTEN :: nten.org. NTEN is membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals that offer technology training, including a Nonprofit Technology Professional Certificate. NonprofitReady :: nonprofitready.org.
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