Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Capturing beautiful imagery and creating wonderful designs is only half of the story. " I love looking at photos that make me think. Here are some basic rules to always think about when telling your stories. Instead, capture your story from different angles and different perspectives. Tell the complete story.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Photos of people are particularly compelling, so gather pictures of volunteers, beneficiaries, and community members. If your nonprofit has an environmental focus, nature photos can also be captivating. Brush up on some photography best practices , such as following the rule of thirds and testing out unique perspectives.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

At the beginning of your presentation, it’s wonderful to tell your own story that relates to the organization’s cause or mission. If you don’t have your own story — retell someone else’s. Stories, data, and explanations are your tools. Every decision you make should be in service to one or more of these three goals.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 25, 2023

Communicating your results in a professional way will remind readers of your unique story, and of your dedication to being results-driven. A theme helps to unite the goals and purpose of the campaign with the organization’s overarching story and mission. What’s the story that connects this one campaign to who we are as a charity?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

This means investing in high-quality promotional photography is an absolute must for promoting your event. For instance, you might share photos from last year’s successful event or a behind-the-scenes look at your event setup. Ensure your photos are a good mix of candids and posed photos and avoid distracting filters or editing styles.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Stories are powerful. It’s incredibly important for nonprofits to tell stories about their organization and the people they serve. Telling a good story can also give your donors confidence that your nonprofit is making an impact and that their donations are used effectively. What is Nonprofit Storytelling?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By thinking through your fundraising strategy before October 1, you can collect your stories and integrate your efforts, keeping your messaging and images consistent through mail, email, social media, events, and any other channels you may use. You need stories that show the impact your organization makes in the community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2012

Instagram, the mobile photography app, has been getting a lot of attention lately. From critics saying it is killing photography to hype and hoopla from marketing pundits saying it is a must-have as part of your “visual marketing tool box.”

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Roundtree

APRIL 20, 2022

Video is the most powerful way to tell a story and garners the most engagement. Photography: $2,500. Images tell their own story. Once you have a quality website with compelling videos and photos, you’ll want to make sure people know about it. It has the most utility. It is worth the investment. .

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

Whether you need product photos, photos of people using your products, or simply stylish stock photos, these tools can help you find what you’re looking for. Though the rights are completely royalty-free and there are video options for downloads in addition to celebrity photos with tools like Shutterstock.).

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2011

With a successful photo-essay or multimedia piece, organizations can attract partners, appeal to donors and grantmakers, influence policymakers, and perhaps most importantly, drive a movement. Masi’s images of The Bhopal Medical Appeal were featured on the New York Times Lens Blog and TIME Photos. World Wildlife Fund.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 25, 2023

Communicating your results in a professional way will remind readers of your unique story, and of your dedication to being results-driven. A theme helps to unite the goals and purpose of the campaign with the organization’s overarching story and mission. What’s the story that connects this one campaign to who we are as a charity?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. If people can take their own photos, they won't buy them in the gift shop. But what about visitors?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

The ability to tell a story that captures the imagination of your donors and supporters and consequently inspires them to donate or get more involved is a skill only found in those who enjoy and excel at writing and who are committed to consistently improving their writing, grammar, and punctuation skills as well as increasing their vocabulary.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Photos, videos, selfies, and personal stories allow us to embed emotional content in fundraising campaigns. As you plan your next fundraising campaign, consider how you'll use stories as a central element of your messaging. How will you tell your story to create both authenticity and urgency? Tip 1: Create a Strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2013

Photo Source: Mlaraevski on Flickr. Your photos should not only resonate with your audience, it should tell a story, not be copyrighted, and be a decent photo (not blurry or poorly composed). You can take your own photos or use stock photography. Don’t forget to add your URL or logo.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

How To Identify and Build Your Nonprofit’s Story in 5 Steps. Because of that, after we cover how to write your nonprofit’s story from start to finish, we’ll discuss a few tips to keep in mind when sharing that story via digital marketing. That’s where your nonprofit’s story comes into play. Let’s get started.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 14, 2022

Research shows that website visitors are drawn to authentic images of real people—not decorative images or stock photos alone. Just like any marketing campaign you create, you should prioritize choosing genuine, engaging photos of real community members, volunteers, and other individuals involved with your organization.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2014

Five years ago, I wrote a post arguing that museum photo policies should be as open as possible. But this past week, a string of stories from London have changed my perspective. Last week, he wrote a series of posts about the British National Gallery''s reversal of their photo policy. Some people can take photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

The board topics with the most followers from this sample of seven early adopters include: Photography. The most popular board in the group is UNICEF’s Photography board – which includes over 100 compelling photos of their work and they have been consistently adding content, including a “Photo of the Week” feature.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. 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. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Instagram, the popular Millennial photo sharing site, is gaining traction with world leaders, government leaders and nonprofit executive directors. Instagram is about photo sharing and tell stories in photos. The platform attracts many brands because of the opportunities for brand story telling. Distinctiveness.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. 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. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

demonstrates the power photos also have to tell stories. More than 40 photo slideshows were submitted from social benefit organizations across the globe as part of this year’s challenge. And many more videos submitted for the challenge integrated photos into their narratives.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

Story of Tomorrow Winner — SEEDS final. Our Story of Tomorrow winner, SEEDS final from Seeds of Awareness , succeeds in filming youth at this moment of awakening. Our Story of Tomorrow winner, SEEDS final from Seeds of Awareness , succeeds in filming youth at this moment of awakening. This is a powerful idea.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Every cause has a story. The Mission in Action Award is an opportunity to capture those stories through photography and celebrate the amazing work you're doing with 3,000 of your peers. Second place : Photography equipment ($500 value). Tell us about a digital success story in a proposal or self-nomination.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2014

It set up his story about how he keeps his inspiration as a fundraiser — it is called “Bikestorming” where he rides bikes with him team, visits the people who are supported by his agency, and takes field trips. . — Beth Kanter (@kanter) October 15, 2014. This wasn’t just a gimmick.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. 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. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Cleveland, Ohio: A Well-Told Story Is Powerful. Kampala, Uganda: Story Makers 2016.

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Achieve

AUGUST 23, 2017

Choose your beneficiary story (or stories). you spent time speaking with beneficiaries to gather stories of how their lives are better as a result of your organization’s work. Early September is the time to revisit the stories you’ve collected and determine the strongest one around which to base your year-end campaign.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Invest in High-Quality Photography. You can use stock photography if done correctly. Careful image selection will help you to tell your story in a way that leaves a lasting impression. to your organization, here are 6 questions for assessing your nonprofit logo.

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Global Giving

JULY 12, 2017

Do you want photos in addition to video footage? If you would like still photography in addition to the video production, it is important to notify the filmmakers of this before the contract is signed. Featured Photo: Empower 350 Grassroots Correspondents in India by Video Volunteers. Want more tips like this?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

Good stories power fundraising and marketing. For nonprofits interested in solving a particular problem, stories can help others quickly understand and connect with the organizations' mission. Check out the moving, powerful stories that were submitted. Social movements are powered by advocates sharing their stories.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Let me tell you a story. photo: jennie Zed. photo: jennie Zed. Now, substitute "donors" for "listeners" and "mission" for "moral" and you can see just how handy stories can be for cause-based organizations. What, exactly, is a visual story? Not that it takes a Michelangelo to create a good visual story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. Imagining Supporters with User Stories. Give them a name, find a photo of them on a stock photography site and flesh out their biographical details. ” My answer is: ”Don’t ask me, ask your audience.” Here are three ways to get a clearer sense of your audience.

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