Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts. Be sure to insert and bold the questions in the blog post, keep answers limited to two or three paragraphs, and always include the expert’s photo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts. Be sure to insert and bold the questions in the blog post, keep answers limited to two or three paragraphs, and always include the expert’s photo.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Multimedia Storytelling. Do you have videos, pictures, or slides? Your blog is for you to share the storytelling you want to, with the kinds of media you want to! Photo credit: Flickr futureshape ). Think blogs are boring? Well, maybe the kind you have seen are. Do you have lots of different voices? How To Start a Blog.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 3, 2024

How do you capture stories in a way that truly invites your reader into the picture? On this journey through visual storytelling, Natalie will dive into the best types of visual stories to tell to inspire donors, members, volunteers, and staff by making your mission easy to see. The stories that inspire action?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). You are not going to be a very good storyteller if you don’t read stories. Posting status updates and photos while backpacking through Central America or from a cafe in Paris is their normal mode of travel. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2011

Storytelling has gone digital. Get the tools to produce high-quality photos and video that showcase your library's work. Our Digital Storytelling Event will begin January 13 and includes webinars, discussions, and a contest to show your work and win prizes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. Photos and slideshows. Powerful stats.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Selecting photos for your brand in a deliberate and thoughtful way makes your organization more inclusive. Every day, we constantly see photos of people—in social media, on websites, on television, in advertisements, in print, and in our daily environment. Tips for choosing inclusive photos.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

That's what the Digital Storytelling Challenge seeks to accomplish every year. At the 2013 Digital Storytelling Awards Gala on May 28, the community's successes were clear. Our team was quite impressed with the quality of photos and videos submitted, and all the hard work that was put into each. " First Place Photo.

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

As new thinking continues to emerge and donor positioning shifts, ethical storytelling is evolving, and a new messaging strategy, called strength-based messaging , has emerged. It paints a complete picture of the people you serve and the opportunities they can capitalize on with some help from within their community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. Storify is a new tool that allows you easily search multiple social networks by subject or theme and then through drag and drop functionality, you can organize the results (tweets, status updates, videos, photos, etc.) Vine :: vine.co. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Last night, a couple of us from the VisionLink team attended another wonderfully informative Tech4Good forum on the power and execution of video storytelling. After watching a few short, low budget videos, it became clear just how effective (and inexpensive) film could be when it comes to spreading your nonprofit''s story and mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

You need the ability to do several things with an image: – Cropping –There are various different optimum dimensions for photos on each social media site, requiring the ability to crop images on the fly. Adding Text –A picture says 1,000 words, but adding text narrows the field. Combining Images –Before/after pics, infographs.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2014

You have a smartphone, some skills, and a willingness to learn, but somehow your photos look slightly off. Your conference photos are always whitewashed, your last demonstration photos were too dark to share, and red-eye is still very much a thing in office photos. Don't take pictures just to take pictures.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. Photos and slideshows. Powerful stats.

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Editors Note: This week Frogloop is devoted to a blog series on storytelling. More seriously though… I’m in the midst of a storytelling deep dive, and some of the most memorable nonprofit stories I’ve found were shared on.org social media channels. Narrative plus photos (or video) is the best combo there is.

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Bloomerang

MAY 18, 2021

Will you be sharing behind-the-scenes pictures? Examples could be: Building rapport with you audience by posting a series of “meet-the-team” photos and bios on your website and social media pages. As a storytelling coach and consultant, it is her mission to empower others to share their stories for impact and income.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Nature Conservancy’s photo contests : The crowd, in this case it’s one that loves nature photos, shares the pictures they love about nature and in the process grow their community. Embrace storytelling. This is something that the 350.org org campaign has done really well. The basics include: Show impact in real time.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

A picture is worth a thousand words. We are about to enter into a golden age of storytelling more unbound from resource constraints than ever before. 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.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

However, when approached with creativity and strategic thinking, it can serve as a powerful instrument for storytelling, showcasing impact, and inspiring donors and supporters to take action. Storytelling techniques Craft these stories with care, using narrative techniques that engage the emotions of your readers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

They employ numbers throughout their site to make people feel aligned with thousands of others, and they give a face and a voice to those thousands with pictures, videos and written stories. Include photos of the donors or the company logo whenever possible. Harness the Power of Storytelling. Harrison has over 61.5k

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

. • In her post, Nonprofit blogs: why this one works , Lisbeth of Nonprofit Execs on the Edge points to 2 keys to a juicy blog: a focus on storytelling and blog posts that aren't staff-generated. Include a photo in the post if at all possible. Pictures have tenfold the value of words. Flickr photo credit: Juicy!

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

But you’ll have more content to use if you can include multiple perspectives, such as the children of the individual, volunteers who worked with them, and any other peripheral people or organizations with knowledge of the story to construct a more well-rounded picture. To watch the full webinar for GivingTuesday inspiration.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

TechSoup has been running international video and photo competitions for some years now. In previous years, we called it our Digital Storytelling Challenge. Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Leverage storytelling to build a base. Likely, these will also shift throughout the campaign cycle as you gain a clearer picture of available resources. Twitter is great for quick updates; Instagram is great for sharing photos. Leverage storytelling to build a base. Rely on established relationships. Where do they live?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Photo by Don Arnold / WireImage. On March 22nd, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott did something seemingly innocuous: he posted a picture of his boarding pass to Instagram. That post was the beginning of a convoluted six-month saga for hacker Alex Hope.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

To kick off TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge , we have compiled apps to help you showcase your organization in action. Also, make sure to follow TechSoup's Online Community Coordinator, Alexandra Bezdikian, as she tests the digital storytelling tools of the trade. Android, iOS) are some of our favorites.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

You’ll want to tell a compelling story that breathes life into your cause and paints a vivid picture of the powerful difference every donation makes. This isn’t just about beautiful words—pictures and videos are your allies, bringing the world closer to your cause and adding a human touch to cold stats.

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Candid

JULY 16, 2024

Weathering a perfect storm by enhancing nonprofit fundraising strategies These findings paint a challenging picture for nonprofits hoping to grow in 2024. Segment your approach—prioritize clear, compelling storytelling that emphasizes impact and values beyond politics. More than 113 million people living in swing states—34% of the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2011

Flickr Photo by drachenspinne. 7=Weekly: A series of blog posts, event photos, updates to your web site. Think text and video and photos and powerpoint. The framework outlined in the book is especially useful for smaller nonprofits as well as larger ones. 1=Daily: Tweets, Facebook updates, responses to comments.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Modern technology provides us all with new opportunities for storytelling, including new ways to approach the ever-important visual element. That is the topic of the most recent episode of The sgENGAGE Podcast: Visual Storytelling: A Picture is Worth 60,000 Words. Wrap our heads around the idea of visual storytelling.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 5, 2021

This newsletter integrates pictures, which is a nice touch. During The Storytelling Non-Profit Virtual Conference, a few folks asked about using pictures as a part of storytelling and communications. The post 5 Charity Newsletters to Learn From appeared first on The Storytelling Non-Profit. Here's How.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts. Be sure to insert and bold the questions in the blog post, keep answers limited to two or three paragraphs, and always include the expert’s photo.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

I find inspiration in the work of my favorite writers and I love learning about the creative process of great storytellers. But, it’s what happened next that was legendary storytelling. This is the impact of great storytelling. Instead, they first set up a joke by painting a picture so you can relate to the experience.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In the digital age, where most traditional storytelling is done over the Internet, attention spans are ever shrinking. The rumors started rolling in around third quarter of last year – Instagram was going to fill up your photo feed with ads. The pictures told a story. Fifty-five million photos are uploaded each day.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 28, 2025

Then, share your works impact through compelling storytelling, imagery, and videos to demonstrate your ongoing need. Even if photos and videos from the field aren’t professionally produced, they can be incredibly moving. Consider the initial transaction as a conversation starter.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

I’m pleased to report that I counted 14 photos of adorable animals. I literally get paid for counting pictures of animals. Awesome visual storytelling combined with great traction metrics and a purr-fect set of photos; there’s a lot to love here. Extraordinary storytelling. Slides in this deck.

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