TechImpact

JULY 28, 2014

Visual storytelling. If you’re a nonprofit that has a lot of events, use Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook to share pictures and videos from those events in the community. Fundraising General Social content marketing donation donors fundraising nonprofit nonprofit technology npTech social media storytelling'

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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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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. The Power of Storytelling in Fundraising Humans are meaning-making creatures.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Multimedia Storytelling. Do you have videos, pictures, or slides? You can use videos or images, you can hold competitions for ideas, you can post your favorite links or have guest contributors. Your blog is for you to share the storytelling you want to, with the kinds of media you want to! Think blogs are boring?

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Care2

JANUARY 26, 2011

The second annual TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is coming up on January 31 st. Create a digital story (60 seconds or less video or 5-panel picture story) that conveys your nonprofit’s mission and work in a compelling and creative way. Tools for Digital Storytelling. Here’s how it works.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 26, 2010

I heard a wonderful presentation recently about storytelling. It’s entirely possible to tell a very compelling story without using pictures. Instead, you paint a picture with the words you use. Then think about what you see in your mind’s eye as you watched the video. www.girleffect.org.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Picture yourself in a donor’s shoes. So, you get to work and land on one text-heavy website and another website with a prominent video that describes a nonprofit’s work, mission, and impact. HubSpot’s recent research helps to answer this question: branded video content is the most memorable. What are nonprofit explainer videos?

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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

MARCH 6, 2013

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. You should be regularly photographing and recording videos at important events that your nonprofit hosts. A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. Provide Organizational Updates.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's no secret that we are advocates of digital storytelling at TechSoup. This April our 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge offers resources to sharpen your skills and an opportunity to enter your short video or five-image slide show by April 30 to win awesome prizes! A Jamboree of Tools. Sounding It Out.

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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 Video.

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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

MAY 7, 2012

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. You should be regularly photographing and recording videos at important events that your nonprofit hosts. A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. Provide Organizational Updates.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

While the barrier to video production and distribution tools has lowered greatly in recent years, many organizations miss the opportunity to present their stories, lacking the skills to use the tools effectively. The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights. Mobile Storytelling Tweet Chat - Learn More!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2011

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event 2011 begins tomorrow January 13 with a webinar and the opening of a challenge. You have a couple of weeks (January 13 – 31) to create a 60-second video or five-panel picture story that showcases your library's mission and work. No production or storytelling experience is necessary.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Online video takes this interaction one step further. A report by tech giant Cisco found that 51% of all consumer internet traffic in 2011 was video traffic. The figure is expected to rise to 54% by 2016, at which time video-on-demand traffic will have tripled. Video is a very powerful arrow in the content marketer’s quiver.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Nonprofit storytelling remains a timeless and powerful tool for connecting with potential donors. The Power of Nonprofit Storytelling In a world inundated with information, your nonprofit’s story is what sets you apart. Incorporate compelling images and videos that vividly illustrate your mission and the lives you touch.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Digital storytellers! You spent time and talent on creating your video or picture slide show, now we invite you to show it off! The video with the most votes wins a $400 Best Buy gift certificate while the most popular slide show takes home a slick new Lytro camera. tsdigs digital storytelling' How It Works.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

Using video explanations of even simple charts and graphs can help site visitors quickly get the big picture - and arms them with an understanding of the data that lets explore and discover more confidently on their. Tell Your Story, Literally! Sometimes the best way to explain your data is to do just that - explain it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Branding themselves as the “Play” button for the Web, Wibbitz automatically converts text-based posts and articles into engaging, interactive videos so your supporters “never have to read again.” Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. Wibbitz :: wibbitz.com.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Online video is a tool that can help solve many of these challenges, and when executed well, also gets attention from media and decisions-makers. One key ingredient to making an effective video is authenticity. Several ideas were tossed around before it was decided to make a clean energy rap video.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. A topic covered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , video can be a powerful tool for. While video is an effective medium, the perceived costs of equipment and editing tools coupled with the question of what will.

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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). Here’s an example from a recent campaign I worked on: You can view this post and watch this video here. To execute this, we asked a few parents to film a 60 second video on their phone or in Zoom to answer that question.

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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. That sounds amazing.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 18, 2013

Feel confident being able to effect change in your organization with video. These 5 tips from Atomic Training can help you get on your way to producing effective videos. 1) Plan ahead: Coming up with an engaging video from being to end might be a bit overwhelming - planning ahead can save you a lot of time in the end.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2014

2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Participant - KI EcoCenter. Nonprofits can change the world through storytelling. But to do that, their stories need to stand out and be noticed. The Storym akers campaign empowers nonprofits, libraries, and charities with the tools and training to tell their stories, get noticed and make an impact.

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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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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 8, 2025

As fundraisers, were also storytellers and every donor has a story. There wasn’t a clear picture of how the donors move through the different stages of giving and go from that first-time donor to a larger, more committed donor. The touchpoints could include an impact report, an email update, or a video. We Can Help!

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 28, 2016

In our Hubinar with Jeremy Vest, we learned that video is powerful. We also learned that the problem with video is that it’s difficult. Coming up with content, conveying a message effectively, and editing and promoting a video are all challenges for creating sensational video content, especially for nonprofits.

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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. I recently saw a video in which comedians Ricky Gervais, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, and Louis C.K On every other flight I take, once the safety demonstration video starts, that’s usually my cue to go to sleep.

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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

APRIL 9, 2021

That should be one of the expectations of the board members because that is going to give them a true picture of what it means to serve the clients in the community. And you have to think of the bigger picture as the executive director. And so they created a series of videos, not complicated, didn’t charge them a lot.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

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

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Each video is only 1-4 minutes long, so you can even watch a few videos while eating lunch. Check out these videos about pivot tables.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2009

Donnie Claudino (pictured), TechSoup Canada's Marketing Manager, brought a lesson about how to use storytelling in online media. He began by sharing his own story: as an American, he found himself wanting to immigrate to Canada and used storytelling to land a job. He delivered his message in the form of a Web site and a video.

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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. Harness the Power of Storytelling. After all, the people on the charity: water team are masters at storytelling.

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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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