Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Instead, share your mission through stories and behind-the-scenes looks at your work. Show real humans talking to the camera through videos and storytelling. Share the real stories behind your organization’s work, the impact you’ve made, and the challenges you face. Make eye contact with your audience. Don’t fake it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. For example, Greenpeace Canada and No Kid Hungry : Story Highlight Covers. Write Good Captions. Today, Instagram users have evolved.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Julia Campbell is social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Pinterest remains one of the fastest growing social media platforms, reportedly closing in on 250 million users, the majority of whom are women. . By Julia Campbell .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. LinkedIn Pages. For example: 1.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 13, 2014

According to Twitter, 80% of millennials are accessing Twitter through their mobile phoen at least once per day, with 15% of millennial users accessing the social network over 10 times per day. Millennials tell their own story through Twitter. Millennials check Twitter whenever they check their phone.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

An early Snapchat employee who once architected the “Our Stories” product, Chloe? Drimal, has now launched her own social app, Yoni Circle. Drimal came up with the idea for a social storytelling app, in part, because she saw the potential when working on the Snapchat “Our Stories” product.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Interestingly, Instagram was the second most popular social network after Facebook for donors on #GivingTuesday 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. Does it tell our nonprofit’s story? There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2011

There's still plenty of time to participate in the second annual TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge ! Finished video or photo stories created according to the challenge guidelines can be submitted at the challenge website. and Erika Padilla-Morales of Streetside Stories. Don't know about the challenge? read more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Embrace social media fundraising. 59% of people of who engage with causes on social media donate money to nonprofits. 27% of donors worldwide cite social media as the communication tool that inspires them the most often to give. Invest resources in social media fundraising now – or regret it later! Write good stories.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

One of my biggest takeaways from last year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco was this oft-repeated advice on social networking, specifically Facebook and Twitter: you can't make them come to you. For Mercy Corps, that meant storytelling. Social media, indeed. Roger Burks, Mercy Corps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities. Share Stories from the Field.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. 99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities. Share Stories from the Field.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Most nonprofits have not yet embraced Twitter’s new Vine App , thus they may not have an understanding of how to record and broadcast the world (and social good) in six second bites. Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. For mobile social networkers, Viddy is a must-download.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

RSVP now for TechSoup's fourth annual Digital Storytelling Screening and Awards Party on Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m. Pacific time at PARISOMA — and join us in celebration of the many powerful digital story submissions that came to us from all over the world! Featured Appearances.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Your organization’s story. Storytelling is a huge part of convincing potential supporters to donate to your cause. Photographs and infographics that speak volumes without text tell your nonprofit’s story for you. Powerful pictures.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2010

The big takeaway for me from the Creating a Culture of Storytelling session at NTC was that organizations can very easily do more to tell their stories, and this act alone could be the most important thing nonprofits do to gain donors, supporters, and relevance. A few good, meaningful stories mean more than lots of mediocre ones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. Does it tell our nonprofit’s story? There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Long story short, Jeff built a prototype fundraising platform, and we were able to raise more than enough funds to go. From there we were inspired to scale social good through technology. Here’s our blog post that explains our story. Every non-profit’s story is unique; it is also unlike any others.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

" Try These Dynamic Digital Storytelling Platforms | Community Organizer 2.0 – "Nonprofit organizations can tell the best stories. Stories about the impact that a nonprofit has on people’s lives can engage, recruit and solidify donors and members. " Check it out!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

For a second time in April, the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge partnered with the CommBuild tweet chat. This time the topic was on storytelling and social sharing for communities. The chat opened with the question, "How does storytelling build and strengthen community?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2011

The second annual TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge has begun! If you've already created a video or photo story according to the challenge guidelines, you can head over to the challenge site and submit it now. read more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

All that said, as social media managers, we need to read in order have moments when we are completely immersed in a story using our brains to process words, sentences, story structure, and plot lines – not just soundbites, headlines, tweets, and pins. Reading books does that. 5) Disconnect while on vacation.

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Editors Note: This week Frogloop is devoted to a blog series on storytelling. Nancy Schwartz, nonprofit marketing blogger , kicks off the series with Short-Form Stories Sizzle on Social Media. It’s really no surprise, given the nature of social media, that the best of the best tend to be short-form stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2017

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the apps and tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Social Media. Buffer enables social media managers to schedule posts on social networks throughout the day and evening.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2010

Session: Creating a Culture of Storytelling. We're all having to work harder to engage our audiences across multiple channels, including social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. There's a pretty broad misconception that storytelling requires a huge level of re-invention and resource investment.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2010

Tip #1: Share Great Stories. You aren’t bound to 140 character updates any more, so let your storytelling flow! NFPTweetups and other events where online networks come together offline are unique opportunities and hear from practioners and colleagues and get the “real story.&# Lesson: Socialize!

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2011

Be a part of the 11NTC Storytelling Team! We’ve recruited two rock star storytelling, social media experts, Michaela Hackner and Roger Burks , to head up a 2 hour workshop on Wednesday, March 16 (the night before the official kick-off of the NTC) from 6 - 8 pm. So, want to be on the 11NTC Storytelling team?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

." Emergency Social Data Survey Results – americanredcross's posterous – Check out the slides and data from the American Red Cross's survey on Emergency Social Data! A new study by Journalism.org has examined the source of those stories. It turns out, most of them come from old-school media.

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2011

Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people's minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. Animoto Animoto isn't a new tool, but it is still in my top five.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Social Media. Buffer enables social media managers to schedule posts on social networks throughout the day and evening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. now hear from homegrown social networks and what they have to offer local nonprofits. The majority of the room had experience in social networking sites and tools, both personally and for their organization. A Different Kind of Story.

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