Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

Nonprofit calls to action are what drive people to take the next step. In this article, we’ll focus specifically on the calls to action you need for your nonprofit website. You need a way to motivate website visitors to take action and support your nonprofit’s mission—that’s where calls to action come in.

Action 98

Action Language Nonprofit Student 98

Bloomerang

JUNE 29, 2021

We’ve all heard how important stories are to fundraising communications. But how do you actually pick a great story? And more importantly, how do you take a great story and turn it into a great fundraising story? . To have a great fundraising story, you need a few key things. You need one person. .

Story 116

Story Fundraising Problem Gift 116

Classy

JUNE 2, 2021

A large part of that is examining what actions define fundraising strategies that bring in more online donations and keep donors engaged each year. That’s why we sought to uncover trends among successful nonprofits on the platform and what they do differently early on. 7 Fundraising Actions Taken by Successful Nonprofits.

Action 52

Action Difference Fundraising Nonprofit 52

The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 5, 2022

Stories are an incredible tool for non-profit fundraising. Stories help non-profits illustrate their compelling reasons for giving in a way that makes sense to people who aren’t doing the work day in and day out. Your non-profit has lots of stories to tell and some of those will be your best suited stories for non-profit fundraising.

Profit 104

Profit Story Fundraising Beginner 104

The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 27, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Write a Call-to-Action (CTA) That Inspires Engagement. A call-to-action (CTA) is a statement designed to get the person reading it to take specific action. And while your fundraising efforts have a different end goal, your nonprofit still needs to market your cause to your audience.

Action 111

Action Oakland email Course 111

See3

APRIL 9, 2024

By putting together a comprehensive profile of your audience, your nonprofit is better able to create personalized content that speaks to your audience and drives them to action. Push your organization to start telling new stories. But stories that focus on the nonprofit often fail to drive constituents to action.

Audience 52

Audience Story Chapter Hawaii 52

Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

By dedicating just 120 hours per year, board members can make a substantial difference in the organization’s growth, advocacy, fundraising efforts, and overall success. By sharing success stories, presenting the nonprofit’s impact and demonstrating its financial stability, board members can secure crucial support and partnerships.

Difference 102

Difference Influence Demonstration Nonprofit 102

Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

As you get started on sifting through your data reports and action items completed this year, keep an eye toward how your internal and external reports can blend data-driven stories of impact. Analyze with actionable data in mind Once you have the numbers, how do you know which numbers matter more, and how to glean insights?

Story 58

Story Report Data Blended 58

Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories. Meaningful data is a tremendous asset to advocates, policymakers, and mission-driven organizations. Know your audience.

Story 65

Story Data Storytelling Lesson 65

Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

For organizations that are trying to connect with their supporters, telling a compelling story is essential. Whether you’re planning an advocacy or fundraising campaign, using a storytelling framework to create your calls to action can help you make emotional connections with your audience and ultimately move them to act. Story of Us.

Storytelling 98

Storytelling Action Support Story 98

The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 12, 2022

With a great story, you can illustrate non-profit impact super clearly for donors in a way that other kinds of writing might not be able to capture. In this article, I’m going to talk about the common challenges of explaining non-profit impact and go over the action steps you can take to explain your non-profit’s impact through storytelling.

Storytelling 94

Storytelling Impact Profit Story 94

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Include inspiring stories and testimonials. Show your donors how their giving makes a difference for your mission. Pare down the most inspiring stories from the past year into bite-sized stories or quotes, and your donors will feel proud to be a part of your team. Include a clear and compelling call to action.

Campaign 324

Campaign Tips Fundraising Mail 324

Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

The year-end giving season is rife with opportunities for new donor acquisition and for bringing in different types of donors. Considering their place in the donor journey, the responsive approach curates personalized messaging that deeply resonates with different types of donors. Small or big, every gift matters.

Retention 52

Retention Difference Donor Strategy 52

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In this post on limiting beliefs, I want to talk about a common one I hear from nonprofit professionals: the fear that their story doesn’t matter. As nonprofit professionals, we have the power to make a real difference in the lives of those we serve and in our communities in general. Just on the basis of that alone: Your story matters!

Story 107

Story Community Lesson Influence 107

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

We love hearing about nonprofits’ successful fundraising strategies in action, and sharing these stories allows nonprofits to learn from each other. One of the best ways to become a fundraising success story is to leverage the data in your nonprofit donor database to better reach and personalize donor outreach.

Story 83

Story Examples Learning Tips 83

Kindful

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

When done correctly, this review will generate action items for your team. . The good news is, if you know where to look, there are actionable insights hidden in your acquisition results. Looking for actionable insights: Where do you start? . Do you need to hire a different person to write your appeals? . You’re busy.

Results 62

Results Action Metrics Rate 62

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Video engagement on social media is the measurable action that viewers take after watching. Science shows that certain emotions trigger our impulse to take action and share, while other emotions suppress it. Your emotions compel your body to take action. Emotional stories of beneficiaries. Political/controversial topics.

Video 312

Video Share Social Social Media 312

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

This time around, my topic was Crowdsourcing vs Community-Sourcing, answering questions about the difference is and what the opportunities are for organizations looking to get connected outside their organization. The core elements in both crowd and community engagement are time, action, and people. Community sourcing vs Crowdsourcing.

Difference 276

Difference Community Case Study Slides 276

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. If you have not read it, please do.

Story 52

Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Send them a victory email to thank them—and let them know how this win was made possible thanks to their actions. Share a personal story: Ask your clients or beneficiaries for feedback on how your nonprofit’s programs have positively affected their lives. Alternatively, you can highlight your supporters’ stories!

Demonstration 192

Demonstration Impact Support Story 192

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. If you have not read it, please do.

Story 52

Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

The way you tell your story and engage people in your message can make or break your fundraising efforts. And how do you tell a good story? Stories are interactive, bonding. Shared stories can tie whole cultures and groups together. Shared stories bind all sorts of people, from families to religious groups.

Storytelling 124

Storytelling Examples Donation Story 124

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Today’s blogging couldn’t be more different. Most blogs are no longer written in the first person and serve more to tell the stories and news commentary of a nonprofit, rather than the opinions of its leadership. Embed calls-to-action within your blog content. A nonprofit can blog once a week or every other week.

Practice 352

Practice Nonprofit Newsletter News 352

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 7, 2019

Everyone loves a good story. Whether it’s a tale of a hero overcoming a hardship to find a happy ending, or a tale of misfortune with a valuable lesson learned, it’s ingrained into our DNA to seek out stories. If you’re having trouble getting momentum behind your cause, try to share stories. Why tell stories?

Causes 68

Causes Story Share Captivate 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

How and Why Stories Can Bust Nonprofit Silos – Guest Post by Miriam Brosseau and Stephanie Corleto . Stories are for people. The challenge is to reach our audiences where they are, in that moment, with compelling content and a call-to-action… Not exactly what siloed organizations are best at. Silos are for corn.

Story 103

Story Storytelling Digital Nonprofit 103

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

If you are incorporating new ideas into this year’s fundraising efforts, use this data to make some predictions about how you can best motivate your audiences into action. It’s important to step back and ask yourself: Are the stories we’re including in our fundraising appeals helping or harming the communities we’re striving to support?

Communication 283

Communication Fundraising Test Hints 283

Media Cause

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

If you’ve become well accustomed to the metrics and naming conventions traditionally used by Universal Analytics, you’ll want to take some time to familiarize yourself with how GA4 is looking at data in a slightly different way. The biggest difference is how data is being measured. Doesn’t integrate with other Google products…yet.

Analytics 52

Analytics Google Story University 52

EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Issue awareness is often a foundational step in advocacy work, and it’s important to make sure that your organization’s issue awareness work uses specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals to measure progress. Creating change is not a “one-size-fits-all” effort—there’s room for many voices.

Advocacy 199

Advocacy Generation Strategy Awareness 199

NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2021

Almost all media now feature feel-good stories about people and organizations that do good. Here are 6 steps to get the press to tell your story: 1. A small story, even an announcement about your special event or volunteer project, in a weekly newspaper could lead to interest from the local TV station. Tell a riveting story.

Press 67

Press Story Local Blogger 67

Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2024

We began this series with Part 1: Telling an Impactful Story through The 5 Building Blocks of a Digital Advocacy Campaign In this installment, we focus on how to foster authentic relationships with and amongst your audience—relationships that are critical to creating a human connection that fuels movements and drives change.

Advocacy 59

Advocacy Digital Campaign Build 59

NetWits

MARCH 11, 2012

Big Brothers Big Sisters – Leverage video to tell your story. Through the Start Something Web Series they’re shedding light on the impact that Bigs have on Littles by telling their story through quality video they publish on their YouTube channel, share on their website and talk about on Facebook.

Content 213

Content Story Marketing YouTube 213

CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Fiver used their story of Camp WiFiver to inform their 2021 #GivingTuesday campaign. The neat thing about Fiver is that there is time is built in for program staff to collect and story bank client testimonials, which means they’re not scrambling at the end. Insights From Fiver.

Raise 77

Raise Foundation Story Children 77

Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

While advocating for survivors in San Francisco, I witnessed first-hand how critical stories are in tapping into people’s empathy. However, it wasn’t until my career took a turn into strategic communications and marketing that I learned just how integral a winning story is to the success of an advocacy campaign. .

Advocacy 59

Advocacy San Francisco Story Digital 59

Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

We tell stories. Stories are the most effective form of communication available because they immediately engage the reader on an emotional level and in a way that is interesting to them. Our neural activity increases 5X when listening to a story. Prompt action from your audience . Prompt action from your audience .

Storytelling 116

Storytelling Guide Structure Audience 116

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

labor force today and they have greatly different media patterns, behaviors and habits compared to their parents. Stories are a great way to inspire action, get thousands of “likes” and online followers, further spreading your message across social networks. Stories also need to connect, inspire and motivate people to act.

Storytelling 264

Storytelling Homeless Generation Social Media 264

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

HERE’S THAT CAPTION IN ACTION: You’re invited to Teeny Rescue’s Yappy Hour on March 2, 2020 from 7-10 PM at Rose Gold’s Bar. FILL IN THIS CAPTION: Your date makes a big difference. HERE’S THAT CAPTION IN ACTION: Your date makes a big difference. 3) Put a face to the funds by sharing impact stories on your social feed.

Social Media 306

Social Media Template Media Org 306

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

What are our best stories to tell? Where will we tell our key messages in different ways (Executive Director letter, photo captions, etc.)? Where will we tell our key messages in different ways (Executive Director letter, photo captions, etc.)? What calls to action will we include?

Report 84

Report Chart Impact Photo 84