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Ford, Skoll, Compton foundations launch fund for visual storytelling

Candid

New cultural organizing approaches are needed to complement philanthropy's more traditional funding in research, advocacy for policy change, rights-focused legal strategies, and organizing." " Social justice funders launch international initiative to strengthen impact of moving image storytelling.

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Cut Through the Clutter: Why Storytelling Matters for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Michelle Chen , an independent scholar who recently graduated with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. Creating a sense of urgency also works well for a matching gifts campaign or when showing a donation progress bar with a countdown timer to when a fundraising campaign ends.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. As we look forward to 2015, we recognize that much work remains to be done, and we definitely need your continued support.

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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

Candid

While the research revealed a disappointing reality, it also highlighted opportunities for foundations and HBCUs to work together to make a greater impact. She and my great-grandfather worked as sharecroppers while raising eight children. Panelist Dr. Steven E.

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The Power of Sport in Changing the World

Saleforce Nonprofit

These words became the philosophy of Laureus and the driving force behind our work. I’ve been fortunate to travel around the world and experience the transformational work of the programs we support. It wasn’t long after their civil war, and the program was working with child combatants, using sports to teach new skills.

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Join Our 24-Hour Round-the-World Twitter Chat

Tech Soup

On May 4, we and our partners from Australia to South Africa, Kenya to Warsaw, and Florida to San Francisco will host a 24-hour, around-the-world #Storymakers2016 Twitter chat. We'll dig into how organizations are storytelling — what they are learning, how they are succeeding, and what is and isn't working. SOUTH AFRICA.

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Use hashtags strategically to mention important causes, campaigns, and events, but hashtag spamming to try to increase your reach doesn’t work and has a negative effect on engagement. From big victories to little wins, focusing on the positive angle of your work is beneficial to your social media content strategy overall.

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