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Weaving Empathy into Action: The Crucial Role of Storytelling for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Powerful storytelling is the key. Here’s why storytelling is so vital: 1) Creating an Emotional Connection: Stories have the power to evoke emotions and connect with audiences on a personal level. This means that storytelling fosters a stronger emotional connection with donors, encouraging them to stay committed to the cause.

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Storytelling for Grant Writers: 10 Tactical & Stylistic Tips

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Let’s take a look at why storytelling matters for nonprofit grant writing and actionable ways you can start telling more compelling stories in your proposals. Why Does Storytelling Matter for Grant Writers? Storytelling matters in grant writing for two key reasons: Stories help you stand out. Stories make things real.

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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

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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. Example: A gift of $50 today can help a neighbor (not a hungry family) who faces food insecurity. She is not a cancer patient first.)

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New Year’s Resolutions For Your Website in 2024

The MatrixFiles

I am a big fan of Dan Pink, author of the best-selling books Drive , When , The Power of Regret , and so many others. So many of us resolve to exercise more, be kinder, spend more time with family, and so on. What about our websites? Shouldn’t we have resolutions for making our websites, email, and social media accounts better?

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Q&A With Best Selling Author And Expert Storyteller, Paul Smith

Eric Jacobsen Blog

In his book, Paul demonstrates how storytelling is a powerful business tool that can mean the difference between mediocre results and phenomenal success. Since the book was published about three years ago, my admiration for Paul's passion for storytelling and helping to teach people how to effectively tell stories has only but grown.

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6 Tips to Improve Your Next Fundraising Campaign Using Digital Storytelling

Tech Soup

Storytelling is the currency of fundraising. In the digital environment of email, social media, and mobile, we can use storytelling in innovative ways to inspire supporters and donors — and raise more money. Below are six tips for nonprofits that want to use digital storytelling to engage donors and boost giving.

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Hone Your Craft: The Art of Nonprofit Storytelling

NonProfit Hub

That’s where we, as nonprofit storytellers, need to begin. If you can, find a specific example to build your story around. Using these types of examples gives your story a human element—a phenomenon with which others can directly relate and empathize. The authors found what made their stories unique and capitalized on it.