Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2017

My colleague, Julia Campbell, has just published a book, “ Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits ” and was kind enough to share an advanced copy. This comprehensive book covers the following: Part One addresses storytelling readiness, especially now to transform your nonprofit’s culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

This morning on Twitter, Farra, from Big Duck, pointed me to a guest blog post titled " What Story Are You Telling Your Donors, Where Are You Telling It ?" to hear presentations about multi-channel campaigns , including the deck above from Rebecca Willett of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

What marketing channels will you use? If you’re thinking about taking a one-channel marketing approach, there’s a good chance some donors will miss your messaging. Instead, try using multi-channel marketing to earn more Giving Tuesday donations. What is multi-channel marketing? Here are some tips!

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This means including clear content on your site and helpful resources like blogs, case studies, and whitepapers to inform your supporters. Line up some blogs on the topic or create a new page. . Promote it on the home page and consider building out a new one—or simply write a blog or social post to promote it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. A YouTube channel and ID.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Storytelling is a strategic tool that has been used since the beginning of humanity to transmit a meaningful message to others. Nonprofits can also make use of storytelling to engage their audience , get their attention, and influence them to change their behavior and take action. Select Your Online Channels.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In this post, you’ll learn why storytelling is a key component of your year-end fundraising campaign and how to start planning the storytelling aspects of your campaign today. . Storytelling for Fundraising – It’s a Non-negotiable. The best way to help them understand that is through storytelling. .

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll unveil the art of transforming individual stories into a collective force that not only resonates with your audience but also propels your cause forward. Integrate Across Communication Channels Use testimonials in a variety of your communication channels. Who are your target storytellers?

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Your marketing strategies and the marketing channels you use can drastically affect your fundraising success throughout the year. Nonprofit marketing refers to all of the different strategies your organization uses across the various channels of communication to spread awareness about your cause and gain new supporters for your mission.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

In the following blog post, we will delve into practical strategies to help your nonprofit maximize its efforts during the crucial calendar year-end period. If you’re ready to find out how your nonprofit can buck trends and create a winning year-end campaign, this blog post is for you. But fret not – this is where our guide comes in.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

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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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

Jasper AI is great for analyzing decisions and making personalized recommendations and is used primarily for marketing copy such as blog articles. Diversifying your fundraising channels can help you reach more donors by making giving convenient for them. It can also help fundraisers strategize and come up with new fundraising ideas!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2023

billion social media users in 2021 – an increase of five percent from a year ago – it’s a valuable communication channel that should be part of your mix. Your social channels should reflect your mission and values. Storytelling is a powerful way to connect with your followers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

A great social media content calendar can help you: Save time : we’re all busy, which means that sometimes we can forget to update our social channels – especially if you don’t have a dedicated social media manager. 3) Decide on your channels. The next step is to focus on your best-performing channels. 7) Tell your story.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Storytelling and social media – these terms have certainly been thrown around a lot this year! Great storytelling and successful social media campaigns are completely interconnected. The key is using stories to get people’s attention on social media channels. Let one of your staff members write a blog post about their day.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Storytelling is a skill. Also, I think after publishing my first two books, Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story , they thought sales was the next logical place to leverage storytelling skills. Storytelling is a powerful tool. It causes buyers to put down their defenses. It helps them relax. It didn’t take long).

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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. She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. You can check out her website at: jcsocialmarketing.com/blog.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

According to many reports , email marketing is the best channel for return on investment. Make use of storytelling to make your asks more compelling. Learn more about how storytelling can improve your communications. Despite the rise of social media , it has not been replacing email.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Sharing is an essential part of storytelling, and our friends at Creative Commons are devoted to expanding the number of creative works that are available to (legally!) Elliot Harmon will be hosting TechSoup's social media channels, answering any Creative Commons questions you have on Twitter and Facebook. use, build on, and share.

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Care2

APRIL 4, 2011

When your nonprofit tells a powerful story that inspires your members, or even a funny one that makes them laugh, you establish a human connection no matter what channel you use to share it. "It’s Here’s some tips to think about as you experiment and go down your storytelling route. Tell a real story. No red tape.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge is underway! If you haven't heard, during the month of April TechSoup is hosting our 4 th annual Digital Storytelling Challenge designed to inspire, educate, and empower nonprofits, libraries and social good organizations to tell their story through video and photos. Aaron Bramley Lights.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 26, 2015

LGBT organizations, for example, are using channels like Facebook, Twitter […]. The post How LGBT Organizations Use Social Media For Social Good appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example when watching a video, audio and visual channels activate separate parts of the brain , and when these two elements combine, it helps supporters better understand and engage with your mission. . To learn more about how to construct your nonprofit explainer video’s narrative, check out this guide to nonprofit video storytelling.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 21, 2023

Use storytelling to create emotional connections People remember stories more than facts and figures. For that reason, use storytelling to connect with millennials and Gen Z. Use social media and other channels to create a sense of community among your supporters.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

These channels can come in handy to help get the word out: Social media: Note which types of social media posts on your pages receive the most engagement and impressions, and design your auction posts based on past successful messages. Encourage your guests to share their involvement with your event on their personal channels as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2016

During the chat, @GivingTues will start with welcomes, and then lead a discussion about storytelling best practices. MyGivingStory, in its second year, is a nationwide campaign and social media storytelling contest to inspire public discussion about the reasons people give. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Blog Posts.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

For some clients, we only contributed to a particular channel or two, while for others, we orchestrated their entire effort across channels. In this blog post, we’ll compare performance, creative approach, strategies, tactics, and process. One unique storytelling approach they used was giving handles.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Tailor your most compelling narratives for different channels to share them widely. WFP USA has posted a nearly 650-word story of Rani on their blog with a big headline, full-size photos, large text, and bold quotes. And the blog post’s playful tone draws readers in. The page includes several storytelling graphics.

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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. And he did it well.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I’m sure you’re using at least one of these social media channels. Develop an acquisition strategy for your top one or two social media channels. Unlike your social media channels, you have complete control. Include donation buttons or text links at the end of blog posts or articles.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

This special digital storytelling episode of Nonprofits Live will include secrets from the pros for nonprofits submitting photo and video stories to the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge in February. also blogs for the Huffington Post. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Here’s what we’ll be covering to better utilize marketing for donor engagement: Core Nonprofit Marketing Channels . Integrating Marketing Channels . Core Nonprofit Marketing Channels. Let’s focus on these four main channels: Direct mail. Integrating Nonprofit Marketing Channels. Donor Profiles and Records .

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2021

This can be as simple as giving them outlets to participate as part of a community and providing channels for regular internal communication, such as a segmented volunteer email list. In addition to sending blanket follow-up emails and letters thanking them, make them feel good by giving public shout-outs on social media and your blog.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

MAY 3, 2022

Watch the video version of this blog post below or read on for all the details. What is a multi-channel fundraising? It is a strategy used by non-profits organizations to reach out to more donors through the use of multiple communication channels. Be present in more than one communication channel. Don’t be shy.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With our blog, learn how to set yourself up for success before, during, and after Giving Tuesday. Earn More Giving Tuesday Donations with Multi-Channel Marketing : The key to a successful Giving Tuesday campaign is making sure people know it’s happening. The best way to spread the word is with multi-channel marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

Note from Beth: Digital storytelling is key to fundraising success, but using a storytelling lens in your organization can have further benefit of busting organizational silos. Fortunately, storytelling busts silos. Every See3 client is encouraged to include storytelling moments in their cross-departmental meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Ivan Boothe pointed me over to a blog post by Lina with an intriguing tweet " Transmedia activism with a co-creation network." Now to dig into this topic because it combines a couple of interest - storytelling with social media and working in a networked way. It’s likely time to add storytelling to the task list.

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