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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

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Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! What Makes a Good Story? What is happening in your hero’s life?

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Strategic Storytelling For Brand Building: How To Identify And Share Your Nonprofit’s Brand Origin Story

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That’s the power that story holds. Sometimes without even noticing it, our brain is activated in a unique and engaged way when a story is being shared. As the old saying states, “Those who tell the stories rule the world.” ” Why are stories so effective? You already have your greatest asset: your story.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

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By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. Childhood Cancer Support in Canada. Finally, I liked the story of Candlelighters' Childhood Cancer Support Program in Ottawa, Canada. More Stories, Let's Add Yours. Photo: Ramakrishna Mission Students Home.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. Childhood Cancer Support in Canada. Finally, I liked the story of Candlelighters' Childhood Cancer Support Program in Ottawa, Canada. More Stories, Let's Add Yours. Want to share.

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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I think of story telling, I think of books. The Little Golden books from my childhood, non-fiction books that revolutionized my perspective of the world and novels that I rarely take the luxury of reading. I am a documentary filmmaker and video journalist, and I think of my work as a form of story telling and documenting.

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Writing for Change Conference: An Interview with Elizabeth Pomada

Have Fun - Do Good

She's the author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and she's going to tell how to use story to change people's ideas and get your idea across. Now the movie is out, and it'll spread the word a little further. We're tired of hearing people overcoming their horrible childhood, because it's too much. We'll do some labyrinth walking to music.

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

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Things which seemed universal to me as a boy were in fact very culturally specific to my childhood in southern England and wouldn’t have had any resonance even twenty miles across the English channel in France where their Noël celebrations differ widely. I didn’t realize as a child how traditions vary across the Christian world.

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