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. Storytelling is a skill.

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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. Storytelling is a skill.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re looking to brush up on best practices for annual appeals, boost your fundraising game on social media this GivingTuesday , or build expert storytelling skills to win over supporters this giving season and beyond, we’ve got you covered with this list of 12 free nonprofit books. The hardest part of fundraising is making the ask.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Share a personal story: Ask your clients or beneficiaries for feedback on how your nonprofit’s programs have positively affected their lives. Personal stories can be highly compelling—and serve as powerful reminders of what your nonprofit can do, thanks to your supporters. Alternatively, you can highlight your supporters’ stories!

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CauseVox

MARCH 24, 2022

Filmmaker and storytelling expert, Rain Bennett, will walk you through how to utilize the power of storytelling via video as a key marketing technique to help hook your audience fast, while keeping them engaged for the long haul. Rain Bennett, Filmmaker, Writer, Storytelling Coach. About your Speaker.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

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. A great story builds credibility and properly positions you in the eye of the buyer."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Last month brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's new 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. Storytelling is a skill.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? I may start with numbers, but the process of collecting anecdotal information or stories in a structured way from your audience/stakeholders can help you generate insights about what those numbers actually mean.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Raises more funds by sharing compelling stories about your mission. Your nonprofit marketing approach relies on stories, statistics, and emotional appeals to connect with potential supporters on a more personal level to rally support for your cause. Increases volunteer engagement through public recognition of their work.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2012

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights.Camera.Help. Febrauary 2012 was marked by weekly tweet chats and webinars, an episode of NPLive, blog posts, and articles on the topic of digital storytelling. The collected digital storytelling event recaps can all be found here. Tools for Digital Storytelling.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Because, Thursday, September 8 brings the official release of Paul Smith 's new 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. Storytelling is a skill.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Keys to Datamaking Success Many of the tools and techniques that we have learned about data design and collection continue to be relevant in datamaking, such as: Ask clear questions and prioritize which data points, or combinations of data points, are most relevant to answering the questions.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

Master the art of nonprofit storytelling Storytelling is an essential tool for nonprofits, and its importance continues to grow year after year. With the growth of online spaces, storytelling is pivotal for cutting through the digital noise and captivating new donors’ attention. Make data-driven decisions.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 26, 2021

Storytelling. With Saoirse’s Story, the online visitor chooses their own interactive story in a concept that would work well for a domestic violence shelter. The Power of Storytelling | What a powerful interactive storytelling experience looks like. Mary Cahalane explains. Donor Communications.

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Kindful

APRIL 8, 2021

This blog post will help provide some quick tips and techniques for helping your mission get more attention in less time. What story will you tell? Storytelling. One of the hottest buzzwords in nonprofit communications right now is storytelling. Call to action : What should people do once they’ve heard your story?

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Care2

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Are you looking for a better way to tell your organization's story? In this webinar you will learn: What the story wars are and why you need to join the fray! How to create your own Story Strategy Map. Tired of watching your cause drown in the flood of marketing messages that surround us?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

educate you to tell amazing stories; stories that have the power to. change hearts and minds; stories capable of transforming lives. But before you can effect change with a good story, we realize you need the proper tools and techniques to effectively tell your story first. Pacific (2 p.m.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? I shared this on Twitter and the conversation brought out some interesting points that I curated in “Storify,” a story telling tool. (I As @orgnet says, “Turning data into stories is the real trick.”. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2008

You need stories. That brought me to the question of "What are effective ROI storytelling techniques?" What are your techniques? Do you have an example of a good ROI story telling? I'm working on workshop curriculum and a presentation about ROI and Nonprofit Technology for Legal Services Conference.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 12, 2012

This week at the 2012 SXSW Interactive Conference, I noticed another theme that is a facet of multichannel communications: Transmedia Storytelling. While an official definition may be arguable, I would define transmedia story telling as a technique in telling a story where multiple platforms or channels are necessary to tell the whole story.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2012

Australia ), we will be exploring the art of storytelling in. Storytelling is an evolving art, and new tools are. produced many dynamic web presentations and events with nonprofits, testing new tools and production techniques. favorite tools for dynamic storytelling on any device. SlideRocket. Two years ago, I began.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It also requires strategic planning, effective communication, and innovative marketing techniques to reach your target audience and inspire them to take action. Tell the story of those impacted by your organization. Incorporating a CTA like a donation link or a volunteer sign-up form can amplify the impact of your story.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

Focus on impact storytelling . They believe direct mail is better at telling a touching story and conveying facts than digital methods. According to our guide to multi-channel marketing , companies that switch to integrated marketing techniques see an average 24% increase in their marketing ROI. Personalize all appeals .

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Not only to prove the effectiveness or the role of content marketing, but to look at traditional marketing techniques, and their antiquatedness. Here are 5 stats that prove content marketing works, and 5 stats that prove traditional marketing techniques are a thing of the past. Think of all the people you’ve helped in your community.

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VisionLink

JUNE 19, 2012

Share stories Storytelling will bring your website and your cause to life. Don’t talk about what your nonprofit does for others; let them tell their own story! Here at VisionLink , as we plan to improve our own website content, we will use these techniques to reach out to all of our favorite nonprofit partners…you!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Examining what makes video have an impact was the topic of TechSoup’s recent Digital Storytelling Challenge tweet chat. Pacific time , so there's still time to take these tips and apply them to your digital story! Distill the Message and Invite Supporters to Join the Story. Share Your Concept with Stakeholders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I couldn’t help but think – what if Joe Page or other community foundation board members had flip cameras, some video and story telling training and shared their stories on the Alaska Community Foundation Facebook page? I was lucky enough to talk my host into driving me to Talkeetna so I could document this fabulous story.

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See3

OCTOBER 30, 2015

With this project came the task of establishing personas that the organization could use in telling stories that attract and retain a strong base of volunteers, donors and wish referrers. Push your organization to start telling new stories. But stories that focus on the nonprofit often fail to drive constituents to action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The skill, of course, is hosting a Giving Day and we are now looking at processes, techniques, and ideas for follow up and assessment. Another creative way of doing the debrief, is to use organizational storytelling. Have each member of the team share a story. This can avoid repeating mistakes of the past.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Collaborative reporting: Nonprofits can facilitate partnerships between different news organizations to pool resources, share content, and cover stories more effectively. They can also invest in innovative projects and experiments that explore new revenue models, storytelling techniques, and technology solutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

5: Collaborative Storytelling Sells. In a sharing economy, your story and the way it’s told is not completely under your control. Instead, your supporters are empowered to tell your story in their own, personal way. But this isn’t a bad thing, I swear! 6: Maintain a Human Connection. Moving Forward.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Peer-to-peer-fundraising is a technique that thousands of nonprofits and charities use to get current supporters fundraising on behalf of the organization, and it’s a great, easy way for you to engage with a cause you care about. Use Your Story The Right Way. Personal Fundraiser Story. ” tweet this. ” tweet this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Stories are social. The importance of digital reputation management – stories last forever and can spread quickly. Everyone loves a good story. Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Recently, we''ve been talking at our museum about techniques for capturing compelling audio/video content with visitors. It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. How and why did Object Stories come to be?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Stories are windows into new worlds. Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. Here are 6 ways to tell your stories with data that you can apply to your own web and communications work: 1. Focus the Story We touched on this principle above.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

She mainly gives by clicking the donate button in the bio link or on Instagram stories. By using storytelling techniques in your giving campaign like centering her as the hero, or providing clear and compelling information about how she can make a genuine change, your organization can truly make her feel seen and understood.

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