Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

A few years ago, Jeff and I went on a pro bono IT consulting project to Uganda to serve a Action for Children, an NGO that fights poverty by preserving families and delivering micro-finance. How can the community at large feed in to, support and help impact the direction and future of CauseVox? Just create an on-going campaign.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

That’s where nonprofit storytelling comes into play. That’s why we’ve created this comprehensive guide to nonprofit storytelling, in which you’ll explore the following points: The Importance of Storytelling for Nonprofits. 7 Tips for Effective Storytelling for Nonprofits Using Digital Marketing. Let’s get started.

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Socialbrite

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Army Reserve Puerto Rico, reads a book to children during a storytime event. Storytelling is a powerful tool. So instead of just saying, “Your donation will help feed one person for six months,” share how an individual was helped by people’s donations. With this method, there’s a clear call to action: Come to our event.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

If you’re going to the BBCON 2013 Conference starting September 29 th , you should expect a great conference filled some of my favorite nonprofits and campaigners who will be sharing their insights in email marketing, storytelling via multiple channels, and social media wins and fails. Dr. Seuss Helps You Rock Digital Storytelling.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s marketable, it’s ripe for good storytelling, and can ease the process of coming up with a fresh campaign concept. SOS Children’s Villages Illinois acquired 75% of their new donors for the entire year with their year-end peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. Is storytelling a big component of the campaign?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

So when a new digital storytelling tool comes along, we jump at the chance to test it out. It's also got a familiar appearance, as the main feed of other people's stories mildly resembles Instagram. Some of the categories that came up for me were "Most Viewed," "Action + Outdoors," and "Food + Drink."

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

engaging in digital storytelling. I attended one session on email marketing, which touched on some best practices for fundraising emails and letters of appeal, but also went into the many ways in which email marketing feeds into community engagement, donor engagement, and messaging consistency from email to website to other channels.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Jonathan Gottschall, author of The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human , argues we’re putty in the storyteller’s hands. We naturally want to refute facts, so we put up our dukes and begin to “fight,” asking ourselves (or the storyteller if they’re present in the room) questions. “One 1 in 4 of which children?” “Is

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Examples of Successful UVPs Let’s look at some organizations that have mastered the UVP in their messaging: Feeding America: On its donation page, Feeding America clearly states where the money goes. Every dollar you give can provide at least 10 meals to families in need through the Feeding America network of food banks.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2013

Source: Spitfire Twitter Feed. This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. I’m working in partnership with Spitfire Strategies. For me, this is the beginning of the working as a network – sharing and co-creating content.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

You see, your mission statement is your organization’s soul in the form of a strong action verb and few other carefully chosen words. We feed the hungry today while building a healthy, hunger-free tomorrow. We advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children who are under protection of juvenile court. Is this it?

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Case studies of nonprofits winning at social media is an opportunity to see the strategies in action. Everyone has heard of the Make-A-Wish Foundation —the romantic nature of granting sick children their wishes can touch even the coldest of hearts. of people who engage with nonprofits on Twitter end up taking some sort of action.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report, "Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers" from July 2006: 8% of Internet users, or about 12 million American adults, keep a blog. Don't be afraid of RSS feeds. First of all, what are they? From Yahoo!

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Doctors Without Borders blog has plenty of examples of this type of captivating storytelling, including a gripping story about people fleeing violence in Sudan. The CARE blog also has many examples of multimedia storytelling. It ends with a motivational call to action to become part of the solution to end extreme poverty.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

They have children, they’re doing all of this. I eat breakfast and lunch at school, but I come here after school because they feed me, and that’s my three meals a day.” I worked with a organization that they worked with abused children. They have families, they have children, they have this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

But often our good intentions are undermined by the fear that we are so insignificant in the big scheme of things that nothing we can do will actually help feed the world’s hungry, fix the damage of a Hurricane Katrina or even get a healthy lunch program up and running in the local school. What you measure is engagement and trust.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). When writing your fundraising appeals, it’s important to opt for the latter. Checklists.

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Achieve

AUGUST 6, 2019

As most fundraisers know, the key to getting people to care about a cause is through storytelling that conveys not only the issues, but demonstrates the real-world impact an organization is making to solve problems. Perhaps your organization sells charitable products (Instagram can function as an ecommerce platform with shopable feeds)? .

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 22, 2021

Data Storytelling: Tell the Story About Donation Dollars. Storytelling is essential for a nonprofit. Using your numbers to level up your storytelling will transform your narrative to make a more powerful impact. In another study, researchers tested two versions of a brochure for the Save the Children charity organization.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

There's the "program" side that wants to tell you all the amazing ways your programs help save homeless pets, feed the hungry, find cures, protect our children, or empower women. When done correctly, a microsite can be one of the most powerful storytelling tools available to fundraisers.

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