Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

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. This acknowledges your constituents’ agency, or control over their actions and consequences. It also fairly places them in the context of community.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2023

One way to encourage people to support your organization is through great nonprofit storytelling. By using narrative and storytelling techniques, you’ll be able to communicate your nonprofit’s mission and impact while building stronger emotional connections with your audience. Where Should You Use Nonprofit Storytelling?

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

When a complete website redesign is not an option, there are small tweaks and improvements that can help you quickly optimize your website’s impact today. You can reimagine old footage or images by giving them new life on your social media channels. Think about your website experience from top to bottom as a storytelling platform.

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See3

APRIL 9, 2024

By putting together a comprehensive profile of your audience, your nonprofit is better able to create personalized content that speaks to your audience and drives them to action. When you think of Make-A-Wish, what’s the image that comes to mind? But stories that focus on the nonprofit often fail to drive constituents to action.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The word “gala” conjures images of glittering ballrooms, elegant attendees, and a night dedicated to supporting a worthy cause. Beyond just raising money, galas offer incredible opportunities to enhance community engagement, cultivate new donors, and celebrate your organization’s impact. Focus on storytelling.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Their work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, CNN and AdWeek and Doug is a guest lecturer at Stanford University on the power of storytelling for nonprofit organizations. Video engagement on social media is the measurable action that viewers take after watching. Your emotions compel your body to take action.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

With so many EOY campaigns , one of the most powerful ways for donors to connect with your cause is through the power of storytelling. A good story resonates with the donor, connects them to your vision, creates a sense of urgency, and gives donors an outlet to take action. 15 Minute Storytelling Workouts.

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Neon CRM

JULY 13, 2023

Launch a Storytelling Campaign Studies have proven that storytelling is much more effective than fact-sharing alone. That’s direct scientific proof that storytelling is the way to go when we want to engage and inspire people on GivingTuesday and beyond. The statistics make the call to action extra compelling.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

My friends at TechSoup asked me to pass along info about their upcoming digital storytelling event. We will help you learn how to maximize the impact of your organization's message with online audio, video, and images. Follow the action on Twitter #tsdigs. What do we mean by Digital Storytelling?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 17, 2022

To achieve this, we’re expanding our storytelling focus to spotlight more stories of our community, and to share the work of our constituents all over the world in compelling ways. These stories of courage, action, and execution give us all reasons to hope for, and believe in, a brighter future.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Julia Campbell is social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Users pin images, videos, and articles that reflect who they want to be, places they want to travel, things they want to try. By Julia Campbell . 3) Pinterest is aspirational.

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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. 1) Always showcase your impact. Smile Train consistently shows the dramatic impact of its work via Twitter.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

You can accomplish the same effect on Twitter by pinning a link to Smart Donations with a call-to-action on the top of your page. When visitors come to your Twitter profile, your call-to-action and donation link immediately draw their attention. Include a call-to-action in those posts to donate and to share your post with friends.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Inspiring calls to action. Show the real impacts that year-round donations can have on your mission by using compelling images within your website. Choose images that show interactions between people, whether it’s your volunteers and constituents or your donors mingling at previous fundraising events. A fast load speed.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

A strategy will keep you on top of your marketing goals and tell you when to post your social media content for the highest impact. Include calls to action in your ads that direct your supporters to your website or a specific project’s landing page. Use high-quality images for ads. Use your logo in the corner of your videos.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

Experts say that Gen Z: Wants to see impact through storytelling, primarily through social media videos. Feels loyal to organizations that align with their values and have a positive impact on the world. To make these more engaging, we’re going to test using different images, calls to actions, and subject lines.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

More specifically, datamaking is an action whereby we transform information into data so that data can contribute to knowledge. The Creative Power of Datamaking Focusing on the action of datamaking opens a world of possibilities for developing knowledge. The key force in the formula is that data is actually a decision.

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TechImpact

JULY 28, 2014

Image courtesy of Home Business Rotator. Visual storytelling. According to research done by Dan Zarrella, calls-to-action within the tweet do get more interaction. The post How To: Use Social Media To Boost Nonprofit Fundraising appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. Target #hashtags.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Create impact statements. Include stories and images that show the real-world impact of your organization and your donor’s gift, specifically. Check out how Mercy Ships uses images and quotes to tell stories in their receipts: Add conditional content. Each one is triggered by a donor’s actions. Keep donors engaged.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

By using cause-specific language that clearly conveys the urgency of needs on the ground, you can compel donors to take immediate action through their communications across channels. Focus on educating new donors about unfolding events and exact needs, while demonstrating the impact of contributions already made.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

And data storytelling is at the forefront of such initiatives. At first thought, data and storytelling sound like an odd mix. "Data" sounds dry, while storytelling weaves narratives aimed at appealing to people's emotions. Combining both, however, can be incredibly powerful and yield high-impact results.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2023

Giving Days bring together individuals, businesses, and organizations to rally support for non-profit causes and amplify their impact. The Benefits Of Giving Days Giving days offer several notable advantages for nonprofits and the communities they serve by attracting donors , raising awareness and encouraging action.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Dig into Your Data to Find Qualified Leads We all know that your organization is collecting lots of data about people and the actions they take. It reassures donors about the security and impact of their donation. Add donate call-to-action images or buttons on your top 20 most visited pages.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Engaging your members, staffers, board members, and key partners will foster a sense of ownership and commitment that enhances your nonprofit’s impact. At the same time, you’ll need a slightly more formal public relations initiative that shapes and maintains your organization’s image. Click on this image to take the quiz!

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2021

Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions, but we can choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequity. Telling stories through images of empowerment. We are grateful for the women of Forum One and the lasting impact they create every day. Amplifying the voices of female peacemakers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The rapid rise of social media and mobile technology has had a profound impact on website design and email marketing, yet many nonprofits have not yet adapted to the new aesthetics and functionality of a mobile, social Internet. Prioritize images over text and provide ample white space: pbs.org ( on January 5, 2015 ).

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Convey the mission as urgently needed and highly solvable to inspire hope and action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2016

The rapid rise of social media and mobile technology has had a profound impact on website design and email marketing, yet many nonprofits have not yet adapted to the new aesthetics and functionality of a mobile, social Internet. Prioritize images over text and provide ample white space: pbs.org ( on January 5, 2015 ).

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

The other post, Data Points and Data Agents is about data collection and its impact on the sector. From this amazing, diverse pool of entries three winners were chosen based on the impact and benefit that these apps can bring to the world. TechSoup Digital Storytelling. The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Contest is here!

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Provide a compelling story, images, video, and progress reports with actual data on how donations are being used for specific projects. Get your staff involved in your nonprofit’s digital content, by sharing their stories, experiences, and media snippets from in the action (abroad, at a shelter, at an event, etc.).

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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. Show impact and results. Don’t just tell your audience what you do—show them the impact of your work.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

To truly understand the value of a tweet or Facebook post, you have to determine ahead of time exactly what sort of action you hope someone will take when they see it - click, share, sign up, donate, retweet, etc. It's not enough to measure "likes" for every post and assume the ones with more had the most impact.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

To start establishing yourself as a world-changing, impactful organization on the platform, here are a few best practices to succeed on LinkedIn. The two most important pictures on your profile will be your profile picture and header image. Create your company page. Before you can begin networking, you need to create your company page.

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Qgiv

APRIL 13, 2021

Social media is used by for-profit companies to educate and entertain followers, as well as propel action within their target audience. To avoid this, you’ll need to mix in thank you’s, messages that show the impact of donations, updates about your nonprofit’s work, and more. The same content goals exist for nonprofits!

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

When creating your social media strategy, research what tools can help you expand on your goals to make the maximum impact you can. And it’s a direct line where you can share the work you do with your supporters to provide transparency and motivate your community for action. Why should nonprofits use social media?

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sgEngage

JUNE 30, 2023

Table of Contents The Impact of Nonprofit Marketing Types of Nonprofit Marketing Nonprofit Digital Marketing Breakdown What Challenges Do Nonprofit Marketers Face? Put simply, the more exposure a nonprofit receives, the larger impact they can make. billion online, handled over 23 million transactions, and sent more than 3.3

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Classy

MAY 17, 2021

Uses a large gift to encourage additional gifts in a time-based initiative, essentially doubling the impact of a corporation’s contribution. Leveraging this strategy throughout other months of the year can urge supporters to take action in order to stretch their dollar and ultimately raise more money for your mission. .

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