NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 23, 2014

I found the greatest online video ever made by a nonprofit. There are several reasons why I think this is the perfect example of an effective online video. It has a lot to do with the video itself, but it also has to do with what happens after the viewer watches. Notice how this video says nothing about Greenpeace?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Why do some online videos grab us, pull us in and capture our imagination for the few minutes that we watch them? What is it that separates the good videos from the truly great videos? The visual rhythm of the action in each individual shot is one element that drives the pacing of edits. Human nature is drawn to rhythm.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Leave Them Wanting More Keep the body of your email under 200 words and link to blog posts or videos for more information. Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. Preview text: “The number is smaller than you think. Thank you’s.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2022

With the right best practices, video conferencing can allow your team to forge personal connections with supporters, no matter how remote. Make sure everyone representing your nonprofit, from volunteers to board members, follows video conferencing software etiquette such as: . Calls to action. Scripts and templates.

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Forj

MARCH 8, 2017

I know you’ve heard it, “Video is the next big thing” and “Video converts”… Marketers hear this all day long, and it’s true. Videos are a great way to reach your audience and resonate on a personal level. Video can be a scary thing, especially if you’re the one in it.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Note – Photos or a video of your characters are HIGHLY recommended. Pictures and Videos Can be Worth a Thousand Dollars They can also be worth a thousand words. Photos and videos are crucial to the success of your story. Some of the most compelling images and videos are snapped in an instant on a smartphone.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

LEAVE THEM WANTING MORE Keep the body of your email under 200 words and link to blog posts or videos for more information. Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. Preview text: “The number is smaller than you think. Thank you’s.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Create a brief script for everyone to follow, then give everyone a few names to call. Personalized thank-you video. Send your top donors a personalized thank-you video. An ideal video gives a peek into your nonprofit’s work and shows the donor the impact their donation made. Public thank-you video.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Donors tell us this all the time, both with words and actions. Donor Negative ACTIONS. Your Nonprofit’s Ameliorating WORDS + ACTIONS. This can even take the form of a video, with you thanking the donor personally in just 15-20 seconds. Learn more in my free Donor Thank You Calls eBook + Script. People give.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

These actions are too vague. For example, my friend operates a food pantry, and she did not like a video a volunteer made about getting ready to volunteer at the food pantry. My friend thought the video of a volunteer deciding what to wear to the food pantry made light of food insecurity and struck the wrong tone.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

Bring skills to the table to do tasks you can’t afford to hire out (like bookkeeping, lawn maintenance, facility maintenance, video editing, etc.). Thank-you video: Shoot a short video thanking your volunteers. Upload the video to YouTube and send your volunteers the link. Don’t make anything long or fancy.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Social Media Content : AI writers can craft compelling social media posts, including captions, images, and videos, that promote a nonprofit’s mission and encourage action. Video Scripts : AI writers can help nonprofits create compelling video scripts that showcase their work, impact, and vision.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Your emailed welcome kit could contain a link to a video giving a quick virtual tour of your programs or a personal welcome from you. They generate income for you month after month, showing with their actions that they trust you and care about the cause. It helps to provide the people making calls with a script. Thank you!”.

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Kindful

MARCH 11, 2021

The best facilitators will have dozens of written and video testimonials on their websites. They don’t follow a script. Ascertaining this is difficult when interviewing a facilitator, but you can glean insights from former clients, which is why you want to watch testimonial videos and call references. They have credibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

Bots needs to be designed increase engagement, support and inspire offline action. The bot is programmed to encourage fans who message the page to sign up for different actions. The next step is figure out the script and pathways for the conversation. A policy for how to respond to negative comments or social media workflow.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

One of our favorite posts is about data hygiene (which can easily be a snooze to read about), but they take on the subject by creating a script for an old-school PSA. Abstractions and generalities fail to move donors to action. The authors aren’t just fundraising experts, but also literary and playful in their writing.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2023

Create a video. Record short videos for donors that address them by name and share what their specific contribution will help your nonprofit accomplish. Create a script that your callers can use to keep these conversations short but impactful. Put together an action plan for what to do when you determine a donor is at risk.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. Is the call to action clear? Q: Does this copy start in the right place?

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

During your advocacy campaign, supporters will take actions that you should have an automatic email response for. When assessing advocacy software, look for solutions that offer a video conferencing component to improve your communication. Script-branching. Real-time reporting. Links to ways supporters can get involved.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. consider launching a cross-functional taskforce in your organization (including members from programs, administration, and IT) to review this research and determine willingness to engage in aligned cross-sector action. Want to see more?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

It’s the goal of every nonprofit that creates a video – creating a video that has impact. Examining what makes video have an impact was the topic of TechSoup’s recent Digital Storytelling Challenge tweet chat. Creating a short video that has meaningful impact might seem daunting but isn’t impossible.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A stellar toolkit: to help out their fundraisers, they put together a resource that answered common questions, provided basic fundraising advice, and laid out scripts for fundraisers to use. In one of their updates, CASA shared a video from a health coach with tips and tricks. Now, it’s time to heal.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

” You’re going to provide your board members with the script. ” To each board member, have the script, they pick up their cell phones and they make those calls. And so they created a series of videos, not complicated, didn’t charge them a lot. Let’s sit down and talk about a script.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 15, 2008

As a Portland Hotel Society resident said when asked to describe what was really happening in his community, "Lots of sadness no Hollywood script could do." Geography and the Invisibility of Poverty (Blog Action Day ‘08) from From Poverty to Opportunity Campaign Blog Action Day: The "P" Word from Idealist.org Video: 4REAL Vancouver ft.

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Classy

JULY 19, 2021

Nonprofit video is an ever-evolving marketing method, but remaining well-informed on the latest industry best practices gives your organization a major advantage. . Instead, nonprofit video only continued to climb in popularity and organizations began doubling down on their video strategies. .

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

For the foreseeable future, remote fundraising and virtual actions will be the norm, as evidenced by the 433% increase in virtual actions on the Mobilize platform in just six weeks. Virtual actions that solve for urgent issues: FOOD BANKS. – Host virtual story time or recess where kids play together on Zoom video.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So check that out if you’re interested, if you’re curious, all kinds of good stuff on our website, videos you can watch. Clicker is back in action. . They’re based on assumptions that we make about others that are actually holding us back from taking action on our fundraising in a lot of ways. . Steven: Yeah.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2016

Spielberg-esque production values, clever scripts, glitzy montage sequences, and enough moving narratives to make Godard feel warm & fuzzy. 2 Alzheimer Association of Portugal: “First Date” video (60 sec). 5 Action on Addiction: “Fresh Start Initiative: Debbie’s Story” video (2 min).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

There are all kinds of great videos, case studies you can dive into and kind of get to know us a little bit more. . George heard about this and he grabbed his phone and he videoed a whole bunch of people saying, “Thank you to the Smith Family Foundation. The video alone brought us to tears. We’re a donor database.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

Tried-and-true retention actions for you to fold into your donor love and loyalty plan to boost overall donors and dollars could include: Welcome kits for first-time donors to set the tone for a relationship you hope to build and the community into which you’re happy they’re becoming a member. You can find a sample script here.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2020

This video outlines what a new plan might look like, starting at the 24:30 mark, and many of those steps are outlined below. We’ve also seen that donors have more time and attention than ever before and are primed to think about collective action, making your marketing even more effective than it would be during a normal time.

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Care2

MAY 1, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) I hope to see you there.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So check that out if you’re interested, if you’re curious, all kinds of good stuff on our website, videos you can watch. Clicker is back in action. . They’re based on assumptions that we make about others that are actually holding us back from taking action on our fundraising in a lot of ways. . Steven: Yeah.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Because a hybrid event can be so engaging and the video elements of that event can be used as a lead generation tool and future webinar, you want to make sure that you consider using high-quality equipment and hiring a professional event videographer. Ways a Hybrid Event Will Use Video. Why Does Video Style Matter? .

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 23, 2019

Types Of Video Content. Because of that, businesses, brands and nonprofits alike need to turn their attention to that which is lurking just over the horizon – a video marketing strategy. In truth, the popularity of video marketing is nothing new. Building A Better Online Video Content Strategy. Engagement Videos.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

Talk to each other, introduce yourself in the chat if you haven’t already because we will save some time for some Q&A once we kind of get through our scripted questions. So, you know, if you work out the worst case scenario, you can work out some of the actions that you could take if certain things happen. .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

There’s lots of videos, lots of things you can look at to get a sense of what we offer. And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. And the thank-you video.

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