Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge is underway! If you haven't heard, during the month of April TechSoup is hosting our 4 th annual Digital Storytelling Challenge designed to inspire, educate, and empower nonprofits, libraries and social good organizations to tell their story through video and photos.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 24, 2023

Email is a major communication channel for many nonprofits. It’s a channel that functions as part of your larger digital strategy. When email works together with your social media, direct mail, in-person activities, phone calls, and website, your supporters have many more opportunities to hear your message.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Does your nonprofit have a digital marketing plan ? Creating a digital plan does that by aligning strategies to support your marketing goals. Digital Marketing Plan Chapters. Chapter 3: Digital Promotions. Why Nonprofits Need A Digital Marketing Plan. How To Build A Nonprofit Digital Marketing Plan (That works).

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 5, 2017

posted by Chris Giarratana Digital Strategy Consultant. Storytelling is a strategic tool that has been used since the beginning of humanity to transmit a meaningful message to others. Nonprofits can also make use of storytelling to engage their audience , get their attention, and influence them to change their behavior and take action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. In addition to overall giving increasing these next two months, the number of your donors giving online and via social media channels is growing.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

If you’ve never tried it before, start with these two simple audience segments : active (made one or more donations in the last 12 months) and lapsed (made zero donations in the last 12 months.) Use storytelling and real-life examples to demonstrate the importance of their support. Don’t worry, it doesn’t need to be complicated.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

When leveraged with other communication channels, direct mail can generate significant engagement and gift-giving from donors. This shows that appreciation for this communication channel is growing among younger generations. This channel also tends to see positive returns—for every $1.27 The messages are more tangible.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Make Buying Tickets Easy There are a lot of dire digital checkout experiences on the world wide web. Manage ticket sales and distribution effectively: For digital tickets, distribution is pretty easy. With everyone spending hours a day glued to their phones and computers, digital channels will be the best way to reach them.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories. Develop a strategy for data storytelling. Know your audience. Understand your capacity.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

But direct mail isn’t dead —the personal touch, visibility, and open rate that comes with direct mail have made it significant in the digital age. There are many reasons why direct mail donor acquisition can be a compelling fundraising tool that produces results that digital methods simply cannot. Here’s why!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

This special digital storytelling episode of Nonprofits Live will include secrets from the pros for nonprofits submitting photo and video stories to the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge in February. of art, activism, and academic inquiry on the politically charged. His forthcoming.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

She knows what strategies work on social media, what strategies fail, and how nonprofits can use social channels to make a big impact on their community. So, if someone was looking to put together a monthly calendar for their social media channels, what are the types of posts they should look to include in that plan? Summarize it!

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

Get creative with your digital strategy. The promotional materials you give to your volunteer fundraisers and use on your own communication channels should highlight the holiday whenever possible. As you create marketing content, use storytelling strategies. Get creative with your digital strategy.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

Metrics like these measure your digital marketing campaigns in different ways, but they all seek to answer the same question: “Are your campaigns raising or losing money?” . 6 marketing tips for improving ROI Your marketing activity can directly influence and improve your campaigns’ ROI. Don’t drop other channels, though!

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Use Storytelling To Drive Your Year-End Fundraising. If you’re not sure how to get started with your storytelling, ask your donors! It’s more important than ever to make sure that you have a winning digital communication plan in place for your end-of-year fundraising campaign. Who doesn’t love a good story?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Ivan Boothe pointed me over to a blog post by Lina with an intriguing tweet " Transmedia activism with a co-creation network." Now to dig into this topic because it combines a couple of interest - storytelling with social media and working in a networked way. She offers some examples of this approach from the activism field.

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CauseVox

APRIL 12, 2022

On the other hand, if you’re using a wide channel like social media, you may want to adjust the dollar figure to a lower amount that’s more appropriate based on what you understand about your general audience. Storytelling. Storytelling is key. As as a result, they are not competing with other organizations. Use Solid Branding.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I’m sure you’re using at least one of these social media channels. Develop an acquisition strategy for your top one or two social media channels. Unlike your social media channels, you have complete control. Leverage Social Media Meta, Insta, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and the recently rebranded X.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Lean Into Storytelling Your nonprofit’s story is an invaluable tool when it comes to fundraising. These materials should be easily shareable across multiple channels—email, social media, direct mail, and SMS—so your fundraiser can easily reach as many of their peers as possible.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 23, 2022

The best way to market any fundraiser is by using a multi-channel approach. While it may be tempting to stick to one marketing channel, a multi-channel strategy uses email, social media, text messaging, and direct mail, to reach a wider audience and generate more excitement for your auction. Email marketing.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

This special Digital Storytelling episode of Nonprofits Live will include secrets from the pros for nonprofits submitting photo and video stories to the TSDigs challenge in February. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8th. Follow @aaronMSB at @lightscamerahelp.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2021

Instead, you can support and build upon your current efforts with marketing on new channels. To be specific, many nonprofit organizations rely heavily on digital marketing due to its relatively low cost and quick delivery rates. Digital marketing campaigns can connect your nonprofit to supporters all over the world.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Getting online and optimizing your digital marketing strategy has become necessary for nonprofits of all sizes. Although building a following online has its own challenges, digital tools have the potential to dramatically increase awareness about your cause and connect you with prospective donors who you might not have otherwise discovered.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

When you're building a movement, video is an indispensable storytelling tool. By appealing to a wide range of our senses, videos capture our attention and activate our emotions, unlike any other medium. Fortunately, nonprofits of all sizes can afford to incorporate video into their digital and communications operations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2011

. Source: HBR = Branding in a Digital Age. What he is talking about is “ transmedia storytelling &# a term coined by Henry Jenkins. There are others that have looked at this: Gary Hayes Transmedia Storytelling model or Lini Srivastava’s Transmedia Activism model. Source: Branding in a Digital Age - HBR.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Most nonprofits should instead consider their usual channels of direct mail, email campaigns and social media and experiment in some new areas like Livestreaming. 2) Focus on Storytelling and Impact. Here’s Six Ways You Can Raise More Online During Year-End 2021: 1) Drive Everyone To Give in One Place.

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Classy

JULY 9, 2021

With the rise of video conferencing software and other digital forms of communication, it can be easier to engage your capital campaign team. Communication Channels Have Changed. Create digital flipbooks and other online versions of your marketing materials that you can quickly and easily share with prospective donors.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

Individual executives have a significant advantage over company accounts across many platforms both from a storytelling and algorithmic standpoint. Remember, any ZOOM call can be recorded for audio in two channels, that file can then be sent to this service and translated in minutes.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

The latter number is predicted to reach almost 505 million by the end of the year, with over 100 million active listeners in the United States alone. This item converts audio signals from your microphone into digital audio signals for your computer. Audio interface. Editing software.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

To help with consistency, a good first step is to take inventory of your social channels: Which social channels is your nonprofit on? How often are you posting on each channel? Hint: I typically recommend posting 3-4x per week per channel as a starting point. billion monthly active users. *. Is it too often?

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

In the last year we've extended our reach as follows: Number of active groups: 48. Number of countries with active groups: 20. Digital Storytelling Challenge. NetSquared organizers were jazzed by the Digital Storytelling Challenge. NetSquared organizers were jazzed by the Digital Storytelling Challenge.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Most nonprofits should instead consider their usual channels of direct mail, email campaigns and social media and experiment in some new areas like Livestreaming. 2) Focus on Storytelling and Impact. Unless they feature some sort of hybrid element to appeal to those who do not feel comfortable attending in-person events.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Let’s start embracing the fact that the next 20 years will bring tremendous digital transformation in the nonprofit sector. While many nonprofit professionals are digital immigrants , we’ve had 20 years now to learn the language and customs of the digital native world. Stop, Start, and Continue. of total fundraising revenue.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

volunteer fundraisers to brush up on your storytelling abilities. . are active on social media due to their strong desire to connect and socialize with others. These campaigns rely heavily on networking, so your organization and anyone participating in the campaign should use these channels to your advantage. . of millennials.

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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. Activity or Event: An event is a great way to raise funds for your year-end campaign on the spot. For more storytelling tips, check out our guide, How To Tell Stories that Connect, Move, And Inspire Everyone.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 17, 2016

They choose a multi-channel approach to their campaign. Your message, story, and ask must be coordinated across all of these channels. These elements will be steadfast no matter what channel you use. These include the drop dates for direct mail and email sends, social media posts, in-person events, and influencer activation.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Multi-channel marketing is the practice of communicating and marketing across many channels. By leveraging multiple communication channels—email, mobile, direct mail, websites, social media, paid and earned media, SEO, and more, you expand your reach to engage new donors and supporters. Why is it important for nonprofits?

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