Candid

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Ford , Skoll , and Compton foundations have announced the launch of a donor collaborative to help strengthen the impact of moving image storytelling. Cultural change is needed to achieve long-term advances in justice and equity, making the role of transformational storytellers all the more important," said Mertes.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Your nonprofit has worked diligently to build programs, events, and campaigns that help make the world a better place. In fact, storytelling encompasses blog writing, advertising, and stewardship efforts. There are several ways to hone your storytelling craft. Seek inspiration from real storytellers.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Last week, I was honored to host a virtual roundtable for a small group of nonprofit marketing and communications executives on The Art of Storytelling & Brand Identity. Harold led an exercise that challenged us to find ways to be more intentional with our storytelling. Here are my top five insights from that discussion.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

In this environment, building a community of loyal advocates for your cause is more important than ever before. While building this community takes time, it will ensure you always have a full pipeline of people interested in engaging with your cause. Meanwhile, building an organic community is like backpacking through that new country.

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M+R

JANUARY 8, 2024

We’re fueled by hope rather than despair because we’re in the business of building movements, building long-term power, and working with world changing clients to pass policies that make people’s lives better. The answers to these questions will be central to building an impactful legislative advocacy campaign.

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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. From So What? To So Funded!

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

Let’s explore three innovative marketing strategies for nonprofits, according to Jackie Sue Griffin , owner and executive director at JSG & Associates in Tampa, Florida Leveraging Social Media Advocacy Campaigns Social media platforms have become powerful tools to raise awareness, mobilize supporters, and drive action.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Lean into storytelling Although posting often should be a priority, you’ll also want to look for ways to elevate your existing content. One of the best ways to do this is by storytelling. If your nonprofit is advocacy-based, share your perspective on relevant news topics as they emerge to establish yourself as a thought leader.

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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. Before delving into data storytelling, it's important to remember what the goal is.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When you adopt an innovative AMS, staff won’t have to learn a difficult code to build member reports or dashboards. With a few clicks, you can build a report or dashboard from your member data to gather crucial records for your next annual report. Worked in advocacy efforts? . Were more members involved in advocacy efforts?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Otherwise, focus on building a following for your primary LinkedIn Page and do not create Showcase Pages. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. Of all social media, LinkedIn is the platform best suited for employee advocacy.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Building buzz and press for an advocacy action. Facilitating face-time and team building for your regional staff. Building local chapters. Diverse Goals.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For the sixth year, TechSoup's annual challenge will help nonprofits learn how to increase their storytelling skills for fundraising and advocacy purposes. Civil Society, Advocacy, and Fundraising. Storytelling skills are also a prerequisite to successful advocacy. Good stories power fundraising and marketing.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For the sixth year, TechSoup's annual challenge will help nonprofits learn how to increase their storytelling skills for fundraising and advocacy purposes. Civil Society, Advocacy, and Fundraising. Storytelling skills are also a prerequisite to successful advocacy. Learn more. Want to see inspiring examples?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Building knowledge is a social process where we make meaning together. It can contribute to exchanges and interactions that are at the heart of nonprofit network building. Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. However, to have data requires intention.

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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. Aaron Bramley Lights.

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Care2

APRIL 4, 2011

It’s global connective tissue", said Stacey Monk, co-founder of Epic Change , who was part of the panel Up Close and Personal: How Storytelling Builds Movements at NTC along with Mark Horvath of Invisible People , Estrella Rosenberg of Big Love, Little Hearts , and moderated by Avi Kaplan of Rad Campaign. No policy jargon.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 24, 2023

Make sure they’ve heard it before you launch your next fundraising or advocacy campaign. Gratitude is important on its own, but it can also help you build the kind of donor experience that encourages supporters to stay connected and engaged. Try these five creative ideas to get more out of your nonprofit email campaigns.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2022

Centralizing what we can know about each organization is essential to building a field that is effective, efficient and equitable. . Storytelling (aka mission advocacy): The form 990 is a very public way for nonprofits to tell their stories and one of the main sections in the profile. .

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Focus on Financial Management, Not Just Fundraising Obviously, building a steady stream of revenue is going to be an important part of your strategic plan. Include Plans for Member Engagement and Retention Building a strong membership base starts with recruiting new members, but it doesn’t stop there.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

We are about to enter into a golden age of storytelling more unbound from resource constraints than ever before. These images could be used for a wide variety of storytelling and attention-grabbing hooks for content. The ability to use the style of a famous artist can add additional storytelling value to the image. Also, whales!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. As with all the capacity building projects that I’ve designed, it is based on a framework and theory of change.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 28, 2022

Jack Harries understands the power of storytelling. Read more from Cristina Jones: 5 Tips for Defining Brand Identity Through Intentional Storytelling. Cristina is an award-winning intentional storyteller with a focus on action, impact, and culture. Here are some of the highlights of our programming at Davos this year.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Common subjects include strategic planning, communications, advocacy, and community needs assessments. . Exponent members take part in collaborations that support training and capacity building for nonprofits in their cities and towns. 6) Funding or Engaging in Advocacy . 5) Addressing a Particular Need or Gap .

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2021

To mark its anniversary, NRDC launched an immersive storytelling experience featuring powerful stories from the last 50 years. Since 1970, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been working to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Training and capacity building: Offer training programs, workshops, and resources for journalists to improve their skills, adapt to new technologies, and stay competitive. Research and advocacy: Conduct research on the state of local journalism, produce reports, and advocate for policies that support the industry.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 2, 2020

Building your digital fundraising program -- This is a great example of a chief initiative because it really is a huge project to undertake! And yet, if your organization has an advocacy or policy component to its work, this can be a very worthwhile communications chief initiative. Interested in storytelling planning resources?

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

If your goal is to engage + build relationships with your audience (hopefully it is!), Conversion amounts to gaining some sort of response from an audience - responding to an advocacy call-to-action, offering a donation, signing up for your newsletter, completing a quiz or survey, etc. Goal: Engagement Metric: Overall Engagement Rate.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Nonprofit organizations serve as community leaders and agents of change, and participating in Hispanic Heritage Month can solidify their advocacy for diversity and inclusion. Share Their Stories: Launch storytelling campaigns to showcase the success stories and challenges Latinos face in your community.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

As a people, we have to tell our own story.” – Evans Okinyi, CEO, East Africa Philanthropy Network Coming from a family of storytellers and strong matriarchs, I was interested in “Black (Women’s) Power: Our Voices.” Using the power of our voices Speakers stressed the importance of using our voice to create change. “As

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

To make these files as searchable as possible, NMAAHC teamed up with Forum One and Quotient to build the Freedmen’s Bureau Search Porta l. Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Join this customer panel to learn how the “reimagined peer-to-peer fundraising event” achieves fundraising success by marrying grassroots community building with smart digital marketing to create new, more engaging experiences. 2020 State of Advocacy: Building a Winning Advocacy Program. Robyn Mendez – Blackbaud.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re part of an animal shelter, wildlife conservation organization, or advocacy group, these insights will help you navigate the ever-evolving world of nonprofit marketing. This will help you build credibility and inspire potential supporters to take action. Build authentic relationships.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2016

Since our last storytelling Twitter chat , both the opportunities and challenges in producing a great digital story have increased. As organizations begin wading into this cluttered storytelling landscape, and begin picking platforms, tools, and narratives, excitement can quickly evaporate. Host: @techsoupnz , @mathan_a. AUSTRALIA.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Forum One has partnered with NRDC to develop its website as well as additional digital assets, such as an immersive storytelling experience to celebrate the organization’s 50th anniversary in 2020 and an offshore drilling position tracking tool to help constituents easily find their legislators’ positions on offshore drilling.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Targeting them with your next peer-to-peer campaign is a smart way to build a sustainable support network for years to come. volunteer fundraisers to brush up on your storytelling abilities. . Build a strong narrative. authentic relationship building. Convey genuine gratitude. . Let’s dive into our first tip.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

The top three technology challenges for respondents are building websites, managing data, and fundraising. Washington, District of Columbia: Online Advocacy Strategies — Mobilizing for Action. Las Vegas, Nevada: Online Courses (Storytelling). They come to us looking for practical tips and a supportive community.

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