NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2011

The world was hungry for stories and visuals of the devastation, and we were consuming this media as much on YouTube as from CNN, as much on our lap- tops and iPads as on our TVs. And it’s not just the large-scale events we’re tuning in to: “smaller” stories are increasingly garnering huge attention. That’s the story you need to tell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2012

I was going to write something patriotic about social media, but I got an email from Mari Tikkanen with story about her recent experience working with maternal/reproductive health organizations and human rights NGOs in Nigeria for the MacArthur Foundation. She approached me after the training, with a leaflet in hand.

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Care2

AUGUST 2, 2010

org blog to complement our long-form e-news articles. That international aid organization is bringing front-line stories of its far-away work to supporters back home via online video. An online organizing superstar dramatically increases email list counts and quality for his client organizations via social-media advocacy campaigns.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

With more Americans getting their news through social media, video content provides an opportunity to grow your audience and make your story heard. We chatted with digital strategist Yash Mori for insights on creating video for nonprofits, campaigns, and advocacy organizations. Video has a special place in the digital world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2015

This program encourages advocacy and promotion online rather than hard donations to inspire word of mouth. It’s meant to develop stories and useful content to help nonprofits succeed. Last year, many organizations wanted to participate in Give Local America but did not have a local community to participate under. 4) Leaderboard App.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

They curate the best from the abundant sea of online ocean content and rapidly experiment with creating, amplifying and circulating stories that spark vibrant conversations. It also helps illustrate that the orgs who you think of as competitors for funding are actually great collaborators on campaigns.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 5, 2019

The organization’s impact is felt through inspiring stories; participants see how they can weave their own stories into appeals. We created a campaign landing page on our website ( org/cheesethefirst ), offering participants tool kits and easy steps they could take to replicate this idea–and put their own twist on it.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

By Colin Holtz and Steve Daigneault, M+R Strategic Services Everyone is talking about "the power of stories" — social scientists, nonprofit directors, your mother, you name it. Nonprofits are adding stories to their fundraising messages. Their four central points may sound familiar: Stories are universal.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

org, causes.org, and change.com. The better the story and the visual or video, the more people will join your petition drive. A day later, send them an update to your last email reminding them of the important of their advocacy and their financial support. Start the Advocate Relationship. You need both!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

   In an email interview, Laura Zaks, Public Affairs Coordinator, shared with me this sad story of devastation and the urgent need for funds to help PROFAMIL resume services through a temporary static clinic and Mobile Health Units to deliver services in tent cities where displaced persons have gathered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2009

Maybe arts organizations need to be doing "Social Capital Impact" studies along with other forms of advocacy? Allison suggests in her post that there is definitely a business model problem. But what I don’t know is if or how social media can make up this loss, it may simply be that this is one casualty of the Connected Age.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” Sharing the stories of how your donors’ gifts are making a difference. P ut together an all-org donor listening team—Ask for help then show the WIIFM of donor feedback via tangible examples.

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See3

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

They understand that an organization, or a campaign, must tell a story to build an audience, and then activate that audience with a compelling call to action. And bravo to the UN Foundation and orgs like it who create terrific pieces that keep web site users engaged and inform supporters of your activities.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

I have clients that have mobilized entire communities and Facebook groups around advocacy and around, especially for people that are in very niche communities, like, rare diseases or communities that have a lot of stigma where they need like a private group, so they can have a safe space to talk.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2007

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)

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

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)

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” Sharing the stories of how your donors’ gifts are making a difference. P ut together an all-org donor listening team—Ask for help then show the WIIFM of donor feedback via tangible examples.

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Retention Donor Change eBook 55

See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

We connect our members to each other, provide professional development opportunities, educate our constituency on issues of technology use in nonprofits, and spearhead groundbreaking research, advocacy, and education on technology issues affecting our entire community. net www.dogooder.tv net www.dogooder.tv

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

In addition, all of the successful social efforts in the connected age happen both online and on land – see Moms Rising’s onesie campaign , Surfrider’s advocacy efforts , the Humane Society’s Spay Day efforts on Facebook and on land. The Tools Don’t Create Strong or Weak Ties, Stories and People Do.

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Media Cause

APRIL 22, 2021

To “celebrate” Twitter’s 15th anniversary, in partnership with agencies No Fixed Address and Mischief, C3P created a harrowing 2-minute PSA featuring actors telling stories of real sexual abuse survivors whose trauma was deepen, and accelerated, by content shared on the platform. I’ll warn you, some of the stories are hard to hear.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2009

To give the audience an idea of what ads can be used for, Google shared just a few tactics adwords could help any given org do including: Solicit donors. As you can see, a ton of great information was shared from the Google team with educational info, helpful tips and even a few success stories thrown in. Enroll subscribers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2017

Some subscribers to your email list will visit your nonprofit’s Twitter Profile or Facebook Page to retweet or share a story or call-to-action that is featured in your e-newsletter or fundraising appeal. org , bsr17.org org , and bsr18.org. For example, bsr16.org 1) Buy short domains that work well in print and online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Online auction anecdote: He shared a story about an organization that had received a donation of toilet paper for an event 12 months before the event. Most orgs don???t Get Active (best for advocacy, easiest to use email tool) Kintera (big program and lots of features are not necessarily used) Convio (fundraising) Blackbaud.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 20, 2021

The ultimate goal for Zero to Three was to create a centralized, single source of truth for some of the organization’s major programs: Products and Innovation, Development, Policy and Advocacy, HealthySteps, and Professional Development.

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Cloud 4 Good

JANUARY 31, 2022

Let’s say fictional employee Sid Gonzales is a Salesforce user who also accesses a WordPress account to publish his company’s success stories and advocacy messages. This extra layer of security provided by MFA will better secure your Salesforce data and help stop data breaches in their tracks. . How can I become compliant? .

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Classy

AUGUST 25, 2021

See How This Org Converts Attendees to Recurring Donors. Natural donor advocacy from interactions between new and long-term supporters . When we see results like these from such actively engaged donors, we uncover an opportunity to continue motivating donations through personal experiences. Get Ready for the Future of Fundraising .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I knew it was hitting many more people than the average news story when I saw tweets, facebook posts, and other online comments coming from people in my community and network that I rarely see participating online. As Lucy would tweet later, “Pink is a color not an org.” The second, a faction chose to opt out of the Super Bowl effort.

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Everyaction

AUGUST 6, 2018

What makes a great story? With any story that I hope to tell in the future, or am telling now, I want it to be grounded in the truth of the community and be grounded in the community itself. We had to tell our own story to make sure that we were being heard. Yash Mori is a progressive digital organizer and video producer.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2017

Map your needs to a strategic plan: Leading indicators in our tech investment research that points to an org’s level of effectiveness is whether you can point to the need for tech in their strategic plan.” Make the data visible and use it to tell your story. Tell better stories: . Think outside the box: .

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

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 never give in response to a piece of mail.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This email shares an emotional story to build a connection to the mission. Here are the elements: W elcome H eart A ction L earn E ngage Welcome Email When to send : Sent immediately upon signup The first email thanks the person for signing up and gives an overview of the organization and its mission.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

In other words, they must not only activate their “animal spirits” but also be the “political animals” that Aristotle once described—capable of values leadership, policy advocacy, and coalition building to grow the economic, social, and political power of platform cooperatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Our Syria appeal is a total team effort and has a three-part objective: awareness, advocacy and fundraising. The advocacy objective is to gather public support for humanitarian access to Syria by signing and sharing a petition. And, is this type of campaign a departure from what your org typically does? Seems a little edgy?

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Care2

APRIL 20, 2009

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) Did you see this?!

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