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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

Candid

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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Great reads from around the web on January 25th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Try These Dynamic Digital Storytelling Platforms | Community Organizer 2.0 – "Nonprofit organizations can tell the best stories.

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, @nonprofitorgs/lists : Customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, the Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits webinar highlights current trends in using social media for fundraising, advocacy, and storytelling. CircuitEditor regularly hosts Twitter Chats on the subjects of social change and philanthropy in Africa.

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Onboarding Your Program and Fundraising Volunteers

Qgiv

It’s important that your volunteers have context about why you need, for example, to feed lunch to 100 people in an hour. If you need to get so much accomplished within a specific period of time, or at a specific volume of output, you want to let them know that up front. But don’t just make it an arbitrary goal or number.

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Quick Guide to Grants for Nonprofits: Tips, Resources & More

Qgiv

The four grant categories you can apply for are: education in America, democracy, international peace and security, and higher education and research in Africa. The Whole Kids Foundation focuses on funding initiatives that help feed and educate children in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Tell your nonprofit’s story.

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10 Signs Your Small Nonprofit Excels at Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Storytelling is the buzzword of 2016 – and for good reason. An algorithm is necessary to weed out boring content from the Facebook News Feed, but 1%? Fret not if you are missing a few. Not even large, well-funded nonprofits are doing all ten. Your nonprofit blogs or publishes a story on your website at least twice monthly.

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Things We Like (October 2010)

NTEN

Effective data visualization is the future of nonprofit storytelling. Here's a little inspiration: It's one thing to say that Africa is bigger than the U.S., The 2011 NTC is only 5 months away, but if you really can't wait, you can feed your conference fix by watching speakers from this year's PopTech. No, really.

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