AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

Fortunately, the very makeup of the human brain offers some potential avenues for increasing engagement in a digital environment and producing a far more satisfying experience overall. Use Storytelling. . . . . Storytelling enables a phenomenon known as mirroring. Storytelling is another great way to invoke the senses.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

Successfully including all stakeholders in the life of a nonprofit requires attention to enacting and maintaining inclusive practices. When traditionally excluded people are included, power imbalances weaken , work environments become more innovative , trust between colleagues increases , and financial performance increases.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Using a tool like Animato can make it easy for your nonprofit to create DYI videos, but to be successful you need to develop a strategy and use compelling storytelling. Jane Goodall Institute: Storytelling on Facebook and beyond with square videos. However, storytelling isn’t enough. Storytelling is key for shares.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Some things have not changed: Time and attention are finite. Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. Stories need to be compelling, immersive, human, funny, or provocative to capture attention.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

When you know that the strategies, messaging, and communication channels you’re using will catch supporters’ attention and inspire them to give, you can rest assured that you’ll see a return on your marketing investment. To prepare for the planning stage, get to know your donors by: Using data analytics tools.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

If you’re going to the BBCON 2013 Conference starting September 29 th , you should expect a great conference filled some of my favorite nonprofits and campaigners who will be sharing their insights in email marketing, storytelling via multiple channels, and social media wins and fails. Dr. Seuss Helps You Rock Digital Storytelling.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Before I share with you the advice I give to my association clients, I want to first discuss a major challenge that, in today’s competitive fundraising environment, most associations face. If you work for an association, I suspect you’ve had similar conversations with your colleagues. Content Is King — and There’s a Lot of It.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. The Power of Storytelling in Fundraising Humans are meaning-making creatures.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2017

You need to pay attention – because your board members and constituents will be. In today’s challenging and competitive environment, organizations who don’t tell their story well risk donors choosing another organization who does a much better job at telling theirs.”

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 22, 2016

As much as we like to say we’re not competing with each other, we are competing for people’s attention and donations; the same attention businesses and politicians are competing for. In this environment, is there any chance of surviving, to say nothing of making a difference? The Surprising Science of Storytelling.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 9, 2017

Facebook is an environment where billions of people go to check in on what matters most to them and this includes the causes they’re most passionate about. Storytelling in a sound-off world. And speaking of the beginning of your video, it should hook people who are scrolling in this sound-off environment. Sponsored by Animoto.

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CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

While incorporating insights provided in our webinar with Maria Bryan, we’ll demystify the content planning process, discuss trauma-informed storytelling, unpack resources , and help you create content that converts. The Importance of Storytelling It’s no secret that a great story can generate movers and shakers.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This means more than just losing your employees’ attention at your All Hands meetings. Since upper leadership doesn’t spend much time interacting with lower-level employees, it’s important to ask them for their feedback about improving the organization’s culture and work environment. Impact storytelling.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The program provides focused attention on key compliance issues for both private foundations and charitable organizations, plus practical walk-throughs of an IRS audit and an Attorney General Investigation. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Fundraising & Grants. Jan 17 - 19. 10/10/2018.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 5, 2020

If your own site isn’t pulling its weight in our new virtual fundraising environment, it’s definitely time to make a few updates. Learn more about visual storytelling from Ira on the sgENGAGE Podcast. Ready to begin? Let’s get started. Aligning web content with your mission and goals. Event calendar/registration.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

We want to enter into stories, so we perk up, pay attention, and get drawn deeper and deeper into the narrative. Jonathan Gottschall, author of The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human , argues we’re putty in the storyteller’s hands. As we do, our empathy for the story’s character is increased. READER: Oh no!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Storytelling is one of the most important ways for us to spread awareness about the threat of malaria, and pictures are invaluable when it comes to telling a good story. On the old website, the donation page was a bit difficult to find, but the new design gave the donate button clear visibility and attention. Josh: That’s easy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

You are limited to 150 characters, so get straight to the point, draw attention to your bio with emojis and campaign hashtags, and include a call-to-call to action. For example, The Trustees works to protect the environment in Massachusetts and they geotag themselves in locations throughout the state thus expanding their reach.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

I keep on telling my story of how I moved between the East and West, between physical environments (architecture, urban design) and virtual (web and mobile development and strategy), between technology and the humanities. They bring your attention to what they deem important. This is so true. Newspapers know how to present information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

As a presenter, advocate, or fundraiser, your job is to ensure that your colleagues, followers, or students want to soak up your message — a tall order, especially in a digital environment. Pay close attention to this because it is likely that you will lose your audience’s attention at the same moments. Go deeper — use empathy.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

People laughed with incredulity; no matter how CSI-like the pitch, it’s hard to capture public attention with preservation projects. Tags: storytelling marketing design Unusual Projects and Influences inclusion. And yet earlier in the week, at the Zealandia nature sanctuary in Wellington, I’d seen some hints of how to do just that.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2021

The only true currency on social media is trust and attention, and the only way to get it is through valuable communication that is craved – that people would miss if it went away. Grab Attention. As a general rule, social media algorithms prioritize posts and tweets that receive a lot of discussion, engagement, and attention.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

As a presenter, advocate, or fundraiser, your job is to ensure that your colleagues, followers, or students want to soak up your message — a tall order, especially in a digital environment. Pay close attention to this because it is likely that you will lose your audience’s attention at the same moments. Go deeper — use empathy.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

These two professors tapped into their cutting-edge research in behavioral science to help individuals establish financial security, create happier work environments, provide better products and user experiences for customers, and more. Use the advice in this book to make sure your cause and ideas grab people’s attention and never let go.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 31, 2007

Sponsoring a game that happens real-time captures more media attention than releasing a flash game on your product's website. There are on-demand games, like chess, that are available in playing environments like Washington Square or Yahoo Games. Tags: storytelling game. Of course, sitting down to a game of poker is social.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

Since 1949, May has been observed as Mental Health Awareness month to bring attention the ongoing need for proper support and health care services for those affected. Aside from their successful healthcare programs, the thing that really stands out about Uplift Family Service’s website is its storytelling. Whitman Walker Health.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Every day, we constantly see photos of people—in social media, on websites, on television, in advertisements, in print, and in our daily environment. Pay close attention to photo composition, lighting, and cropping. WomenPhotograph – “Working to elevate the voices of women + non-binary visual storytellers.”

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Why donors will pay more attention to nonprofits with great landing pages. The way storytelling can be harnessed internally to break down silos; 3. How storytelling can enhance fundraising, even by volunteers and board members; 4. Advanced Storytelling: Combining Your People and Money Stories to Raise More Money.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We know that storytelling is powerful. But storytelling is fundamental, we’re hardwired for stories. Was a major environmental foundation because a dollar spent on the environment today is worth five dollars a decade from now if we’re doing things like climate change or preserving [inaudible 00:30:02] forests. .

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

And it’s taken me years to learn it, but if you pay attention and you’re not multitasking too much, you’re not over there sending you emails off, you can learn them in the next 30 minutes. You need to get better at storytelling, like strengthen those muscles and practice it and do it over and over again.

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EveryAction

MARCH 7, 2016

Lately, we've been obsessed with storytelling. From capturing an audience's attention to inspiring listeners to action, telling great stories is equal parts creative and scientific. Watch the full discussion below or continue reading for tips on how to crack the science of storytelling! Make a Hypothesis. Process of Sharing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

I realized I had a platform where, for whatever reason, people would pay attention to me. It could be the environment, it could be educational issues, political issues, international, national. You won't see a rat in this environment, but God knows you do see and experience flies. I raised a lot of money. Imagine living in it.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

This goes across generations--people pay attention to social cues--one of the most powerful behaviors out there. AM: organizations are not investing enough in storytellers. They can come up with solutions by investing in really great storytellers. JW: There is a lot of competing for attention.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Yes, I know that every platform is different, and that the captive attention we afford to radio, TV, and written material doesn't map perfectly to a free-choice wander through an exhibition. Why are exhibitions, which have huge potential as immersive, multi-platform narrative devices, so rarely used to that effect?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

And so I thought well, it seems like if we're going to actually change the human patterns that are so severely impacting our environment and communities around the world, maybe there are some other ways to do it. I think a very, very big part of social change is storytelling, and I know that's why you do what you do.

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