Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. Storytelling is a powerful tool.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. Storytelling is a powerful tool. It helps them relax.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Keep in mind that most online fundraisers run about a month, but even day-long campaigns are helpful for a charity. This webinar will teach you all the essential elements of a winning fundraising appeal, including how to use compelling language to draw readers in and craft effective calls to action to convert more donors.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

That negative stigma of storytelling stayed with me for quite some time. Today, as an adult, I now know the immense power of storytelling. Storytelling is indeed one of the most powerful ways we communicate. Stories demand attention of listeners. Truthful stories, of course. Stories inspire. Stories are contagious.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 19, 2014

Regardless of how you start, people pay attention to a good story. Over the years, I found that there were a few basic rules for being a successful storyteller: 1. Your gift of $XXX will help us continue to teach young women, like Katie, how to be confident in themselves and how to pass that confidence along to future generations.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The challenge is grabbing your visitor’s attention. A photo accompanied by a concise story or a short video with an attention-grabbing headline should be right there to introduce your visitor to the essence of your organization’s work. But it’s not as easy as it sounds. You don’t have much time to do so. It’s not much time.

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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. Gain insight and expertise from some of the top minds in the nonprofit community. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are a few tasks you might want to turn over to volunteers or recruit more volunteers for: Day-to-day office work or cleaning Door greeter roles Docent positions Event committee positions Event registration and ticketing Event set-up and clean-up In-kind donations collection Marketing and promotion tasks Fundraising tasks Teaching or tutoring.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Your audience will respond to stories that immediately grab their attention. Remember that most content is consumed and discarded, and so use content as a teaching moment, and a way to engage and involve your audience in your work. And if that is where your audience is coming from, configure your website and emails with this in mind.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

They are larger in our minds. They bring your attention to what they deem important. It provides much needed difference and rhythm we are attracted to, over the often mind-numbing flat Twitter or Facebook feed. The Whale Hunt: A Storytelling Experiment by Jonathan Harris. Sections matter. Photos matter.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2021

We recommend conducting this analysis directly after the campaign so that the details are still fresh in your mind. . Write thoughtful emails to various segments, personalizing each one to capture the supporters’ attention, and direct them to create their own peer-to-peer fundraising pages. . Direct mail. 5K race.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Another way to get better search results is to type in a very specific demographic that you have in mind. 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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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

They are in one or many channels and your job as a nonprofit marketer is to deliver the right message to them at the right time—ultimately convincing them to spend their attention, time, and money with you. In my mind, “relevance is as important as reach” is key – messaging is important to get right (and always will be!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2015

Five Tips for Nonprofit Data Storytelling by Matthew Scharpnick. When data is handled properly and displayed effectively, it can help change minds — and change the world. Now, more than ever, we need to find ways to make our information stand out and attract attention. How old is she? What does she care about?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I that’s what I do for a living or aren’t you teaching us about fundraising today, Jesse?” And I’ve been able to see other people’s make that shift in their minds, other nonprofits and leaders. Took these four steps, the things I’m going to teach you today, and raised $163,000 over that actually.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . We know that storytelling is powerful.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

They get people’s attention, not through scaremongering or telling even more lies—they are direct and honest, appealing to just about anyone who will listen. Nonprofits can teach us a lot about how best to use social media, whether to promote an ecommerce business, a blog or simply for personal use. Conclusion. Facebook Advertising.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). But how much attention is being paid to ensure that your people know you? Checklists.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2023

Here are a few best practices to keep in mind when developing your nonprofit’s annual report: 1. For instance, compare the following sentences: Versus The second sentence uses you-attitude and is more likely to hold the attention of your supporters throughout a document like your nonprofit annual report. Visually display information.

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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. Then, I started going around the country teaching workshops around spiritual activism: why it's important to take your yoga off the mat and into the world, and the different ways that we can get involved. I raised a lot of money. It was so fun.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

They were using music, dance, poetry, and storytelling, and they were succeeding. There are no men in Zimbabwe who are immune to these girls' attention. PG: I think that the one that comes to mind first is a wonderful picture of women in Kenya who are growing corn. Right at the end of that period, I also was teaching.

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