TechImpact

JULY 11, 2014

Changing the way you communicate online sounds like a daunting task, but it can be very simple. You don’t get a lot of time to garner the attention of an online viewer, so you have to make it count. Tell a story. Do you have a rule your nonprofit follows? Be emotional. Let us know in the comment section below!

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JULY 27, 2021

Julia Campbell has been helping nonprofits make the most of their social media presences for years. She knows what strategies work on social media, what strategies fail, and how nonprofits can use social channels to make a big impact on their community. Watch her recent webinar, 6 Types of Stories You Should Be Telling on Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

The book shares how and why our mind pays attention to some events, ideas, or people and not others. Parr uses the metaphor of building a fire to describe how capturing attention works. The second stage is kindling, where you attract and capture short-term attention on a specific activity, event, or idea.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If these scenarios sound familiar, this blog post is tailor-made for you. Showcase Impact Through Stories: Share compelling stories or language that illustrates the positive impact the donor has had on the organization’s mission. Stories create emotional connections and resonate deeply with donors.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of creating a meaningful message when a nonprofit wants to engage with their donors. With the captivating visuals and persuasive copy that come from the work of a nonprofit, these messages are naturally compelling and have the potential to motivate donors to act. The Brand Story.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Think about it: If you receive three or four emails in a row from a nonprofit you support, a blogger you follow, or your favorite store and the content is boring or useless to you, how long before you stop opening them? You’re having a cup of coffee talking about the ways your nonprofit changes lives. What stories would you tell?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

When you hear the words “Nonprofit Board Meeting,” what comes to mind? If you are like most nonprofit leaders, the thought of a Board meeting creates feelings of dread, the blahs, the “let’s get it over withs”, the “I don’t have time for this” mindset, or the “I don’t know why we even bothers”. ” Any of that sound familiar?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 25, 2022

In this post you’ll find 10 tips for writing an impressive donor thank you letter plus some great nonprofit thank you letter examples. Tip #2 Lead with a story when you write a donor thank you letter How many donor thank you letters have you read that started with “ On behalf of.” or “ Thank you for your recent gift. “ ?

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sgEngage

JUNE 6, 2024

She’s the development director at a local chapter of a large, nationwide nonprofit organization. Like many nonprofits, her chapter hadn’t met its annual fundraising targets for the past couple of years. Sound familiar? We turn our attention to other groups of supporters who are more likely to deepen their engagement.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Every nonprofit website visitor is a potential donor. By telling the right stories in the right way, you can lure visitors to your donation page and inspire them to give. But it’s not as easy as it sounds. The challenge is grabbing your visitor’s attention. It’s best to start with a short story.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sounds pretty smooth, right? You’ll want to tell a compelling story that breathes life into your cause and paints a vivid picture of the powerful difference every donation makes. Have a clear message Kick off your giving page with an attention-grabbing headline that captures your mission and what you’re asking for.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

And how they feel about their experience of giving to your nonprofit determines whether or not they stay in the relationship. Too many nonprofits think they’re doing a good job of building relationships, but they’re not. They want to feel good, knowing they made a good decision to give to your nonprofit.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

A very common “go-to” funding idea for small nonprofits is fundraising events. Here are three kinds of fundraising events that work for most nonprofits and how to choose the right one for you. Pay attention to the donor/attendee experience, then weigh out the potential cost and get ready to PLAN, PLAN, PLAN!

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 29, 2023

Despite all of the good that can come from nonprofit events, the fact is that events aren’t easy to plan or execute. Additionally, many nonprofits lack the experience needed to bring their vision for their events to life. If you were to close your eyes and picture a traditional nonprofit event, what would you see? Let’s begin!

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The year-end giving season kicks off with a lot of hype around GivingTuesday, when nonprofits invest significant time, energy, and resources into launching campaigns for the special day. As nonprofit professionals, we wait and hope all day that this is the year our campaign will go viral and bring in millions of dollars in donations.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Community Brands recently shared donor retention data that reinforced alarming trends that the nonprofit sector has been monitoring for a while. In their survey, they asked nonprofits what their current donor retention rate was: about 60% said they didn’t know and the rest had an average donor retention rate of 45%.

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Greater Giving

JULY 23, 2021

During the transition to virtual events, nonprofit event planners simply didn’t have a playbook. One of the biggest issues that nonprofits reported with virtual events (detailed in our State of Nonprofit Fundraising publication) was guest engagement. But embracing low-cost technological solutions can help.

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Care2

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Are you looking for a better way to tell your organization's story? In this webinar you will learn: What the story wars are and why you need to join the fray! How to create your own Story Strategy Map. He also launched frogloop.com , a leading nonprofit marketing blog.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

You want your letter to sound sincere, not like a form letter. You want your letter to sparkle with a short, amazing story so the recipient will eagerly read the whole thing. Let’s look at 5 common mistakes that too many nonprofits make in their thank you letter that can easily be avoided. Or where to start. Ok, got it?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Unfortunately, most nonprofits view thanking donors as an afterthought instead of treating it with the importance it deserves. And that can kill your ability to keep good donors who love the work your nonprofit is doing. Cycle of Giving You need donors who give because they love the work your nonprofit is doing.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

What tropes or story elements might reinforce harmful stereotypes or otherwise be problematic? Use formatting — bold, bullets, text color, highlighting, graphics — to draw attention to the most important pieces and make the message scannable. If not, look for ways to use visual cues to draw attention to the most important content.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. Unfortunately, most nonprofits thank the donor as an afterthought. This story should be short and to the point.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

Just wanted to see if you were paying attention.). While much of the branding and design inspiration we run across is either from consumer brands or individual artists, it all provides us with the opportunity to discover new principles, practices, and approaches that we can incorporate into our nuanced nonprofit world. fancy food!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Note from Beth: Last January, I put together a train the trainers session for nonprofit trainers. You can find the presentation here and accompanying blog post, How To Think Like A Nonprofit Instructional Designer. 8 Reasons Why Bad Trainings Happen to Good Nonprofits by Salsa Labs. Reign in your facts, figures and stories.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

By appealing to a wide range of our senses, videos capture our attention and activate our emotions, unlike any other medium. With more Americans getting their news through social media, video content provides an opportunity to grow your audience and make your story heard. How do you think about sound when you’re creating a video?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Why do you need to guide nonprofit leaders? . Does any of this sound familiar? To guide nonprofit leaders is to point them in a certain direction. They listen in a loving, attentive stance. If that’s true, what story could we tell to show effectiveness?”. Rather than guide, we badger. Badgering isn’t guidance.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Gone are the days when a nonprofit could put up any old website for their organization and check that task off their to-do list. As more and more of our lives move online, nonprofits need an optimized, well-designed website in order to stand out and engage donors—and to justify the expense of maintaining one!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

From peer-to-peer fun runs to bake sales, there’s no end to the types of fundraising events your nonprofit can host. In fact, 81% of nonprofit donors attend fundraising events. These highly interactive experiences allow your nonprofit ample time to engage with supporters face-to-face. Drive revenue for your nonprofit.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

How will you grab the attention of your donors when their inbox is already full and they barely have time to read what’s already there? How will you convey your message in as few words as possible so you make the most of every second you have their attention? Your list might look something like this: Andrea’s success story.

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Kindful

JULY 22, 2021

Whether you have a person on staff to handle your appeals or you outsource your needs to a consultant, you should equip them with all the information they need to produce the content that will inspire your supporters to donate to your nonprofit. . There are several dates to pay attention to: . What is your goal?

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Like many nonprofits, the Woodland Park Zoo was caught off-guard by the onset of the pandemic. The Zoo partnered with a Seattle production company to ensure the livestream and the video content was of the highest quality possible; it needed to look and sound authentic to truly bring the Jungle Party magic to virtual attendees.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Nonprofits rely on donations and unless you are independently wealthy and able to self-fund your organization, you’ll need to share with folks a request for donations. Listen, starting a nonprofit is NOT a “build it and they will come” activity. It takes commitment, guts, and a great story. More about that in a minute.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“Digital transformation” may sound grandiose, but it just means the people, processes, and systems that leverage digital tools to help organizations realize impact. The impact was real, but the story had been difficult to access until digitization of this specific process. Before digitization, the process started with planning.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Unleash Crowdfunding Potential: Transform Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Game In the challenging nonprofit community, smaller organizations often struggle with securing adequate funds to execute their mission. And remember, attention spans tend to be brief online!

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Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

While machine learning is increasingly used by companies across the private sector, few nonprofits have integrated this kind of technology into their operations to date. Stories like these sound almost like magic, but they represent a lot of hard work! Is your nonprofit interested in using machine learning to grow your impact?

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

But out of this huge challenge, we’ve seen some amazing creativity crop up as nonprofits revamp their fundraising approaches to be safe and successful. But success in an online fundraiser goes further than just getting the attention of potential donors. The last couple of years have been all about virtual when it comes to fundraising.

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Greater Giving

JULY 8, 2021

During the transition to virtual events, nonprofit event planners simply didn’t have a playbook. One of the biggest issues that nonprofits reported with virtual events (detailed in our State of Nonprofit Fundraising publication) was guest engagement. But embracing low-cost technological solutions can help.

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