Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2017

My colleague, Julia Campbell, has just published a book, “ Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits ” and was kind enough to share an advanced copy. In a digital age where there is so much online available online and attention is your supporter’s most precious resource, are you saving or seizing it?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

No matter the details of your story, you can leverage that sense of empathy to solicit a response from your audience. In fact, storytelling encompasses blog writing, advertising, and stewardship efforts. There are several ways to hone your storytelling craft. Seek inspiration from real storytellers.

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Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2024

As we step into 2024, I know that our mission-driven partners are trying to achieve big goals while navigating an ever-shifting digital landscape. At this sea-change moment, we’re working with organizations to set holistic AI strategies and governance as part of their core organizational strategies, not just digital strategy.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. Why You Need a Good Story Strong, effective storytelling for nonprofits can accomplish lots of good things: Connects your audience to those you serve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2014

I don’t have to tell anyone who reads Beth’s blog about the value of storytelling. Few would deny that storytelling is a powerful tool for inspiring action and influencing thought leaders, donors, and decision makers. However, few of us working in the social impact space could admit to utilizing storytelling to its fullest potential.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes From Events to Online: Adapting Traditional Fundraising Methods for the Digital Age In the grand theatre of nonprofit work, fundraising is the showstopper act. Yet, for many nonprofits, the shifting backdrop of the digital age is presenting new challenges and opportunities.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Let’s dive in and explore how creating donor personas can help us engage and resonate with our target audience better, so that in turn, we can create more impact in our areas of work. Social media platforms : help us gauge who and what our audience is engaging with. Why Do Donor Personas Matter?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Discover how involving donors and volunteers in decision-making processes, captivating audiences with real-life narratives, building trust through authenticity, and inspiring action can reshape your nonprofit’s impact in the digital age. Action: Community stories can inspire action among stakeholders.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 5, 2017

posted by Chris Giarratana Digital Strategy Consultant. Storytelling is a strategic tool that has been used since the beginning of humanity to transmit a meaningful message to others. Nonprofits can also make use of storytelling to engage their audience , get their attention, and influence them to change their behavior and take action.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

My friends at TechSoup asked me to pass along info about their upcoming digital storytelling event. What do we mean by Digital Storytelling? According to Wikipedia, "Digital Storytelling refers to using digital tools so that ordinary people can tell their own real-life stories."

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Discover how involving donors and volunteers in decision-making processes, captivating audiences with real-life narratives, building trust through authenticity, and inspiring action can reshape your nonprofit’s impact in the digital age. Action: Community stories can inspire action among stakeholders.

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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. But that transformation was imposed without warning and caused many organizations to react rather than plan, pouring digital water on fires.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Exciting fundraising trends on the horizon for 2024 include peer-to-peer fundraising, giving flexibility, digital wallets, unconventional and emerging donors, and AI being used in fundraising. 5) Digital Wallets for Easy Payments Digital wallets are quickly becoming an essential feature rather than a nice convenience.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Fresh Eyes Digital Donors, volunteers, and supporters are the lifeblood of many nonprofit organizations. Valentine’s Day is a great time to give your audience a little extra sugar! Get in touch at LizAlbertFundraising.com ! Curious about more ways to show love to your supporters?

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re looking to brush up on best practices for annual appeals, boost your fundraising game on social media this GivingTuesday , or build expert storytelling skills to win over supporters this giving season and beyond, we’ve got you covered with this list of 12 free nonprofit books. Don’t know where to start with digital fundraising?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Storytelling is the currency of fundraising. In the digital environment of email, social media, and mobile, we can use storytelling in innovative ways to inspire supporters and donors — and raise more money. Below are six tips for nonprofits that want to use digital storytelling to engage donors and boost giving.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

How do you keep up with the ever-increasing need for digital donor engagement ? In this guide, we’ll discuss how to use digital marketing strategies to update your organization’s nonprofit marketing and outreach plans both now and into the future. Yes, physical mail can be a part of digital marketing!

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Forum One

MARCH 5, 2024

The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum’s headline program for Women’s History Month is “Becoming Visible,” an interactive digital exhibition launching on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2024. Forum One worked with the Museum to create the 10-minute digital experience, which will be available this Friday on the Museum’s website.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

volunteer fundraisers to brush up on your storytelling abilities. . Communicate with your audience by showing engaging photos of your work or a testimonial. In other words, social media presents the perfect opportunity to expand your audience and connect with passionate new networks of prospective donors. . As of 2019, 90.4%

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

On Monday, April 16, TechSoup took its Digital Storytelling global with a full-day tweet chat spanning 10 time zones. Each tweet chat covered a different facet of digital storytelling and featured storytelling experts and nonprofit and library participants. led the bilingual tweet chat.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For the sixth year, TechSoup's annual challenge will help nonprofits learn how to increase their storytelling skills for fundraising and advocacy purposes. Storytelling skills are also a prerequisite to successful advocacy. Take Part in the Digital Storytelling Challenge! Learn more. Want to see inspiring examples?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For the sixth year, TechSoup's annual challenge will help nonprofits learn how to increase their storytelling skills for fundraising and advocacy purposes. Storytelling skills are also a prerequisite to successful advocacy. Take Part in the Digital Storytelling Challenge! Civil Society, Advocacy, and Fundraising.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A captivating fundraising site and donation page make all the difference, but not every nonprofit has the resources or technical know-how to create an eye-catching digital home. CauseVox’s New Site Editor allows you to craft your perfect page without any design or tech experience and elevate your visual storytelling.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Camera shy people learned that video is your best friend when you need to deliver an important message to a remote audience. Senders lose track of what they casually launched into cyberspace, and recipients struggle with the distracting chatter of too many digital voices. Adaptability is a hallmark of digital markets.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The theme of this year's conference is "Making Meaning Matter" with panels and discussions on community building and digital media. The panel "The New Connectivity: Storytelling for the Digital Age" focused on best practices for nonprofits and other social good organizations to spread their message over social media.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2023

One way to encourage people to support your organization is through great nonprofit storytelling. By using narrative and storytelling techniques, you’ll be able to communicate your nonprofit’s mission and impact while building stronger emotional connections with your audience. Where Should You Use Nonprofit Storytelling?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 8, 2021

By: Jas Finnell, Digital Strategy Manager at Riley Children’s Foundation. Understand Your Audience. Take a look at those in your target audience. From there, identify and align variables like stories, voices, ask ladders, donation form appeals, and aesthetics that align best with each segment of your target audience.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

” The new product seeks to seamlessly blend digital content with your physical space, offering both Virtual and Augmented Reality capabilities. Also, audiences only want to pay for premium content, and creating experiences for Vision Pro worth paying for will be costly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. If you have an engaged audience on Instagram, encouraging them to donate at year-end by promoting specific posts can get real results. 5) Raise money using Facebook Live.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

That's what the Digital Storytelling Challenge seeks to accomplish every year. At the 2013 Digital Storytelling Awards Gala on May 28, the community's successes were clear. " Audience Choice Awards. video online community nonprofits community tsdigs digital storytelling'

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NTEN

DECEMBER 16, 2013

We're in the middle of a renaissance of digital audio online and via mobile technology. To take advantage of this is an exciting and pivotal moment, nonprofits should consider adding audio storytelling to your digital communications toolkit. 13ntc Aquifer Media nptech nten radio storytelling Wil Coley Communications'

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Annaliese pointed out to us that podcasting is usually not perceived as digital storytelling , and we agreed that this is an idea worth discussing. Of course, in its most rudimentary form, a podcast is simply a digital audio recording delivered to listeners who can hear it at their convenience.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In September, the San Francisco Online Community Meetup welcomed Cara Jones , founder of Storytellers for Good , and JD Lasica , chief strategist at Socialbrite. Jones and Lasica spoke on the topic of using storytelling for community building. Principles of Storytelling. Aim for the heart. Keep It Simple. Image: SusanChavez.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Does your nonprofit have a digital marketing plan ? Creating a digital plan does that by aligning strategies to support your marketing goals. Digital Marketing Plan Chapters. Chapter 3: Digital Promotions. Why Nonprofits Need A Digital Marketing Plan. How To Build A Nonprofit Digital Marketing Plan (That works).

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Candid

MARCH 22, 2022

But how exactly do you craft a story, and digital storytelling strategy, that will draw new supporters’ interest and spur your followers to act? In this two-part course you’ll learn how to use a simple storytelling framework and decision science to enhance the clarity of your organization’s digital communications.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Just like identifying an ideal donor profile is useful for fundraising, your social media presence should cater to your defined target audience. And in a digital world where 55% of people who engage with nonprofits on social media take some action, that’s a substantial missed opportunity. Let’s dive in!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2020

So, when looking to help nonprofits with some of their top challenges: Reaching out to a broader audience. With video storytelling being their preferred medium, what better way to help nonprofits than raise awareness and engagement with a young audience? Engaging with younger generations. Tapping into new revenue streams.

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