.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

The YouTubers who manage those channels know how to tell a story and they are experts in their field. Passion plus knowledge is a powerful hook, making people who were about to swipe stay for a while. This advice is especially relevant for anyone looking to attract a younger audience. For one compelling reason.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

Your organization’s brand story holds immense power, especially for nonprofits striving to engage donors, volunteers, and partners. Here’s why storytelling is so vital: 1) Creating an Emotional Connection: Stories have the power to evoke emotions and connect with audiences on a personal level.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Good communication is the key to being an effective fundraiser, building strong relationships, leading well, and serving the people you’re working to help. Stories help embed a message into context and, often, entertainment. The message is the medication , and the story is the peanut butter. I have good news!

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M+R

AUGUST 14, 2023

Focused on audience and message research, M+R’s Gwen McGarry will moderate a panel featuring smart colleagues Nehal Mahmoud, Amanda Person, and Laurin Gonzalez as they share super interesting and useful findings from all kinds of usability, creative, survey, and focus group research over the last year or so! Read time: 3 minutes ICYMI!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

By Jessica Fox , writer at Eventgroove – a one-stop, integrated platform for events, fundraisers, and e-commerce driven to help its customers amplify their brand and reach their goals. A word on content and AI Search for SEO tips and you’ll read a lot about creating good content that people will want to read.

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CauseVox

MARCH 24, 2022

You’re struggling to connect with your target audience and gain or retain their support. Filmmaker and storytelling expert, Rain Bennett, will walk you through how to utilize the power of storytelling via video as a key marketing technique to help hook your audience fast, while keeping them engaged for the long haul.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 24, 2023

It aims to remove barriers for people with visual, auditory, cognitive, mobility, and other permanent or temporary limitations so they can effectively receive, understand, and respond to email communications.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In part two of this series on the skills you need to be a great nonprofit storyteller, I talk about how to engage your audience emotionally through creative storytelling. In the first part of this series, I talked about why you need to define your goals, your brand and voice, and your audience before crafting your story.

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EveryAction

MAY 1, 2017

Storytelling is a constant drumbeat that resonates throughout the nonprofit community, but increasingly, stories are getting hard to tell. We asked nonprofit storytelling expert Vanessa Chase Lockshin about telling stories amid a noisy, negative newscycle that leaves donors (and everyone else) feeling fatigued - here's her advice.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Your brain loves a good story. There is a distinct chemical reaction that happens in one’s brain when they’re reading a compelling or interesting story. This same chemical is also created when you’re reading stories. For example, donating money to charities that are associated with that great story or narrative.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

Our book will help you strike a crucial balance between those inner and outer worlds while taking your success to new heights.” In Shine , Gino shares 10 disciplines to help you stay sharp and energetic without burning out. Before delving into the 10 Disciplines, Gino teaches you 3 Discoveries that will help you free your True Self.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Arts and cultural organizations are the sources of some of our favorite DipJar stories. Today’s story comes from the small but mighty state of Rhode Island, where The Gamm Theatre has been providing great cultural programming for almost 40 years. People love them,” said Shannon. “We They are literally all over the map.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

What are the strategies and tactics that best helped you achieve your goals last year? This analysis can help guide you towards what best engages your target audiences. You might think they’re redundant—but your audience won’t. 3) Revisit Your Target Audiences and Their Motivations. 2) Review Your Goals.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 12, 2022

Telling great stories helps your non-profit get its message out into the world, connect with new audiences and motivate people to take action like making a donation. In this article, I want to take it back to basics so you understand what is a story and why they matter for your non-profit. What is a Story?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

To help you maximize your fundraising efforts this month, I’m here with advice on how to tell stories that raise money in December. Why Tell Stories in December. There are so many reasons why your non-profit should tell stories. Stories help you explain your theory of change in a clear, tangible way.

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2021

Any experienced marketer would tell you that understanding one’s audience is key to success in communication. After you identify the goals and objectives of your communication efforts, you can identify an audience. Brainstorm different groups of people you hope to reach that can help you accomplish your organization’s objectives.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Feeding America gratefully stewards its corporate donors through its digital channels, yet stays focused on sharing content that will increase audience loyalty.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

MARCH 7, 2022

Story arcs play an important role in non-profit narrative development. We often place a lot of emphasis on individual stories and use those individual stories in fundraising and communications. Why Non-Profits Need to Think in Story Arcs. Over time, a season in the case of a TV show, a story arc reveals itself.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Are they just empty buzzwords, or actual tools that can help your nonprofit raise money online? You can collect fantastic, compelling stories, but if no one hears or sees them, they fall flat. The key is using stories to get people’s attention on social media channels. Your employees have great stories to share!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

We all know versions of this story. The good news is, the story had a happy ending. Some of my colleagues without kids took on extra hours to help the several of us who do. Others helped on the technical side to ensure our content was ready for the holiday. Days later, our office and offices everywhere were closed.

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VQ Strategies

APRIL 26, 2024

As we wrap up another National Volunteer Week and embark on another year of engaging volunteers to build capacity, reach new audiences, enhance quality of our programs, raise funds, and so much more, take some time to consider what we really value. Is it merely volume?

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2022

Komen partnered with GoodUnited, a provider of social fundraising solutions, to create new, innovative peer-to-peer fundraising challenges and custom, conversational messaging sequences that both raised revenue and built Komen’s relationships with a new audience. Komen set out to have 6,000 people join its challenge Facebook group.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2023

That’s why we recommend contextualizing your impact numbers with a powerful story. By sharing compelling stories that highlight the real-life transformations resulting from their work, your grantees can demonstrate the impact they have on their communities. That rings true when it comes to telling stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

A well-crafted year-end fundraising plan helps nonprofits define clear and specific fundraising goals, identify potential donors, and tailor their messaging better to resonate with their supporters. 1) Multi-Channel Strategy Employing a multi-channel strategy helps nonprofits reach a wider audience with their year-end campaign.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

The real power behind appealing to this age group with your peer-to-peer fundraisers lies in the fact that they’re tech-savvy, have connections with like-minded individuals, and are willing to put in the work to help worthy causes succeed. . Communicate with your audience by showing engaging photos of your work or a testimonial.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

By Kayla Matthews , writer at ProductivityTheory.com – a blog dedicated to helping others better their productivity. Instagram can be a powerful tool for nonprofits wanting to connect to a broader audience. On its Instagram page, the nonprofit mostly publishes testimonials and photos from people who have received support.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

People who attend a fundraiser in person want to be wined and dined, to experience the atmosphere, watch an entertaining program, and raise their paddles in fun and energetic live auctions. Read the full client story here to learn how they pulled off such a complex event, and get all the tips and tricks to help your nonprofit get there, too.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

We love hearing about nonprofits’ successful fundraising strategies in action, and sharing these stories allows nonprofits to learn from each other. Learning about other organizations that overcame similar challenges will help your organization develop solutions to apply to your own fundraising efforts. . Get the best donor database.

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Neon CRM

MAY 26, 2023

The international water accessibility nonprofit keeps its front page consistently updated with three stats that are vital to its constituents—the number of projects they’ve funded, the people they’ve helped, and the countries they’re in. Google offers an online verification process to help qualified organizations participate.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Many organizations have to strategize around limited budgets while trying to reach the largest audience possible to get their mission out there. Raises more funds by sharing compelling stories about your mission. Attracts new supporters and partners with information about how they can help change the world.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

While advocating for survivors in San Francisco, I witnessed first-hand how critical stories are in tapping into people’s empathy. However, it wasn’t until my career took a turn into strategic communications and marketing that I learned just how integral a winning story is to the success of an advocacy campaign. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

people who want to help. the tools to help you do your job. Here are 4 tips to help you plan a successful massive fundraising event. Understand Your Audience. A good CRM like HubSpot or EveryAction can help you do that, or if not, pulling available data into a centralized “source of truth” is a good place to start.

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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. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. It helps them relax. Storytelling is a skill.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2023

How Technology Helps: The right management platform will have fundraising tools baked right in. Your event website is the chance to tell your organization’s story and help people understand what the event is supporting. Choose a provider that allows you to upload photos, videos, and customize text.

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Kindful

MAY 26, 2021

That’s the power that story holds. Sometimes without even noticing it, our brain is activated in a unique and engaged way when a story is being shared. of storytelling will help you drastically increase your organization’s revenue and impact. As the old saying states, “Those who tell the stories rule the world.”

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Achieve

JULY 7, 2021

introduced Stories to compete with the rising popularity of Snapchat Stories, and the way we interact with social media has never been the same since! people use Instagram Stories daily and 2 out of 3 users say that the feature fosters brand interaction. But how can you make your Stories engaging? 500 million.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

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. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. It helps them relax. Storytelling is a skill.

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