The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 12, 2022

Storytelling is an invaluable tool for non-profits. 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. What is storytelling? I want to take a minute to differentiate story from storytelling. Think about this.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

As you quickly grow and engage your audience , it can be easy to lose track of your campaign plan. Leverage storytelling to build a base. Instead of trying to recruit people who are brand new to your mission, it’s often more efficient and successful to rely on existing relationships when mapping your advocacy campaign.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In this post, you’ll learn why storytelling is a key component of your year-end fundraising campaign and how to start planning the storytelling aspects of your campaign today. . Storytelling for Fundraising – It’s a Non-negotiable. The best way to help them understand that is through storytelling. .

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Reach your audience Audience is key. Think about your target audience and what they would be interested in. For instance, a Humane Society’s audience would visit their blog expecting to see things like tips for keeping dogs cool in the summer and recipes for dog treats.

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NTEN

MAY 25, 2011

Data and storytelling are, to quote the great American sage, Forrest Gump, “like peas in a pod”. More specifically, what about mapped data? Creating display maps – in print or as digital images – is easier than ever before, and interactive, web-based mapping is all over the place, so to speak.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

And data storytelling is at the forefront of such initiatives. At first thought, data and storytelling sound like an odd mix. "Data" sounds dry, while storytelling weaves narratives aimed at appealing to people's emotions. It does so by collecting sightings from social media and mapping them.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Additionally, audiences are likely to open and engage with direct mail. Direct mail reaches different audiences. The first step in creating any marketing campaign is to conduct preliminary research that investigates and explores data about your organization’s current audience and past campaigns. Research and exploration.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2021

There are a number of trends worth exploring: Technology that fuels data-driven storytelling. Our work with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) shows the power of harnessing data for impact storytelling. Getting creative to reach the audiences you want, not just the ones you have.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Now to dig into this topic because it combines a couple of interest - storytelling with social media and working in a networked way. Lina offers a concise definition of Transmedia Storytelling , a concept and term coined by Henry Jenkins. It’s likely time to add storytelling to the task list.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge partnered with the first CommBuild tweet chat of April to look at storytelling for communities. More specifically, the CommBuild tweet chat was about using data visualization for community storytelling. Charts, graphs, or maps are a common and practical way to relay information.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

Individual executives have a significant advantage over company accounts across many platforms both from a storytelling and algorithmic standpoint. Google Sheets or AirTable can be used to map out content and scheduling. LinkedIn Insight Tag – Marketing Solutions will help understand who is coming from LinkedIn to your website.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

7 Things Your Association Strategy Should Include Mapping out a strategy for your membership association isn’t a one-time process. Identify your target audiences, whether they be policymakers, community leaders, or the general public, then develop communication strategies for each group.

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

Start by understanding your audiences and tailoring content and outreach to their needs. Using analytics data from your website, you can decide which pages people are most interested in or map to SEO keywords to begin prioritizing and optimizing. Walk: Collect data and determine what it is telling you about your audiences.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

" World Bank’s Mapping for Results launched – Check out this deployment of the Ushahidi platform for digital storytelling and reporting: "This weekend at the World Bank annual meetings the World Bank launched their new Mapping for Results platform.

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Classy

MAY 17, 2021

As the largest fundraising day of the year only continues to grow, now is the time for your organization to begin mapping out its strategy to make the most out of your December. Know Your Audience. In addition to solidifying your organization’s goals, understand who your audience is and what their values are. billion in the U.S.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Create Impact with Inclusive Audience Research. Many organizations understand the value of speaking directly to their audiences. You may even be planning some audience research in the near future. What an advertising budget looks like based on the size of your organization and audience. Enter the service blueprint!

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2023

These enhancements can also help you reach a larger audience. Now, fundraisers can participate from anywhere in the world, showing their progress on interactive maps, while charities can use these metrics to tell their stories. Storytelling is not new for charities, but the way we tell them can be!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Enable certain configurations like custom field-mapping or enhanced contact-matching. When you connect your platforms, you gain a holistic view of your audience. Connect directly to Nonprofit Success Pack or NGO Connect. Monitor the health of data syncing to your instance. Hannah Durbin. Content Specialist at Classy.org. .

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Digital channels have made it affordable for brands to communicate their message to a broad audience. You may have written something of value, but none of that matters if you can’t get it in front of your audience. Second, social media isn’t enough on its own to expose your organization to a new audience.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

“Map out the story you need to tell. Data storytelling is about bringing your data to life in three simple steps: Explore: find patterns and insights Monitor: check performance (leading indicators and key performance indicators) Explain: go beyond the what and dig further into the why. Know your data in and out,” says Emily.

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Forum One

JULY 27, 2021

A little audience research can go a long way. Getting direct feedback from your target audiences can give you incredible insights you would not have considered otherwise with a relatively small investment of time. There are a number of easy ways to use trusted marketing tactics to better reach your audience.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2023

Even though fundraising events can be a lot of work, they provide your nonprofit with the chance to tell your story en masse, connect with your constituent base, and market to a larger audience. The Sustainable Giving Report found that donor event preferences lie all across the map.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

That’s where nonprofit storytelling comes into play. That’s why we’ve created this comprehensive guide to nonprofit storytelling, in which you’ll explore the following points: The Importance of Storytelling for Nonprofits. 7 Tips for Effective Storytelling for Nonprofits Using Digital Marketing. Let’s get started.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

Who are the messengers and storytellers that can most effectively deliver these messages and move this narrative? Also, map your narrative environment to better understand where and how the narrative is being used and to consider if improvements are warranted.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is back and there are some great prizes in store for organizations with the most creative, compelling, and entertaining stories. If you’ve never created a digital story with a distributed team, then read this recap to learn how some well-known nonprofit storytellers do it.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2014

Thank you for your ongoing support and effort to make nonprofit technology accessible to a wider audience! So today, we tip our hats to you. Debra Askanase, Founder & Social Media Strategist, Community Organizer 2.0 Debra Askanase, Founder & Social Media Strategist, Community Organizer 2.0

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CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

We’ve all been there: staring at a blank screen, desperately trying to create captivating social media fundraising content that resonates with our audience, while keeping up with the latest algorithms and trends. The Importance of Storytelling It’s no secret that a great story can generate movers and shakers.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

You can also employ “drumbeat” advertising strategies that repeatedly expose audiences to your messaging. And they would concentrate their spending to air these infomercials during high-viewership primetime slots when maximum numbers of their target audience are watching. Lean into what works.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

Great content will help inform your audience and provide critical resources to both supporters and the people you serve. A brand voice is your reference point for how your organization speaks to various audiences, both internally and externally. can come in handy Map out what you want to create and when.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2009

To give the audience an idea of what ads can be used for, Google shared just a few tactics adwords could help any given org do including: Solicit donors. Free domain mapping. These are ads that fit seamlessly online alongside other ads on Google. Enroll subscribers. Recruit volunteers. Photo and video uploading. 41 languages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

It really came to life when we started to build in the authenticity and storytelling we could offer from our own skills. With this particular activity being an experiment we didn’t formally map out a ladder. Then an agency approached us with the core idea. The images link to your fundraising landing page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

So in that sense, the process is dependent on sharing, distribution and entry points into the story universe.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

He also shared an interactive map on his website so people could track the road trip’s progress visually using a tool called Track My Tour. Not every tour stop will be stellar, you may get lost, you could run out of gas, your message might not play as well as you'd hoped for every audience. Over to You.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Everything revolves around the audience. Google Earth Outreach from Rebecca Moore: Google’s mapping tools may seem like an obscure tool to use in your work but these aren’t traditional maps: the new generation of mapping technology is fully interactive, enables storytelling, and more. (Did

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

“Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). The power of social media and the authentic storytelling that takes place is in the opportunity for people to inspire other people to take action, which leads to lesson #2. Lesson #1: Voice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

If your survey audience has access to the internet, SurveyGizmo helps you design surveys and collect and analyze feedback online. The GlobalGiving Storytelling Tool lets you build a questionnaire, gather stories from the community, send in your responses, and analyze your results. Organize your program data so it is accessible.

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