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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Her team at Cause Fokus uses empathy-based marketing to turn passive audiences into loyal advocates. In order to win back trust and stay top-of-mind, nonprofits must focus on establishing emotional connections with their audience through consistent, high-quality content. Make eye contact with your audience. Say their name.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Millennial Impact Report. volunteer fundraisers to brush up on your storytelling abilities. . Communicate with your audience by showing engaging photos of your work or a testimonial. Millennial Impact Report. Given this, articulating your mission can help fuel your peer-to-peer campaigns, which means it’s time for you.

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Forum One

JUNE 29, 2021

As we head into the summer months, it’s the right time to start thinking about your 2021 nonprofit online annual report. At this point in time, nearly all mission-driven organizations produce a digital version of their annual report. This annual report combines a digital interactive experience with a hard-copy report.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Valentine’s Day is a great time to give your audience a little extra sugar!

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2023

One intention behind publishing the Sustainable Giving Report was to find data, trends, and solutions to some of the biggest challenges that fundraisers encounter today, including the Great Resignation, the economy impacting philanthropy, and more! Another area the Sustainable Giving Report dove into was Building Streams of Revenue.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

Our landmark 2020 report, Pocket Change: How Women and Girls of Color Do More with Less , revealed significant underinvestment in particular regions, such as the United States’ South, and in women and people of color.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Qgiv’s Sustainable Giving Report found that most fundraisers are feeling overwhelmed with their workload and are working only occasionally with the proper number of staff. Leverage the power of storytelling to add extra personal detail to your supporters’ donations and foster a deeper bond with your sustaining level donors.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll unveil the art of transforming individual stories into a collective force that not only resonates with your audience but also propels your cause forward. These narratives can resonate deeply with your audience, fostering an emotional connection and a deeper understanding of your mission.

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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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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Annual Reports are a staple of nonprofit life, but are they worth it? To avoid costly Annual Report mistakes and produce a valuable piece of collateral for your organization, take some cues from a few of 2018's stand-out annual reports, and download our comprehensive guide to creating a nonprofit annual report.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories. Develop a strategy for data storytelling. Know your audience. Understand your capacity. Commit to a schedule.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

RSVP now for TechSoup's fourth annual Digital Storytelling Screening and Awards Party on Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m. Toan Lam is a multimedia consultant, university professor, thought leader, and former TV reporter and host who is on the forefront of the changing landscape of multimedia.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 1, 2022

This may mean abandoning “traditional” newsletter content (like an update letter from your Executive Director) in favor of content that engages and inspires your audience to action. Share an impact story A great non-profit newsletter idea is to use storytelling. Grab a Free Copy Today!

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Segment your audience. Use audience segments to appeal to your target audiences.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2023

By utilizing digital platforms, organizations can connect with donors around the world, allowing for a broader audience and potentially larger donations. Virtual fundraisers can reach a wider audience, cut down on overhead costs, and offer flexibility for participants. The more personal and authentic the content, the better.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

You can also use tools to target specific audiences for your different campaigns, helping you ensure your reach the people most likely to support your cause. By targeting specific audiences, you can also tailor the type on content you’re posting to increase the likelihood of viewers turning into donors. Engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

We [ myself , @MeganSoffe r , and @PIRDave from OnGood ] streamed an interview and a short 20-minute session, but with creativity and time for planning, Periscope streaming as a storytelling tool is untapped and a future fundraising success story yet to be told. Take questions from the Periscope audience during the stream.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. While Facebook and Twitter may be waning a bit in popularity and usage, visual storytelling platform Instagram keeps growing in engagement and daily time spent on the site. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

Note from Beth: Digital storytelling is key to fundraising success, but using a storytelling lens in your organization can have further benefit of busting organizational silos. Fortunately, storytelling busts silos. Bringing in those diverse voices means we can tell more stories and invite in new audiences.”.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Once you have a good understanding of your brand identity, you can start to develop messaging that resonates with your target audience. This will help you ensure your branding is on point and resonates with your target audience. Be clear about your target audience. What impact do you want to have on the world? Be authentic.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2019

But recently, there has been increased emphasis on this portion of the population given the massive wealth transfer that is reported to occur in the coming years. Based on the research findings, we developed a series of easy-to-remember personas that can be leveraged to tailor messaging and cultivation strategies for distinct audiences.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Media deserts in small and mid-sized cities: Local news outlets in smaller cities and towns have also struggled to stay afloat, leading to cuts in reporting staff and reduced coverage. Many journalists have been laid off or have left the industry, leading to a reduction in local reporting.

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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. And sometimes it can seem inaccessible or too complex for your audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Julia Campbell is social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. If your audience and supporters include women (especially those in their mid-thirties to mid-forties) you definitely want to explore a presence on Pinterest. By Julia Campbell .

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

How do you target the right audience for Facebook Ads for nonprofits? In general, posting engaging content on social media will help you broaden your audience, but employing Facebook Ads expands your reach even further by delivering your posts to your supporters’ feeds and showing them to your chosen targeted demographics.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

Similarly, they found that donors with household incomes under $40,000 prefer the storytelling of direct mail (40%) to email (17%) more so than donors ages 65+ who prefer direct mail (36%) over email (30%) campaigns. Define your audience. Your donors are more likely to make a donation if your appeal is personalized to them.

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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. With this system, reports that previously took months could be done in minutes.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 16, 2023

Know Your Audience : Understand who your audience is and what they care about. Use storytelling to share your nonprofit’s mission and the impact of their support. Offering multiple ways to support your cause can help you engage a wider audience.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Here are five steps you can take to make that happen with your storytelling: 1. Identify your most important audiences. Then, rather than focusing your storytelling on your foundation, you can focus it on those potential partners. When we think about storytelling, we think about talking. Remove the jargon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

As discovered in the Global Trends in Giving Report , the.org domain is by far the most trusted domain for nonprofit website and email communications. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. Gmail, Yahoo, etc. For example: 1.

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Classy

JUNE 7, 2021

For more tips on how to use different storytelling tools to draw in your audience, download The Guide to Nonprofit Storytelling. Identify the Right Target Audience. Take these donor acquisition strategies back to your team and experiment with what works best for your nonprofit audience.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

They simply need to be good storytellers. Storytelling opens doors and creates interest and can be coupled with an invitation to “take action” on the organization’s website which hopefully helps them acquire email addresses. Getting covered by the media immediately expands your audience and interest in your issues.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Unlock the fundraising potential of your nonprofit by understanding your target audience. This will help you understand the types of supporters that are most likely to be interested in your cause and guide your efforts in targeting the right audience.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 20, 2010

asked me to share some of my storytelling experience with the grantees in hopes that they would be inspired to better document and share the important work that they do and the impact they have in their communities. How organizations can build the storytelling culture into their DNA. John Snow, Inc. How to capture a story effectively.

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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. data visualization data storytelling community tsdigs digital storytelling'

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