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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

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As new thinking continues to emerge and donor positioning shifts, ethical storytelling is evolving, and a new messaging strategy, called strength-based messaging , has emerged. The challenges of strength-based messaging Finding the balance in your story. Focus on the individual, not their circumstance.

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The Science of Nonprofit Video Engagement: How To Use Emotion to Increase Social Sharing

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Their work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, CNN and AdWeek and Doug is a guest lecturer at Stanford University on the power of storytelling for nonprofit organizations. Emotional stories of beneficiaries. But if you tell a story that makes viewers feel afraid or sad, expect more comments than shares.

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Top Nonprofit Blogs to Bookmark Today

The Modern Nonprofit

The authors aren’t just fundraising experts, but also literary and playful in their writing. She was one of the first to publish about using social media for social impact and has lectured at Stanford University. THE STORYTELLING NONPROFIT. Effective storytelling was just the way to do it.

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Why Nonprofit Stories are the Secret to Success

NonProfit Hub

The author of “ Ask Without Fear! And in an age of social media, how can we be sure that when people are talking about our nonprofit that they’re telling our story? The Surprising Science of Storytelling. Telling stories is integral to being human; the science is showing that it’s actually part of our hardwiring.

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New Speakers Announced for Cause Camp 2017

NonProfit Hub

Cause Camp is more than two days of lectures, it’s an experience dedicated to education, collaboration and inspiration to keep your (camp) fire alive. When she’s not speaking at conferences around the world, Lori works with nonprofit staff and board members to powerfully share their stories. And counting.

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Your Local Tech4Good Club Is Ready to Help

Tech Soup

Event formats — for example, a lecture, a panel, a world cafe, or speed dating, and how keep them effective and manageable. Seattle, Washington: Storytelling Made Easy for Boards and EDs. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. Mukono, Uganda.

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10 Mistakes Your Nonprofit Is Making On Social Media

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Obviously, I was flattered, but also anxious to deliver a lecture that could bring true value to nonprofit professionals. . Between the visual storytelling opportunities, real time update capabilities, almost all of the same advertising options as Facebook, and 1 billion active monthly users* – Instagram is a no brainer to me.