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4 Key Ingredients to A Good Story: How to Tell Compelling Nonprofit Stories

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Once you’ve cracked the code to the pattern, you’ll find that telling compelling nonprofit stories becomes less overwhelming and more manageable. You can apply the same blueprint again and again and know the stories will be well received by your audience. . Below I’ll break a good story down into four key ingredients.

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The Core of Any Good Nonprofit Story – Struggle and Overcoming

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Imagine a story where someone was born, everything went perfectly from beginning to end, and then the story was over. When it comes to a good nonprofit story, struggle and overcoming are at the center. Knowing what struggle your nonprofit helps solve will help you get good at identifying which stories you should be sharing.

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Nonprofit Communications Plan: How-To Package Your Message

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Having a coherent communications plan where you package your message will help ensure each piece of content you share is part of a greater story you are telling. Your message can be written, verbal, or even visual, but all messages should tell a story. Package your message and brand as part of an overall story. Spread the word?

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Nonprofit Content Creation: Back-To-The Basics of the Writing Process

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You’ve heard how important storytelling is for communicating your mission and message but let’s face it – you haven’t written a story since high-school English class. Once you can actually start visualizing your story it will help you know which direction to go with it. Now that you have your story content , you can go back and revise.

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Nonprofit Communications Plan: How to Pick the Best Platform for Your Message

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It’s important to determine goals and objectives , understand your audience , and develop a coherent message as first steps because having these pieces in place will help you identify the best medium or communication channel for each nonprofit message. . Read part 1 and part 2 and part 3. . Direct mail and newsletters.

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What to Consider When Picking Your Next Fundraising Event Theme

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Step 1: Consider your goals. When thinking about your goals, ask yourself these questions: Are you hoping to raise money? . Consider your goal and who can help you get there. Think about what you can do to keep your goals and purpose at the forefront for your guests as well. Are you hoping to raise awareness? .

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Nonprofit Strategic Communication: Internal Branding and Messaging

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When creating a logo, the goal is to make it simple, clear, memorable, versatile, and unique. . But while the mission statement talks about the what, how, and why, the vision statement describes future dreams and goals for the organization. Think of the vision as the desired, long-term, goal of the organization.