Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

One of the biggest downsides for me personally from being connected to the Social Web 50-70 hours a week is that my brain has a hard time reading for extended periods of time. My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers. In 2013, keep these two words at the forefront of your mind.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 12, 2021

By identifying and addressing limiting beliefs that you may face, you can train your brain to approach tasks with more confidence, creativity, and enthusiasm. With that in mind, decide what story you’ll tell and how you’ll start to speak up more often. . How did their story impact your life?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

We once thought the problem was simply about a lack of calories, but now we know it’s more about not having enough nutritious food to support body and brain development. The kind of food that nourishes the mind and body, and is foundational to growth and many other critical human needs, like education, housing, jobs, and transportation.

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Tech Soup

JULY 10, 2012

Or we go to the other extreme and create a presentation full of images, animations, and more information than any human mind can handle. The slides serve as the anchor, but all the details can happen outside the slides, such as on the flip chart, through your own storytelling, and interactions with the audience.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 16, 2012

Meg is a writer, speaker, storyteller and a certified Holistic Health Coach. Also, I am a writer, storyteller, and part time editor of other people’s novels. That we don’t have to be chained to the singular story of suffering looping around in our mind. My work as a Health Coach is deeply rewarding. And incredibly fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

With a conference so packed with powerful learning, there is the danger of arriving at the closing session with a brain too full to take in any more content and with no time and space to reflection and capture some highlights for learning – it’s all lost.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2013

So, as your organization works to create content that invites and inspires, it’s important to ensure everything is created with your audience in mind. Have a Brain-Dumping Session. We love having “brain dumps” in our office. Here are three tips to help your organization create more donor-driven content: 1.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2016

Keep in mind that not all of your visitors come to your website with a specific need. Storytelling: persuade with imagery. Did you know that the human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than it does text? Some will just want to check out what you’re about.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 2, 2015

We’ve gathered the best digital minds from our success services team, who are geared 100% towards the success of our nonprofit customers, and we’ve asked them to blog, tweet and share their knowledge. BBInteractive is back! He contributed to the previously published web design eBook that you should check out if you haven’t already.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2020

Some Internet People say some that sparks something in your brain. Author: Ellice Engdahl When Seema asked me to write a post “ taking stock of the industry ,” I started to run through all the things that have been bouncing around my mind since the world changed. Some Internet People strike the flint every time. Let’s do it.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Research has found that emotion-based storytelling in communications can trigger positive reactions through the release of brain chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin. Make your storytelling more emotional by using the following techniques: Include direct quotes or video interviews of your story’s protagonists.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Every touch and tickle provides an opportunity for stimulation and learning that hugely impacts the growth and development of their tiny bodies and brains. We believe that when you add powerful storytelling with technology , moments spent touching, kissing, and playing can transform into moments of learning and discovery with your child.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

1) Visual Storytelling. Our brains are wired for visual information; people process images 60,000 times faster than words. Visual storytelling does exactly that. In fact, 80% of the top grossing campaigns through CauseVox use visual storytelling to showcase their cause and crush their fundraising goal. Consider this.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

However, the human brain naturally has some difficulty grasping exceptionally large numbers of exactly what percentages mean. Storytelling and personal anecdotes can go a long way towards connecting with your donors. Tell a story. In fact, according to. NPOInfo’s charitable giving statistics report. ,

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

They may have grown up in a grade school that didn’t emphasize writ­ing, or perhaps they were simply left-brained, science and math types. Editing can be a mind-numbing task and there were times I threw up my hands and said, “Why am I spending so much time on this?!”. Write more success stories of the great work you’re doing.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Compelling images The human brain can process images as quickly as 13 milliseconds. The Doctors Without Borders blog has plenty of examples of this type of captivating storytelling, including a gripping story about people fleeing violence in Sudan. The CARE blog also has many examples of multimedia storytelling. Let’s dive in!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

They are natural storytellers and advocates for your organization. It’s how my brain works. And I bet if you shoot her a quick note, she won’t mind that at all. And you read my mind on the retreats thing because I was thinking about orientation as well. They provide access to potential avenues of new support.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . We’re going to do a little intro. . no, no, no.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

Blog | design mind – "Openness is the mega-trend for innovation in the 21st century, and it remains the topic du jour for businesses of all kinds. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Keep in mind that you can (and should) revise your plan in accordance with the other steps listed below. Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. Tell stories One of the best ways to engage supporters is to use effective storytelling strategies. Social media.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As you review these best practices, remember to keep your donors’ needs top of mind. Check out Brain Tumor Network’s successful peer-to-peer campaign that was created through Qgiv: Social media: Try encouraging your supporters to share their fundraising pages on their personal social media accounts to get more donations. (

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. Tell stories One of the best ways to engage supporters is to use effective storytelling strategies. When people read stories , their brains release chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin. Social media.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). Speak to the part of the brain that controls action-taking. Checklists. Tell stories.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2008

It's about training our minds to go down unfamiliar paths--to put ourselves in new, weird, snug boxes and see what comes out. What sneaky boxes do you put yourself in to move your brain in new directions? Tags: storytelling exhibition design professional development. But creativity isn't about hitting the global buffet.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 1, 2016

These kinds of sites are mobile-friendly—an important aspect of modern design that constantly needs to be kept in mind. Storytelling is a useful tool to educate readers about issues, your organization’s story and what you’re doing to combat these issues. This is another trend that can prove to be beneficial for NPOs. Infographics.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 27, 2007

Scientists aren't the business of storytelling, and for the most part, neither are science educators. Museums, especially science museums, are places that seek to engage the mind, not the heart. Do I want the people "on my side" to become storytellers the way the Answers in Genesis folks are? Tags: storytelling.

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