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How to Communicate Meaningfully with Nonprofit Supporters in an Election Year

Media Cause

Remember, as you navigate the news cycle and other big issues, they shouldn’t take away from the importance of your work as a nonprofit. This year’s calendar requires careful planning and timing based on your organization, issue area, and advocacy, fundraising, and campaign activations. It’s going to be a year—but we’re in it together.

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How to inspire grassroots activism

Socialbrite

It’s true that, as individuals, each of us has only limited ability to impact an issue as big as climate change, for just one example. For nonprofit organizations and communicators in particular, we have a responsibility to find ways to inspire constituents to act on important issues that affect us all.

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Narrative Change Strategy

Forum One

Changing the narrative is a significant piece in constructing and promoting narratives that challenge existing narratives and the stories to drive change for issue-based organizations, such as social justice organizations, like Color for Change, or non-profit organizations. Narratives about issues can have impacts and implications for policy.

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Technology Toolbox: Learn from Occupy Wall Street to Occupy YOUR Street

Amy Sample Ward

The revolution may not be televised, but no matter where you are, you can now have a front row seat to the broadcast. The most successful fundraising campaigns, advocacy efforts, and even personal experiences center on one person, one animal, one story, especially when trying to support a huge, faceless issue.

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10 Engaging Content Ideas for your next non-profit Newsletter

The Storytelling Non-profit

Comment on a news cycle story that relates to your non-profits work A great way to connect with your organization’s community is to comment on any ongoing issue or news that might be happening at a current time and that might be related to your organization’s cause. For instance, here it’s the mascot of the Salvation Army.

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10 Years of PeaceTalks: What Does Peace Mean to You?

Saleforce Nonprofit

It often feels like there is little hope for our future and that there’s barely anything we can do to solve any of these big issues. These stories and narratives about the major social issues of our time can have an incredible impact on our beliefs around change and our motivation to make it happen. Why does nobody save the children?

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Social Trends for 2024

Media Cause

I was in an Instagram Live from the Netflix account that was supposed to broadcast the show, and the comments were going off. The aquarium, a nonprofit based in California, uses a fun and informative voice while keeping all of its content animal- and environmental-focused. Everyone was cracking jokes about the failed live reunion.

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