Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

With less than a month to go before this year's #GivingTuesday on December 2, it's time to start nailing down your communications for your fundraising campaign. GivingTuesday is an excellent opportunity to use storytelling to draw in new and existing donors and supporters of your cause, on December 2 and beyond.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

You can link your Core Profile or one of your Campaign Pages here. Set (and Promote) a Goal Setting a goal for your Campaign and promoting the goal on social media can be an effective way of driving online donations. reaching our goal of $5,000 will help us provide 1,000 meals to the homeless.) Enter your Smart Donations URL.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

For example, Neon CRM users can create groups based on gift size, initial donation type (online, direct mail, or in person), their level of engagement (one-time donation versus recurring donors, for example), or the campaign that prompted their gift. In 2023, you donated $500 to our Fed Families campaign, enough to cover 30 meals!

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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. They can also encourage their list to take action on a campaign from the organization’s website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing. For example: 1. Curated content relevant to your mission.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

By translating these lessons into the nonprofit context, we can gain valuable insights into crafting campaigns that inspire participation rather than simply grab attention. Those insights should drive messaging and campaigns. This showed him that ad campaigns should spotlight the product itself – the emotional impact it provides.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Discover how HOPE Atlanta , Metro Atlanta’s most established agency committed to fighting homelessness and hunger, capitalized on this integration to optimize their data collection , and explore how your organization can do the same to maximize fundraising potential. Eliminate the Risk of Error. Hannah Durbin.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

In previous years, we called it our Digital Storytelling Challenge. We thought we’d ask some past winners to tell us about how they’ve been using their videos and how important storytelling is to their organization. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 19, 2023

It’s common knowledge today that storytelling is among the most effective ways to connect with an audience and deliver content in a way that’s catchy, resonant, and memorable. But what does storytelling mean in practice? A private school is launching a capital campaign to expand its facilities. Telling the Story: 5 Tips 1.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

TechSoup's annual Storymakers campaign launches September 5. We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Storytelling and Content Strategy Best Practices. San Francisco, California.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

If you’ve never hosted your own peer-to-peer campaign or you just want some general tips on how to make your next one better, this guide is here to answer any questions you have. Share campaign pages, 5. To pull off a peer-to-peer campaign, you’re likely going to need dedicated fundraising tools. Provide resources, 4.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We’ ve talked about the importance of storytelling on Frogloop before. Today I want to highlight some recent nonprofit campaigns telling great stories with the end-goal of building a movement. Today I want to highlight some recent nonprofit campaigns telling great stories with the end-goal of building a movement.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Road trips touch on so many different goals that organizations focus on that it’s hard to believe how few major nonprofits have embraced the road trip campaign strategy.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Then, we’ll dive into more than 20 campaign ideas that your nonprofit can adopt. . Start a Social Media Outreach Campaign. Launch an Email Marketing Campaign. Launch an Email Marketing Campaign. Follow Up After the Campaign. Analyze Campaign Data. Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas. Crowdfunding Campaign.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. The Power of Storytelling in Fundraising Humans are meaning-making creatures.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! There are even a few international reports.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! There are even a few international reports.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Vancouver, BC: How I Pushed A Campaign From A Floating Village. San Francisco: Let’s Learn About Project Homeless Connect SF: Discussion and Brainstorming. Vancouver, Canada: Digital Storytelling Workshop. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Tuesday, November 5. Thursday, November 14.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Don’t have the budget to hire fundraising strategists to help you craft your online fundraising campaigns? Example of Bad Subject Line: Renew Your Commitment to End Dog Homelessness. You don’t have to be the world’s greatest storyteller to tell a compelling story to your members. No problem.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Creative Storytelling and Diversity: Normalizing the Human Experience Through Increased Representation. Storytelling is a powerful tool. Creative storytelling isn’t just about who we include, it is also about HOW we include those people. Storytelling in the nonprofit world: Nothing For Us Without Us. .

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. Kampala, Uganda: Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits Workshop. Pangani, Tanzania: Storymakers Campaign. Decatur, Illinois: Free and Low-Cost Resources for Nonprofit Software. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2016

These studies have more of a consumer bent to them, but certainly apply to peer-to-peer campaigns as well. For years, storytelling was the cornerstone of nonprofit marketing. In 2016, storytelling is no longer enough. Are you eliminating homelessness in your area? Communicate impact. People want to hear actual results.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 5, 2021

As a nonprofit fundraising specialist or marketing manager, you know that none of these campaigns can succeed without a comprehensive marketing strategy in place to get the word out. . Here at Donately, we understand the difference that effective virtual fundraising campaigns make in boosting your organization’s revenue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

NStreet Village : N Street Village is a community of empowerment and recovery for homeless and low-income women in Washington, D.C.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

They aren’t interested in large-scale issues like ending homelessness — that goal feels too big. But providing meals and blankets for the homeless people in their community is more attainable. Use storytelling to bring the UVP to life. Donors don’t trust large organizations and can spot platitudes a mile away.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Do you say homeless people or individuals experiencing homelessness?… There are numerous examples of Giving Tuesday or other campaign-specific toolkits you can find online. Do you use “they” in the singular to avoid binary language? … Be open and clear about why this matters.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Newspapers, magazines, and blogs focus on storytelling. Reach out to elementary school administrators and teachers to get their students involved in volunteering opportunities like crocheting winter hats for the homeless or decorating thank-you cards for military veterans. Focus on relationship building.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. To fund their innovative treatment programs, their website features several creative fundraising campaigns. Whitman Walker Health.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Digital Layered Campaigns with Paid Search, SEO and Display Ads – by Stephanie Tippitt, BDI Essential Nonprofit Marketing Best Practices and 3 Marketing Channels to Try – by Scott G. Digital Layered Campaigns with Paid Search, SEO and Display Ads. We hope you find their advice for nonprofit multi-channel marketing helpful!

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

The nature center may have introduced new programs, expanded its staff, and launched a multi-million-dollar capital campaign, but the essence of the organization remained beautifully simple. We work to end the cycle of homelessness for families in our community. We feed the hungry today while building a healthy, hunger-free tomorrow.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

9 Steps to a Successful Fundraising Campaign. This workshop will dive deep into the lessons and real stories found in the free eBook Nine Steps to a Successful Fundraising Campaign. Understand the nine steps for effective fundraising campaigns; 2. The way storytelling can be harnessed internally to break down silos; 3.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2016

Since we did a special storytelling episode for Designing for Good #3 , Tim Hammond and I decided to cram the last 3 months into a single, double-meat episode. The design allowed donors to choose animals to give while farm grew throughout the campaign. Campaign design and branding by Hyperquake for Caritas Internationalis.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And as a result of that, the bank owner appointed the bank president as the co-chair of our capital campaign, that was a $12 million capital campaign. If we have any type of campaign, I can go to that bank and they will pass out anything we ask them to through drive-thru to all of their customers. So she gets credit for that.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 22, 2021

Bottom line: You can use this metric both organization-wide, and as a closer look at fundraising event, campaign, donor type, or channel. For example, look at the donation ROI for a silent auction event, a direct mail campaign, funds raised through your website, or a social media campaign. Persons Served.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 21, 2022

We hear this question a lot as the agency’s Advocacy and Campaigns team. Campaigns create specificity around the intended goal and align multiple strategies and tactics under a unified, overarching strategy to achieve a specific, time-oriented goal. . And no, it’s not a dumb question. . Defining Advocacy and Mobilization.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Every year we celebrate by dressing up as some of our favorite nonprofit organizations as a way to recognize their incredible work and commemorate the start of end-of-year fundraising campaigns. They tackle issues ranging from homelessness and poverty to ebola and LGBT rights. Drumroll please. International Fund for Animal Welfare.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

There's the "program" side that wants to tell you all the amazing ways your programs help save homeless pets, feed the hungry, find cures, protect our children, or empower women. When done correctly, a microsite can be one of the most powerful storytelling tools available to fundraisers. AbolishChildTrafficking.org.

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