Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Storytelling is the currency of fundraising. In the digital environment of email, social media, and mobile, we can use storytelling in innovative ways to inspire supporters and donors — and raise more money. Photos, videos, selfies, and personal stories allow us to embed emotional content in fundraising campaigns.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2021

How can nonprofits use digital storytelling to create effective campaigns? TechSoup's first digital storytelling mini-conference — we were joined by industry leaders who showed us how to build a strategy, use the right tools, and execute successful digital storytelling campaigns.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Here are a few tips from The Fundraising Authority to make the most out of this technology: Promote a specific project or campaign. Plan some initial marketing around this web-based campaign to spread awareness. The buzz word “storytelling” rings loudly here. Have a marketing plan in place. Select the right site.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 22, 2024

Aligning your fundraising efforts with donor preferences fosters stronger connections and increases the likelihood of successful campaigns. The Power of Storytelling Showcase Impact with Fresh Narratives Spring is a symbol of growth and new beginnings. Fresh storytelling inspires donors and motivates continued support.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

Nonprofit budgets are often tight, and each of your campaigns should aim to hit as high a return on investment (ROI) as possible. For each of your online campaigns, your revenue goal should tie into your overall fundraising strategy. A campaign’s inputs include all costs spent on running the campaign.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

What draws you to one crowdfunding campaign over another? Perhaps it is a combination of a few different storytelling elements. Our Storymakers 2014 challenge kicks off August 26, so to get you inspired, I've compiled some great examples of digital storytelling in crowdfunding campaigns. Is it an inspiring video?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The above presentation comes from the NYC chapter of NTEN’s 501 Tech Club. to hear presentations about multi-channel campaigns , including the deck above from Rebecca Willett of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Tags: socialcontent storytelling wearemedia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Show real humans talking to the camera through videos and storytelling. Ask followers for input on an upcoming campaign or what they want to see more of on your platforms. Joint campaigns, takeovers, and shoutouts expand your reach to new audiences in an organic way. Say their name. Use more “you” and less “we.” Don’t fake it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Also, on October 8 in partnership with Nonprofit Tech for Good, Julia will be presenting a free webinar about how nonprofits can use social media to raise money online.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

However, nonprofits and for profit corporations alike are beginning to understand because of big data and better analytics just how their marketing campaigns fit into these platforms. The post Infographic: Think Mobile First appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. Image courtesy of Unified.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. These numbers are based on the performance of Nonprofit Tech for Good, and of course, vary depending upon how your nonprofit uses Facebook and Twitter. Upload work projects, such as presentations, videos, or special fundraising campaigns.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Your e-newsletter matters more to the success of your campaign than you might think! Instead, social media has been acting as a complement to email campaigns. Here’s a list of what to remember when building your email campaigns: 1. Make use of storytelling to make your asks more compelling.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. They learned how to get less tech-savvy donors to participate, how to avoid lag time, and fresh and exciting ways to promote their events. 6) Secure matching gifts for your next fundraising campaign.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2023

CauseVox’s New Site Editor allows you to craft your perfect page without any design or tech experience and elevate your visual storytelling. Enhanced Storytelling Master the art of storytelling with our DIY, easy-to-use, self-service page builder. Intuitive Site & Page Designer 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Whether you’re a Giving Tuesday pro or embarking on your first official Giving Tuesday campaign, these 13 answers will help you prepare, organize, and execute a memorable strategy. To drive conversion and boost revenue, fundraising professionals will need to create campaigns that attract new supporters and prioritize donor experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

As pioneers in the nonprofit tech space, Qgiv also offers AI solutions with Fundraising IQ to generate emails, recommend auction items, suggest campaign improvements, and more! Tapping into this demographic is going to be crucial for fundraising, and your organization will need innovative and tech-savvy approaches.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Here in the Bay Area, we have the pleasure of being surrounded by some of the greatest tech heroes of all time. Or perhaps your tech hero is Ron from your own IT department — the one guy on staff you can't live without because only he knows how to fix your temperamental computer. Can you think of a few? Tim Cook from Apple?

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TechImpact

APRIL 28, 2014

Step 3: Decide who you want to be attractive via social media, and focus your campaign around targeting them. It is important when doing any social media campaign that your define a target audience. With over 1 billion users on Twitter and Facebook, you need to target a demographic to influence to start your campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Also, on February 19 in collaboration with Nonprofit Tech for Good, she’ll be presenting a free webinar about how nonprofits can use social media to raise money online.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

TechSoup storytelling campaigns have been educating nonprofits and building storytelling capacity for four years. Creating a Culture of Storytelling. A Menu of Storytelling Options from Small to Large. Storytelling Blog Posts. Storytelling and Social Sharing. Past Webinar Recordings.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

RSVP now for TechSoup's fourth annual Digital Storytelling Screening and Awards Party on Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m. So if you're interested in digital storytelling, online community, emerging technologies, or all of the above, do join us for a night of storytelling, a little bit of ceremony, and a lot of celebration!

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TechImpact

JULY 28, 2014

Visual storytelling. Before starting any donation campaign, target a few hashtags you want to associate with that campaign and use them with every post. This creates a linear pattern to your campaign, and gives your followers something to hold on to even when your tweet is not right in front of them.

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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. Give Lively is a tech start-up that builds fundraising tech and gives it away to nonprofits for free.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 27, 2021

It’s important to note that one of the best forms of messaging is through storytelling. Without going too deep into the concepts of empathetic storytelling (a subject well worth investigation) – you need to be sure the group you focus on is the group most likely to identify with your core mission. Crafting the Right Message Is Crucial.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 25, 2016

It’s not easy to tell a good Snapchat story, but the nonprofits listed below are making a concerted effort to pioneer Snapchat storytelling. Human Rights Campaign ‍. And Finally… Nonprofit Tech for Good! In time, Snapcash may be used for fundraising, but for now it’s all about being an early adopter.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

TECH TIP: Streamline your association’s annual reporting procedure with the Nimble AMS user-friendly report and dashboard builder. TECH TIP: When you adopt Nimble AMS, you score the exclusive tool, Nimble Create , to supercharge your next annual report. Contributed to your fundraising campaigns? .

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For the sixth year, TechSoup's annual challenge will help nonprofits learn how to increase their storytelling skills for fundraising and advocacy purposes. Storytelling skills are also a prerequisite to successful advocacy. Take Part in the Digital Storytelling Challenge! Ladies and gentlemen, Storymakers 2016 is here.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 21, 2023

These generations are tech-savvy and spend a lot of time on social media platforms. Host virtual events, volunteer opportunities, and peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. Use storytelling to create emotional connections People remember stories more than facts and figures.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For the sixth year, TechSoup's annual challenge will help nonprofits learn how to increase their storytelling skills for fundraising and advocacy purposes. Storytelling skills are also a prerequisite to successful advocacy. Take Part in the Digital Storytelling Challenge! Ladies and gentlemen, Storymakers 2016 is here.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

Starting off 2010, the monthly #4change Twitter chat focused on the topic of campaigning with social media. Question 1: How do we define campaigning in the context of social media? annanten : @rootwork list building is just a strategy to engage more folks in your campaign. Good campaigns move away from awareness 2 spur action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Over time through powerful visual storytelling a nonprofit can build a strong brand and grow their Instagram following, but without the ability to link to a donate page inside of Instagram, it’s difficult to inspire your Instagram followers to do more than simply like and comment on your photos. Promote your text-to-give campaigns.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

With Silk , developing custom websites, maintaining them, or creating complex data visualizations can be within anyone's reach, regardless of tech skills. And data storytelling is at the forefront of such initiatives. At first thought, data and storytelling sound like an odd mix. Creating a Searchable Database.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2014

Thanks to a partnership with the Public Interest Registry , Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech for Good was able to report live from the Cause Marketing Forum (Storified) last week in Chicago, IL. CMF2014 || Advice about branding and storytelling for nonprofits; pic.twitter.com/oZEBgyNKRd. — @NonprofitOrgs (@nonprofitorgs) May 29, 2014.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 21, 2014

What we do know, is that marketers around the world, in the for profit and nonprofit world alike, are turning to storytelling, content marketing, and social media to engage and connect with target audiences. The post Optimize Your Nonprofit’s Content Marketing appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Digital storytellers! You've invested time and energy into your digital story — now campaign for it. tsdigs digital storytelling' We have so many wonderful stories rolling in! But what good is a digital story if it’s not shared? Encourage your supporters to vote using all available channels.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Campaign. kicked off with a special edition of Nonprofits Live on the topic of collaborative storytelling. Collaborative storytelling refers to working with a team, sometimes distributed, to produce video. Building a Team. The Story of the Global Lives Project.

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