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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

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As new thinking continues to emerge and donor positioning shifts, ethical storytelling is evolving, and a new messaging strategy, called strength-based messaging , has emerged. Because it recognizes the root causes of social ills, by definition it describes a long-game issue that extends beyond solving challenges for an individual.

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How to Show Visual Impact on Your Online Donation Forms

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At some point in your professional fundraising career, you’ve probably heard the importance of storytelling when crafting your nonprofit’s donor experience. No matter your experience, a crucial aspect of storytelling is helping donors understand what your organization does and showing how, or who, you’re helping. That’s a wrap!

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

NTEN

Make them see the issue in human terms and they'll give more! The argument for stories In 2003, John Sadowsky and Loick Roche, two professors at the Grenoble Graduate School of Business in France, reviewed the major academic literature on storytelling and wrote a paper called, "The power of stories: a discussion of why stories are powerful".

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How To Build Community Using Social Media

CauseVox

To help educate the public on issues of unfairness in the U.S. To help educate the public on issues of unfairness in the U.S. employed powerful visuals to grab your attention and storytelling designed to keep you reading. The article which was provocatively titled, “ How Much Is Your Arm Worth ?”

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

NTEN

Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning. What's this all about"?

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End-of-Year Giving: 21 Best Practices for a Great Campaign

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Here are some storytelling tips: Tap into people’s love of narrative. Pictures and videos bring your cause to life. For example, “Donate now” is a weak call to action compared to, “Give today and help us wipe out cancer for good.” You can show that impact by sharing a human story. Use visuals.

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[VIDEO] The Board’s Role in Fundraising & Resource Development

Bloomerang

And in 2018, as you saw, as I hurriedly got on to this to this presentation, I was diagnosed with cancer and I felt I needed to retire. That should be one of the expectations of the board members because that is going to give them a true picture of what it means to serve the clients in the community. So that’s my soap box issue.

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