Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In part two of this series on the skills you need to be a great nonprofit storyteller, I talk about how to engage your audience emotionally through creative storytelling. In the first part of this series, I talked about why you need to define your goals, your brand and voice, and your audience before crafting your story.

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EveryAction

MAY 2, 2023

This means their voices hold power in a range of ways. Phone Calling legislators can be a very effective way of bringing their attention to an issue or cause, and flooding phone lines with thousands of concerned constituent calls means you become essentially impossible to ignore. Lobby days (in-person or virtual!)

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 5, 2024

You have an amazing array of tools at your disposal to amplify your cause, streamline supporter activities, and shine a spotlight on your advocacy efforts. Let’s embark on this digital journey together, exploring six tech strategies that transform your supporters into a formidable force for your cause.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Whether they are donating their time, their voices, or their dollars, it’s essential to make sure your supporters know how valued they are—and fully grasp the impact of their generosity. Share a personal story: Ask your clients or beneficiaries for feedback on how your nonprofit’s programs have positively affected their lives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

Note from Beth: Digital storytelling is key to fundraising success, but using a storytelling lens in your organization can have further benefit of busting organizational silos. How and Why Stories Can Bust Nonprofit Silos – Guest Post by Miriam Brosseau and Stephanie Corleto . Stories are for people.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In addition to emailing your supporters when promoting a campaign, email them with helpful tips, industry-related updates, inspiring stories, and recaps of successful events and volunteering efforts. Make your readers feel good about their support of your organization and informed about the cause they care about. Always include links.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 25, 2022

This thank you letter can be the gateway to building a long lasting relationship between the donor and your cause. Tip #2 Lead with a story when you write a donor thank you letter How many donor thank you letters have you read that started with “ On behalf of.” You could try using a creative opening, such as leading with a story.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 1, 2022

When asking members of The Storytelling Non-Profit community about their organization’s newsletter campaigns, the top challenge their organizations were facing was to find the right type of content that keeps their audience engaged. Share an impact story A great non-profit newsletter idea is to use storytelling.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Nonprofit marketing refers to all of the different strategies your organization uses across the various channels of communication to spread awareness about your cause and gain new supporters for your mission. Nonprofit marketing content also needs to consistently tie back to your cause and the work you do.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Showcase Impact Through Stories: Share compelling stories or language that illustrates the positive impact the donor has had on the organization’s mission. Stories create emotional connections and resonate deeply with donors. Related Posts: Is Your Nonprofit Storytelling Missing This Key Ingredient? Enclosing a survey?

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

.” – Susan Taylor Batten, president and CEO, ABFE After the session ended, the Shaw band played “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (also known as the “Negro National Anthem”). Using the power of our voices Speakers stressed the importance of using our voice to create change.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

But what really makes a story shine is a strong, concise message, told in a way only your unique perspective and voice can. Are you telling a personal story, creating a fundraising pitch, inspiring others to care about a cause , or teaching potential customers about your business? Who Am I Talking To? About the Author.

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Kindful

APRIL 8, 2021

What story will you tell? Storytelling. One of the hottest buzzwords in nonprofit communications right now is storytelling. This is because story is one of the most effective forms of communication available; it’s a concrete way to demonstrate your mission and create real connection with the audience. In other words….

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Your cause is important, and you should always keep your mission in the front of your mind. Yes: donors want to further the cause—of course! Be prepared with stories of how your cause is making a difference (my friend and nonprofit storytelling guru Lori Jacobwith calls these “Mission Moments”). Get out there.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Cause Camp 2020 is going to feature next level content. Digital Storytelling Expert, J Campbell Social Marketing. Cause Camp 2020 Host. Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Every dollar counts in the fundraising world, so the free marketing that social media provides can be crucial to raising awareness for your cause without breaking your budget. You can also use tools to target specific audiences for your different campaigns, helping you ensure your reach the people most likely to support your cause.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Personalize these email campaigns to make donors feel appreciated and connected to your cause. This document should include a comprehensive overview of your nonprofit’s logo, color palette, and typography, as well as define your brand’s tone of voice and other writing style guidelines. Problem solve.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2021

Volunteers are almost twice as likely to donate to a cause than non-volunteers. Let them engage with your cause and the mission that your organization stands for. You can also give them the chance to make guest blog posts, where they can showcase their experiences with your organization and express why they care about your cause.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 2, 2022

Translating a cause you care about into compelling words for a fundraising appeal can be a challenge. I also think about what kind of story I’m going to tell in the appeal and make some notes for the story direction. I record a voice memo and transcribe it using Sonix. I do this about 50% of the time.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 5, 2022

We can either write a letter to an individual donor, to a foundation or a corporate founder and the style of writing, the tone of voice varies. Some articles I wrote about audience target to help you understand them: How to build an audience persona for nonprofit communications 5 ways to use your audience persona to tell a better story 2.

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

Black voices, Black spaces. Until the sector reframes the definition of a successful innovator to include proximate Black leaders advancing unparalleled community-driven impact, we will never dismantle the root causes of the world's most urgent problems.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2018

The message was clear: to survive in business in the 21st century businesses must strive to connect cause, meaning and purpose. Cone Communications found that more than 9 in 10 millennials are willing to switch brands if the new one is associated with a cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Over the years, we’ve observed over 50,000 campaigns and have seen how behaviors are changing, with more people than ever before donating to worthwhile causes because their friends and family are asking them to. When a Facebook friend posts about a family or cause that needs support, we automatically give that cause weight.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

Focus on impact storytelling . They believe direct mail is better at telling a touching story and conveying facts than digital methods. They will appreciate all the steps you’ve taken to ensure that their voice has been heard, and that gratitude can manifest in a closer personal connection or even further giving. .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

A blog can provide the space for sharing news, announcements, stories, and other information and let you reshare and distribute it all over the web. Multimedia Storytelling. Or, maybe you weren’t interested in the stories being told. Do you have lots of different voices? Create Community Dialogue.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2018

The message was clear: to survive in business in the 21st century businesses must strive to connect cause, meaning and purpose. Cone Communications found that more than 9 in 10 millennials are willing to switch brands if the new one is associated with a cause.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 29, 2020

By showing off your strengths, forming a groundbreaking board, drafting brand strategies , and drawing more support, your organization will be more prepared to further your cause. Effective Communications through Stories. Tell only authentic stories about your work. . Include visual storytelling, especially in videos.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2017

GivingTuesday has grown in popularity since its inception, with people from all over the world continuously giving their time, money, gifts and voices to the causes they care about. Storytelling works. Elements of effective storytelling in #MyGivingStory entries included: A polished, thoughtful and complete narrative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

charity: water , a nonprofit that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations, is leading the way when it comes to redefining nonprofit marketing; they are exceptional at inbound marketing, focusing on creating powerful content to inspire people to join their cause. Tap Into the Power of Social Proof.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

In the past few years, we've seen the transformation from long to extremely short-form digital content like that on Vine and Instagram, and we've experienced the rise and fall of numerous storytelling apps never to be seen or heard of again. But how can stories touch hearts and minds if they go unnoticed and unheard?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Beyond the news headlines, there are great stories of people who are making a positive difference for peace. We cannot all be peace negotiators, we cannot all cause wars to cease and there are some terrible things going on in the world at the moment — I think it’s sometimes overwhelming and it spurs you to inaction.

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

But what I haven’t seen written about as as often—or maybe I’m just not looking in the right places—are stories about the little, delightful, unexpected things that changed us in 2020. . Books became a source of refuge, hope, learning, connection, and inspiration for a lot of folks on our Media Cause team. (We

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Though originally focused on advertising, Ogilvy’s wisdom contains enduring truths around driving action and results that can aid any cause, even with today’s new tools and platforms. Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. A relatable human voice connects.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Long story short, Jeff built a prototype fundraising platform, and we were able to raise more than enough funds to go. Here’s our blog post that explains our story. Every non-profit’s story is unique; it is also unlike any others. We want to give non-profits the ability to preserve this story.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Lesson #1: Voice. “Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). Many social media tools are specifically designed for users to tell stories and voice opinions, others are built as aggregators and distributors of users’ stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

The storytelling was engaging and compelling. I shared the video on my personal profile and it prompted quite a heated discussion in the comments between my colleagues. The controversy on my Facebook wall boiled down to those who felt the emotional pull of the story and those who had an alternative view. What was your source?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Who has the kind of stories that Facebook users want to be seen engaging with? Now think about how about you engage with content from nonprofit organizations and causes you care about? Believe it or not, “he cares deeply about the laundry soap he uses” simply isn’t a story I want to come to mind when my friends think about me.

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