Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2017

My colleague, Julia Campbell, has just published a book, “ Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits ” and was kind enough to share an advanced copy. This comprehensive book covers the following: Part One addresses storytelling readiness, especially now to transform your nonprofit’s culture.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Storytelling and social media – these terms have certainly been thrown around a lot this year! Great storytelling and successful social media campaigns are completely interconnected. You can collect fantastic, compelling stories, but if no one hears or sees them, they fall flat. Your employees have great stories to share!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. Storytelling is a skill.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. Storytelling is a skill.

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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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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

For some clients, we only contributed to a particular channel or two, while for others, we orchestrated their entire effort across channels. 2021 Year End Success Stories. And now, a deeper look at what worked: Content and Storytelling for Year-End Fundraising Gains with Hope Services. Increased sense of urgency .

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Your marketing strategies and the marketing channels you use can drastically affect your fundraising success throughout the year. 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.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

On Monday, April 16, TechSoup took its Digital Storytelling global with a full-day tweet chat spanning 10 time zones. Each tweet chat covered a different facet of digital storytelling and featured storytelling experts and nonprofit and library participants. led the bilingual tweet chat.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge is underway! If you haven't heard, during the month of April TechSoup is hosting our 4 th annual Digital Storytelling Challenge designed to inspire, educate, and empower nonprofits, libraries and social good organizations to tell their story through video and photos.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How to Audit Your Strategic Plan to Prepare for Annual Planning Nonprofit Mastermind Podcast Your strategic plan is your guiding star, helping you determine where to channel your energy, time, and resources. Build relationships, focus on cultivation, and practice time-blocking to navigate challenges with confidence and purpose.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. A great story builds credibility and properly positions you in the eye of the buyer."

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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

APRIL 30, 2013

Digital storytellers! We have so many wonderful stories rolling in! But what good is a digital story if it’s not shared? In addition to our expert judges selecting top stories , we are awarding a community choice prize as voted on by YOU! Encourage your supporters to vote using all available channels.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Last month brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's new book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. Storytelling is a skill.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2024, there are new, unique challenges and opportunities in the fundraising landscape that require nonprofits like yours to take a strategic and dynamic approach to maximize your fundraising efforts. Diversifying your fundraising channels can help you reach more donors by making giving convenient for them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Stories are windows into new worlds. Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Digital storytellers! We have so many wonderful stories rolling in! But what good is a digital story if it's not shared? In addition to our expert judges selecting top stories , we are awarding a community choice prize as voted on by YOU! Encourage your supporters to vote using all available channels.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Because, Thursday, September 8 brings the official release of Paul Smith 's new book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. Storytelling is a skill.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

However, the real challenge begins when the initial urgency subsides and public attention shifts away. By using cause-specific language that clearly conveys the urgency of needs on the ground, you can compel donors to take immediate action through their communications across channels. Tag and thank them. This builds a connection.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

TechSoup kicked off its 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge with the webinar Creating a Culture of Storytelling. The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. on how to get your organization started telling stories digitally.

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Classy

JUNE 16, 2021

Additionally, if your fundraiser toolkit is for a specific challenge, such as an annual walk, you can share a little more about the event, including how and why it got started and its overall timeline. Storytelling Examples. Storytelling is a key way to connect donors to your campaign and humanize the fundraising process.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Leverage Multiple Marketing Channels If you want to attract the attention of as many supporters as possible, develop a multichannel marketing strategy. Create a brand guide to ensure your graphics and messaging stay consistent across these channels. Tell the story of those impacted by your organization. Problem solve.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

We tell stories to make sense of the world around us. Stories are based on commonly held beliefs about people, institutions, and society. Color of Change, a racial justice organization, understood that the messaging and narrative surrounding Black communities needed to be changed to challenge bias and misrepresentations.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is back and there are some great prizes in store for organizations with the most creative, compelling, and entertaining stories. However, before we can talk about prizes or even sending submissions, we need to cover how to create those digital stories.

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

2020 introduced a myriad of challenges to implementing pre-planned digital strategies. You can reimagine old footage or images by giving them new life on your social media channels. Chatbots give your existing audiences new channels to discover your existing services and are also a new way to serve key audiences you’re trying to reach.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Lean Into Storytelling Your nonprofit’s story is an invaluable tool when it comes to fundraising. Or if your nonprofit is asking beneficiaries to help drive donations for a capital campaign, provide “share my story” templates that help them tell about their experience with your nonprofit and why others should make a donation.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Utilize storytelling in your communications. Utilize storytelling in your communications You have probably heard this advice before but it’s not always clear exactly how you actually achieve it. Storytelling is important because it helps your audience better understand and connect with the work you’re doing. Let’s dive in!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 30, 2022

Utilize storytelling in your communications. Utilize storytelling in your communications You have probably heard this advice before but it’s not always clear exactly how you actually achieve it. Storytelling is important because it helps your audience better understand and connect with the work you’re doing. Let’s dive in!

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Through comments, shares, direct messages, and fun hashtag challenges, you can foster relationships that would be harder to form through more traditional channels of communication. Social media provides your organization with a public forum to share updates on projects, success stories, and any unexpected challenges you’ve come across.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Innovate, Innovate, Innovate One of the biggest challenges in direct mail donor acquisition is designing visually appealing fundraising materials that are attention-grabbing. Tell Stories Give those receiving your direct mail something compelling to read and respond to. Tell stories in your direct mail campaign.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8th.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Although building a following online has its own challenges, digital tools have the potential to dramatically increase awareness about your cause and connect you with prospective donors who you might not have otherwise discovered. When managing your social media outreach, you should: Tell a story. Tell a story. Share updates.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 9, 2023

Board members can also spearhead matching gift challenges. Matching gift challenges allow both major donors to show their support and encourage others to support the organization as well. Promote the matching gift campaign through various channels, such as social media, email, and events, to increase awareness and participation.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2016

The challenge is that Millennials behave differently than the generation of supporters before them, and technology has hugely influenced their communication styles and preferences. One way to show Millennials how their support is making a difference is by cultivating relationships through communications, and specifically by telling stories.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

When participants raise money for LLS, we regularly remind them in different channels and formats how their efforts directly contribute to improving patient lives. In their fundraising appeals, Light the Night participants often share deeply personal stories of how cancer has affected their lives.

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Forum One

JUNE 29, 2021

While sometimes seen as a necessary task amidst other priorities, your annual report is both the moment to tell your nonprofit’s story of impact over the last year and a major opportunity to increase engagement and excitement in your mission for years to come. . Is it one that is about personal stories of change and impact?

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