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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

I think there are many timeless lessons that still apply to current strategy that can be gleaned from looking backward. Decades before the dawn of digital ads and social media, advertising legend David Ogilvy penned his seminal book “Ogilvy on Advertising” sharing hard-won lessons on how to effectively persuade consumers.

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Top Lessons from GivingTuesday 2023

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The chart above shows that 2023 saw higher overall volumes throughout the day, with a small spike at 9:00 a.m. What you can learn : Create a cohesive story about what GivingTuesday campaign donations will fund. The post Top Lessons from GivingTuesday 2023 appeared first on Neon One.

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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Stand with Planned Parenthood: Lessons from Crisis Response Campaigns.

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Interaction Nptech Open Source Houston

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How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

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7 Lessons Your Nonprofit Needs to Know

Care2

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Blackbaud’s annual conference was this week and nonprofit staff converged on #bbcon12 to ask questions, share lessons learned, and learn together. The videos focus on stories and images of donors and showcases the recipients of their program as the real heroes. I thought I’d share a few of the ideas I came away with.

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Lesson Nonprofit Minnesota Blackbaud

9 Nonprofit Leadership Skills Every Founder & Director Must Master

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Passion, clarity, and confidence are key to telling your story. You must be able to tell your nonprofit’s story through numbers. You need to articulately describe the need you’re addressing in a way that moves listeners’ hearts. When you confidently share about your vision and why it matters, you’ll attract supporters.

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Data and Story Telling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. Here are 6 ways to tell your stories with data that you can apply to your own web and communications work: 1. Focus the Story. Speak With Numbers. Reveal Change.

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New on SSIR: You can has memesez?

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

—– Last month, a pop song rose up the charts and quickly became number one on both the iTunes and Billboard Top 100 lists. The Sesame Street show teaches basic lessons through stories of characters in typical situations and common scenarios. You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or below.

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Lesson 1: Removing Yourself from the Fundraising Equation

Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2013

Ergo the lesson of the socks. The Lesson of the Socks: Five years ago, I ran my first ½ marathon, VA Beach Rock n’Roll, it was a blast! Thus the lesson of the socks was born: just because something is obvious to you, it doesn’t hurt to state the obvious for others. Peer-to-Peer Consumer Survey.

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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. One story I encountered on my journey will forever make me sick to my stomach. What if the unexpected wasn’t seen as failure but as lessons to be shared? What if these stories could be collected and shared across the sector?

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Problem Skills Proposal Grant

Social Media Marketing White Paper: Key Findings and Nonprofit Lessons

NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

As with all good relationship advice, the moral of the story seems to be: the more you put in, the more you'll get out. . Another part of the survey asked about specific social media tools/sites folks were using: Twitter seemed to top all charts, when it comes to most used, most time invested, and most questions regarding how to use it. (I

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2012 SXSW Interactive Roundup

NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

We've all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics "going viral" online before our eyes - the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Stand with Planned Parenthood: Lessons from Crisis Response Campaigns. At SXSW, there…. I've been….

Interaction

Interaction Houston Open Source Austin

Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. Here are 6 ways to tell your stories with data that you can apply to your own web and communications work: 1. Focus the Story We touched on this principle above.

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. Here are 6 ways to tell your stories with data that you can apply to your own web and communications work: 1. Focus the Story. Speak With Numbers. Reveal Change.

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Evolution of Today’s Nonprofit Professional

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The significance of the class is not the funds raised but the lessons learned in a safe environment, with support of faculty, alumni and staff as well as personal support from friends, family and agency partners. I want to learn from their failures as well as their success stories. Steve Blakeslee.

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Networked Capacity Building: Finish Line Grantees Social Media Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. Stories: How will encourage people to share their stories and capture them? Friending the Finish Line. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Social Media Training Train Network

Design Series: Communicating Trust Effectively

Forum One

MAY 30, 2024

Instilling deep trust: A lesson from climbing When I first started indoor rock climbing, I was extremely skeptical of anyone that was belaying, or supporting me, as I climbed up a 60 ft wall. Authentic Storytelling Design can be a great tool to tell authentic stories that resonate with your audiences on an emotional level.

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[VIDEO] Counting the Costs: Where Capital Campaigns Often Miss the Mark

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

They’re able to tell a great story and they’re able to communicate a solution to an obvious need. That’s an awesome story. And so, yeah, I mean, my lesson on this is planning for the unexpected never hurt anybody. You know, that all flows up the org chart to me at the top. Steven: Yeah, absolutely.

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Campaign Video Project Process

#bbcon Just Took Over Austin, TX| Day 1 Recap

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Here are a some of lessons from day 1, thanks to some of #bbcon ‘s biggest fans: Embrace the Change. Mr. Kristof told the story of a young man growing up in Alabama in the 1950’s who, embarrassed to read in public for fear of his image, had to steal books from the library and read in secret. Mobile phones. Learn Labs.

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IT Budget Cuts: How to Do it Right

NTEN

MAY 7, 2009

This sounded familiar to @gartrell , who responded simply: Story of my life. You may be asked to tighten your IT belt at any time, for any reason, and the real lesson applies whether you're looking for cuts or the right way to expand. Reducing costs may also mean you need to push IT costs out to future years where you can.

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With Liberty, and Information, For All?

NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

You can see the administration gets that -- from the jobs map and the chart of how money is being spent. In our work, we need to apply the same lesson. How do we turn all those spreadsheets into the pictures and maps that clearly tell our story in an instant? You need to do at least that, preferably more.

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API Remix Map Law

Nonprofit Digital Reports: Showcasing Year-End Fundraising Efforts

Bloomerang

JANUARY 25, 2023

Communicating your results in a professional way will remind readers of your unique story, and of your dedication to being results-driven. A theme helps to unite the goals and purpose of the campaign with the organization’s overarching story and mission. What’s the story that connects this one campaign to who we are as a charity?

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Report Digital Fundraising Nonprofit

How To Write a Grant Proposal: Guide + Templates

Qgiv

APRIL 2, 2024

Nonprofit grant proposals need to tell a moving story about your organization’s mission and vision while adhering to the stringent guidelines set forth by the grant maker. Tell a powerful story. To show your organization can create long-term change, use success stories that can be backed with data to show what your nonprofit can do.

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Proposal Grant Template Guide

Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Thursday, August 12, 2010 Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas Heres a great idea from communications consultant, speaker and author David Grossman : And, yes its old school. Grossman recommends that when you have something you want to get your employees input on, post a question on a flip chart in your department or office.

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Chart Ideas Mentoring Kansas City

3 Lessons from Museums Advocacy Day

Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2019

It was a great day, and as I reflect on it now, I feel the need to synthesize a few broader lessons I took from the experience. Whether you’re meeting with a Senator, your boss or a prospective donor, this is the most important lesson. Know what you want before you go in.

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Museum Lesson Advocacy Louisiana

Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 21, 2010

Saturday, August 21, 2010 Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes There are lots of lessons tied to those canary yellow squares, called Post-it Notes -- how ideas and innovations can come from anyone on your team at any time. Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

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Lesson Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Nonprofit Digital Reports: Showcasing Year-End Fundraising Efforts

Bloomerang

JANUARY 25, 2023

Communicating your results in a professional way will remind readers of your unique story, and of your dedication to being results-driven. A theme helps to unite the goals and purpose of the campaign with the organization’s overarching story and mission. What’s the story that connects this one campaign to who we are as a charity?

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Digital Report Fundraising Nonprofit

Reflections on the Meyer Memorial Trust Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I always try to incorporate new learnings and observations that I've discovered from the many interviews I do on my blog, resources discovered, and stories. My problem now is that I don't do a lot of processing with a pen or marker/flip chart anymore -- but I was standing up there, so I jotted some notes down on my moleskin.

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Game Friday: Open Worlds, Open Museums

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2007

I read the (long) article fascinated, wondering if such a resource might exist for museum exhibitions, charting the top 10 exhibitions that use play, or storytelling, or any other core museum design tenet. There must be meaningful interplay between the map and the gamespace.

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Museum Game Open Map

Communicate Often And Tell A Story

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

Saturday, August 14, 2010 Communicate Often And Tell A Story "Most leaders visions fail, not due to a leaders inadequacies, but due to the leaders lack of communication," said Margaret Reynolds of Reynolds Consulting, LLC in Lees Summit, MO. Leaders need to communicate often, regularly and consistently," she recommended. "In

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Communication Story Mentoring Kansas City

112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss.

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Beth Kanter provides simple, yet super helpful advice on how your organization can keep track of aha moments, lessons, ideas, mistakes and experiences during events. Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice. Creating share-worthy content means understanding your audience and the story they want to tell.

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Story Nonprofit Social Media Content

How Lessons Learned During the Pandemic Help Prepare Nonprofits and Higher Education for a Recession

Cloud 4 Good

JULY 19, 2022

The book also challenges the common endings of these stories, not every story ends with “…and they lived happily ever after.”. In real life, the ending is not the same in every story. As you will see in the chart below, people’s outlook is very gloomy. Many debated a “U” or “V” shaped recoveries when it began.

Education

Education Lesson New York City Ukraine

[VIDEO] Why You Should Ditch The Way You’ve Been Doing Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

But our strategic planning process doesn’t have a way to make adjustments quickly as we learn lessons from implementing our plans. . I’ll never forget the story of a now consultant, but executive director when we talked about like, “Well, what did you do for support or for help when you did this job?”

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Let Employees Learn From Their Mistakes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

One of my favorite anonymous manager stories. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 9:04 PM Labels: General Management Skills , Management , Motivating Employees 1 comments: davidburkus said. New employee messes up and losses $1 million. His boss calls him in. The employees asks if he'll be fired. The boss says, "Fire, You.I

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Learning Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. Affect Conf / Portland, OR / Less than $200. Affect is a new community event highlighting the diversity of work and design behind social change.

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