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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

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Note – Photos or a video of your characters are HIGHLY recommended. For our fictitious story, the plot is that many children only eat one meal a day — dinner. For example, our plot is that many children eat one meal a day and do poorly in school. In fact, they’re almost necessary, but more on that later).

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11 Holiday Gift Programs that Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place

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All kits include an adoption certificate, photo, and species information card. Jude’s Children’s Hospital: Get into the holiday spirit with ornaments, decorations and other gifts that inspire hope and help fight childhood cancer. 100% of profits after related expenses benefit the children at St. View Gifts.

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Build a Non-profit Website that Works [Steal These Ideas!]

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All About Your Brand: Logo, Typography, Colors, Photos, and Tone What do you want the look and feel of your site to be? and it is communicated through your logo, typography, colors, photo style, and tone or voice. Primary colors evoke childhood and optimism. Next, think about photo quality.

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Slacktivism: Can Cartoons Raise Awareness or Just Make Us Feel Good?

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In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) This is for a campaign against violence on children.&# Did you notice something toony about Facebook last weekend?

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Two Ways To Use Crowdsourcing for Face-to-Face Conferences

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Flickr Photo by Pierre-Alain Dorange. The conference brings together professionals who working on early learning research, practice, and policy to promote improvement and expansion of services for children ages 0 to 5 in the state. The results are greater than an individual or organization could accomplish alone.

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Nonprofit Storytelling: The Quick and No-Nonsense Guide

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It gives your audience a tangible transformation to observe through the sharing of the written word, photos, testimonials, and videos. Since childhood, we have been taught to expect a certain structure for stories to follow. You may include physical photos of the character or describe their appearance.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

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By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. Support for Autistic Children in the U.S. Because computers in classrooms are so important for disabled children, they make optimum use of the accessibility features in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

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