Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

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.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Crises offer an opportunity for nonprofit professionals to step into leadership roles and requires those already in leadership to manage effectively to ensure that the board and the executive leadership teams are engaged. According to Crisis Planning in the Nonprofit Sector: Should We Plan for Something Bad If It May Not Occur?

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2022

Forum One partnered with Catalyst to redesign their digital presence in WordPress to connect target audiences including executives, managers, and professional women and men with actionable resources to improve their work lives. Providing essential services to low-income women and children. Within the U.S.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The W³ Awards competition honors creative excellence on the web and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award-winning sites, videos, and marketing programs. Support Children’s Colorado Foundation. It advocates for policies to ensure equitable access to high-quality services. ??Forum

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The W³ Awards competition honors creative excellence on the web and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award-winning sites, videos, and marketing programs. Support Children’s Colorado Foundation. It advocates for policies to ensure equitable access to high-quality services. ??Forum

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

As the largest gathering of Black professionals in philanthropy, there were so many powerful sessions, poignant perspectives, spaces for healing, and moments of Black joy at Harambee. She and my great-grandfather worked as sharecroppers while raising eight children. Here are some of my reflections and top takeaways from the conference.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

On April 16-18, 2023, 3,600+ fundraising professionals descended on New Orleans, LA for AFP ICON’s 63 rd annual conference, the largest turnout in six years. As the conference came to a close, Emeril Lagasse joined the stage in an interview with Cherian Koshy, CFRE, CAP, and Vice Chair of professional development on the AFP Global Board.

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Kindful

APRIL 1, 2021

Mission: Sexual Assault Center’s mission is to provide healing for children, adults, and families affected by sexual assault and to end sexual violence through counseling, education, and advocacy. How Can Nonprofits Move From Exploitative Storytelling To Justice-Oriented Storytelling – Bloomerang . Sexual Assault Center.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

For decades, many professionals were taught Person-First Language (PFL) as an effort to remove the disability from people's identities, and PFL is still commonly used in the medical profession as well as by parents of disabled individuals, especially in the United States. Engage in representative and appropriate storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

The storytelling was engaging and compelling. As activists, professionals in social good, and as storytellers, we have to move beyond engaging the community to really parsing out what is the right change and the effective path to the solution. The victims are Ugandan children. Has Invisible Children been transparent?

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Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

Most grantmakers want to fund specific projects and costs, so ensure you’re tailoring your grant proposal message to those needs by using effective storytelling. Several local colleges and professional development centers offer these types of courses. In 2020, only 32% of foundations provided grants for general operating expenses.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned nonprofit professional or you’re new to the sector, you’ve seen an effective holiday fundraiser. From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2006

The Storyteller and the Listener Online , edited by Holly Stevens of Oak Ridge, North Carolina, publishes two guest essays each month which explore, "the role of story and narrative in peacemaking, healing, bridge building and reconciliation processes in communities around the world." Bloggers are storytellers.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

People have been choosing to have fewer children, and that decline has significant implications for educational institutions worldwide. Use video storytelling! The phenomenon of our shrinking school-aged population is well documented. What about their average earnings compared to others of similar age in your region?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2013

Some nonprofits make use of their in-house designers to create beautiful and eye-catching infographics. One example is Best Friends Animal Society as profile by John Haydon on his blog in “ Nonprofit Storytelling with Infographics ” which offers some simple tips for getting the most out of your infographic.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

They support artist-driven film and new media storytelling projects (documentary films) that explore aspects of inequality, as well as the organizations and networks that support these documentary projects. Learn more at the link above. Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. Highland Street Foundation.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

So without further ado, meet our judges, a collection of storytelling experts who will be choosing our awardees. She founded The Storytelling Nonprofit to help nonprofits connect in more meaningful ways with donors through stories and stewardship. Her work reaches a community of more than 5,000 nonprofit professionals each month.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

If you provide opportunities for children, show children getting opportunities they might not otherwise have. Maybe you have a professional photographer among your volunteers who can help with this. Bring your website to life with compelling storytelling and lead every nonprofit website visitor to an engaging donate page.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This means that volunteers can help you find new donors (and other volunteers) as they spread the word about your work to their family, friends, and professional connections. Recruit through professional organizations. It’s true that some people don’t want to spend their volunteer hours doing what they do professionally.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

As nonprofit professionals, most of us are already in the business of people, whether we’re building houses, raising money, educating children or another noble pursuit. Be prepared with stories of how your cause is making a difference (my friend and nonprofit storytelling guru Lori Jacobwith calls these “Mission Moments”).

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Socialbrite

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

But when you send cold emails to individual leads, you can use their name, reference their professional career and even mention causes they’ve listed on their LinkedIn profile. Army Reserve Puerto Rico, reads a book to children during a storytime event. Storytelling is a powerful tool. Use this knowledge to your advantage.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. The Power of Storytelling in Fundraising Humans are meaning-making creatures.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This enables streetfootballworld to call attention to its work through digital storytelling. Die Wille is a Berlin-based nonprofit organization for children and young adult services. The organization offers professional development and job placement, as well as intercultural and interreligious education.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

To meet needs, they co-fund professional development in areas like fundraising, strategic planning, facilitation, evaluation, racial equity work, marketing and communications, storytelling, and more. . In one community in Indiana, three foundations teamed up to design a training program for local nonprofit leaders and staff.

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2021

It couldn’t be done without professional (and expensive) camera equipment —and a tech-savvy cameraperson and editor to boot—so we had to pick our video topics wisely. To say the least, there wasn’t an easy way to shoot impromptu, professional-quality videos on the fly! That means it’s time for your nonprofit to get a piece of the pie.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s marketable, it’s ripe for good storytelling, and can ease the process of coming up with a fresh campaign concept. SOS Children’s Villages Illinois acquired 75% of their new donors for the entire year with their year-end peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. Is storytelling a big component of the campaign?

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

They support artist-driven film and new media storytelling projects (documentary films) that explore aspects of inequality, as well as the organizations and networks that support these documentary projects. Learn more at the link above. Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. Highland Street Foundation.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 25, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Power Up Your Content: Mastering the Art of Compelling Storytelling Discover the secrets of storytelling that make your nonprofit stand out! Introduction Storytelling is an essential part of any nonprofit fundraising campaign. Use Visuals : Visuals are a powerful tool in storytelling.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

By tapping into the power of storytelling, you can connect with your audience emotionally, thereby motivating action and support. We’ll provide five tips on how you can utilize storytelling to level up your nonprofit’s marketing materials and make a lasting impression. Let’s jump in. Occupation. Incorporate compelling visuals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2012

Like many nonprofit leaders and staffers, Scott is “ mixing up the personal with the professional brand.” Others are using Instagram by sharing visual stories about their programs using a branded profile, like Children’s LA and Unicef USA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Since networked learning happens in the context of an ecosystem, perhaps Gary Hayes Transmedia Storytelling model or Lini Srivastava’s Transmedia Activism model. . There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning. Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

You are not going to be a very good storyteller if you don’t read stories. 8) Do not use a Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail email address for your professional communications. Reading books does that. 5) Disconnect while on vacation. This is a tough one for many people especially those in their twenties and younger.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

Also check out the work Microsoft did with the Missing Children Society of Canada and the Calgary Police Department. These partners deployed Azure services to create a system for helping to more quickly and reliably rescue missing children. Obey the Simple Truths of Digital Storytelling. You can enter to win on this site.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

If you’re not familiar, Cause Camp is Nonprofit Hub’s annual conference that brings together thought leaders, nonprofit professionals and do-gooders from all over the world. She has created a company that is reflective of her diverse professional and personal experiences and her desire to make philanthropy accessible to everyone.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2020

There were many, covering the personal and the professional (which, as this community knows well, is also personal), but I kept looking for some elusive grand unified theory to tie them all together. Establish a fair balance between the global state of emergency and individual professional concerns. Let’s do it.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

The library gets a mix of both general public visitors looking up family history as well as graduate students, writers, historians, and other professionals. MBWML also holds an annual Court Day Festival, which provides a full "living history day" of reenactments, music, storytelling, demonstrations, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Photo by Global Fund for Children. For our video, we rented two professional banks of lights along with diffusers. Dawn is a freelancer for BC/DC Ideas and Brian writes for the volunteer storytelling blog Amplifying Good. Either way you’ll need to add a microphone to the mix to get the best sound. Lighting Your Subjects.

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