Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story now, because we have $13,000 in prizes available! We have webinar recordings , tools, and resources to help you make stories that stand out. London, United Kingdom: Digital Storytelling. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Digital StoryTelling en Guatemala.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. For example: 1. 6) Empower your current staff, board members, and volunteers to advocate for your nonprofit on LinkedIn.

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Classy

AUGUST 4, 2021

Your marketing and design team can lead the storytelling efforts of each of your campaigns. They’ll collaborate with the development and fundraising team to map out the year’s campaigns and match them to original, impactful stories and data that show your nonprofit’s value to potential donors. Marketing and Design. GallantFew.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

I’m thrilled to have the chance to share an interview with her here and encourage you to add your questions in the comments! What’s your story; how did you get started with nonprofit marketing? We know storytelling is important for grant applications and fundraising appeals, how is it most useful in marketing?

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In all scenarios, audiences experience the National Council impact story, strengthening the connection and interest they have in the institution and the important work it is doing. Attendees commented how this was nearly like being in person at an event and made their experience more personal and collaborative. Pacific Science Center.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In all scenarios, audiences experience the National Council impact story, strengthening the connection and interest they have in the institution and the important work it is doing. Attendees commented how this was nearly like being in person at an event and made their experience more personal and collaborative. Pacific Science Center.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Abuja, Nigeria: A Well-Told Digital Story Is Powerful. Storymakers. Wednesday, May 11.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Publicize volunteer grant opportunities. Through volunteer grant programs, companies provide grants to organizations where employees volunteer on a regular basis. Incentivize potential volunteers to get involved with your nonprofit on a regular basis by educating them about volunteer grant opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

For example, they recently set up an Amazon wish list for their Food Pantry and posted to their FB page. Within minutes, a fan commented that they had just placed an order for them. The next day, a big order of diapers came in from Amazon – and they thought it must be her that donor that left the comment. They said thanks.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Their new report dives into lessons on how to engage volunteers in community change efforts, telling the unique story of KaBOOM!, Submit your stories, strategies, and sage advice to causeforchangebook@gmail.com. Share your links in the comments! Anything we missed?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

I was planning to write a post today about the use of story in museums. A lot of museums--and web, radio, etc--are pursuing projects in which visitors share their personal stories around a topic, whether that be broad and profound ( storycorps.net ) or light and specific ( map mashup of Overheard in NY ). Comment and question away!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! Check out the plans and help get the stories heard! Let us know in the comments.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! Check out the plans and help get the stories heard! Let us know in the comments.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

It's not enough to just share stories about your impact — how do you mobilize and engage people who are passionate about issues you're working on? Maddie Grant, founding partner at Culture That Works and NTEN board member. Put People at the Forefront of Your Stories. Share their stories with your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Note from Beth: I’m taking part in the virtual book tour Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer are doing to explore concepts from Open Community: a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. I read an early draft of the book and think it is a very important idea for those of us in the nonprofit community embrace.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. O’Fallon, Missouri: Learn How to Apply for a $10,000 per Month Google AdWords Grant. Kampala, Uganda: Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits Workshop. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Achieve

JUNE 11, 2020

We have enough funding from our savings and/or grants to hold us over for awhile.” . “We I observed emails, Facebook posts, Facebook comments, Facebook messages, posts within each Facebook fundraiser, and more – all saying thank you to specific donors and/or thanking supporters as a whole. . Why It Works: .

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

Joann commented that money of course is essential for nonprofits, but capacity building is also vital to help nonprofit leaders more effectively run their organizations. All the panelists said no; Joann expanded on this, saying that board members may ask about the impact that grants are having, but they are asking the question after the fact.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

Granted, that's hard to measure." On the subject of retweets, it is advisable to strive for brevity as it allows others to retweet in full or add a comment with a retweet. One participant said, "A good tweet is something that elicits action offline, for example, a laugh or a conversation.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

There are annual reports, grant applications, website pages, blogs, appeal letters, policy docu­ments, procedure manuals, thank you notes, press releases, program reports, research papers, legal documents, advertising copy, board orientation documents, promotional material, and much more. It can cre­ate lasting, negative impressions.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

The story of Peter Pan is well-known, but it's just as unique for its tone as its content. William Goldman does something similar with The Princess Bride, commenting about dreadfully dull chapters he has omitted for the reader's sanity. The key is not to write the story/label/instructions. Tags: storytelling.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But most importantly, I want to recommend and encourage all of you to chat in your questions and comments throughout the next hour or so. 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. So don’t be shy. Steven: Yeah, absolutely.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report, "Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers" from July 2006: 8% of Internet users, or about 12 million American adults, keep a blog. Today, the blogosphere is doubling in size approximately every 230 days.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

But most importantly, feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. Then around being an advocate, share their personal stories. You have to teach them to share their personal stories, and we’re going to get into that in more detail in what I’m talking about around sharing the personal story.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

They counteract this by telling the stories of people both past and present who have connections with the American Red Cross. Don’t be afraid to share people’s stories because it will make your organization feel a lot more friendly and open. Like the American Red Cross, they know how to use personal stories to promote their brand.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Tell stories One of the best ways to engage supporters is to use effective storytelling strategies. When people read stories , chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin are released in their brains. Include the key elements of a good story: Protagonist: This is usually the individual the campaign is helping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

3: Socialize your content with compelling stories that inspire people to donate. Successful crowd funding depends on great storytelling. What’s the story you’re telling about how you will use the money raised to reach your outcomes? The Local Story: This is about a specific local community and how your project serves them.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Granted, it has been on the agenda of every executive ever since Henry Chesbrough’s seminal Open Innovation came out in 2003. A new study by Journalism.org has examined the source of those stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2011

So, lately, I’ve been on the hunt for good nonprofit measurement stories. Last week, I read Jocelyn Harmon’s post about Nonprofit Facebook Fail and in the comments, Petri Darby refers to the dramatic increase of visits to his nonprofit’s Make-A-Wish Foundation Web site. First-Person Storytelling.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Plus, you can gain access to $10,000 per month in free Google ad spending by applying for the Google Ad Grant program. Then, you can use your nonprofit’s official Facebook page to share, like, and comment on supporters’ campaigns, thanking them for their involvement and increasing engagement with their posts.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Below, I’ve shared my keynote remarks and slides and I hope you’ll share your ideas and further the conversation in the comments. I want to start, first, with a story…. Instead of grant deliverables or profit, passion and impact are the bottom line motivators for change. The first step: Identifying your community.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

For proof, look no further than the recent victory to lift the ban on Pell Grants for incarcerated students. The Pell Grant ban was a result of the 1994 Crime Bill—a punitive measure from the extremely damaging “tough on crime” era. The law banned people in prison from accessing Pell Grants to help cover the cost of college tuition.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore."

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2012

Social media is about storytelling, and so is the movement toward LGBT equality. Harvey Milk knew it was imperative to tell our stories—that people would change their attitude about gays and lesbians if we were out,” says Shaun Osburn, deputy director of online content at Equality California. Here’s why: 1.

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