Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Effective storytelling means nonprofits can reach more people, touch more hearts, and create bigger impact. TechSoup's NetSquared meetups will bring local nonprofits free digital storytelling workshops in more than 40 cities between August and October. Here at TechSoup, we're big on stories. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Classy

AUGUST 4, 2021

Your marketing and design team can lead the storytelling efforts of each of your campaigns. We set up a specific account for volunteers that limited their access to only what they needed in order to comment on donations on our behalf within our Classy account. Marketing and Design. Development Specialist. 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! We know storytelling is important for grant applications and fundraising appeals, how is it most useful in marketing? Tags: interview marketing best practice fundraising storytelling.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

We crafted clear user journeys to connect site visitors with what they need, including information on visiting Washington wineries, connecting with events and programs, and finding the latest research news and grant opportunities.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2013

Digital Storytelling is in the air around TechSoup these days, and thanks to a grant from Symantec we have been able to experiment and create some new videos. Let us know in the comments! Adobe tsdigs digital storytelling Mobile Beacon digital inclusion tsadobe tsmobilebeacon' Please visit the site to view this video).

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We crafted clear user journeys to connect site visitors with what they need, including information on visiting Washington wineries, connecting with events and programs, and finding the latest research news and grant opportunities.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. London, United Kingdom: Digital Storytelling. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Digital StoryTelling en Guatemala. New York, New York: Google Ad Grants for Nonprofits.

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NTEN

AUGUST 26, 2011

Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Google’s Grants program – Google’s in-kind advertising program for nonprofits – can be an amazing fundraising resource. Pamela Grow believes nonprofits of any size can use Google Grants effectively, so wrote up her suggestions for strategically managing a Google Grant.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

. • In her post, Nonprofit blogs: why this one works , Lisbeth of Nonprofit Execs on the Edge points to 2 keys to a juicy blog: a focus on storytelling and blog posts that aren't staff-generated. Leverage Facebook plug-ins so you don't have to maintain a separate login system for people to "Like" or comment on your posts." Nonprofit 2.0

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Guest blogger Grant Howe, VP of research and development for Sage North America's nonprofit solutions, kicks off a series of posts about providing great IT leadership. TSDigs Digital Storytelling event kicks off in the Nonprofit Commons. Tell us in the comments! Here's what we've been talking about so far this year.

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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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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Nonprofit marketing expert, and NTEN board member extraordinaire, Nancy Schwartz wants to help you with a straightforward value swap: you give her your attention for 5 minutes and she'll share her expertise on storytelling. Share your links in the comments!

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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. Storytelling is our focus for May, but every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 50 cities.

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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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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

I found a paper online by Elisa Giaccardi entitled "Toward an Evolution of Virtual Museums: Collective Storytelling and Social Creativity." Looks like she is pursuing one form of the kind of question I set out to explore with regard to storytelling. Comment and question away! Tags: storytelling. It was interesting.

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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

AUGUST 31, 2015

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Seattle, Washington: AdWords Success and Google Grants for Nonprofits. Atlanta, Georgia: Visual Storytelling: Using Digital Media. New York, New York: Data Storytelling and Data Visualization for Nonprofits.

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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! Let us know in the comments. There are even a few international reports.

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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

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. The link need to be like so: Africa. Chicago, Illinois: Net Neutrality.

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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! Let us know in the comments. There are even a few international reports.

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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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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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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? The project arose from a grant announcement from MetLife Foundation around community engagement and outreach. How and why did Object Stories come to be?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Maddie Grant, founding partner at Culture That Works and NTEN board member. NetSquared DC Engagement Strategies Panelists — Maddie Grant, Andrew Nachison, and Dale Pfeifer (left to right). The panelists included. Dale Pfeifer, CEO of GoodWorld. Andrew Nachison, founder and CEO, We Media. Offer a Call to Action.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

William Goldman does something similar with The Princess Bride, commenting about dreadfully dull chapters he has omitted for the reader's sanity. Granted, maybe all of those stories aren't fit for the label, but that urge to share, to tell the stories that matter, NEEDS to get communicated. Tags: storytelling.

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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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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

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. But I think fundraising and capital campaigns are all about storytelling. You know, you got your corporate team, your small business team, your grants team, you got your stewardship team.

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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. Openness or How Do You Design for the Loss of Control?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2011

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. (Her recent book, Measuring What Matters , is a must read.). More Multimedia.

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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. It sounded great, until her last comment: She told me that it was a really important program, because libraries are the heart of the community…well, in elementary schools at least.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Everyone has heard of the Make-A-Wish Foundation —the romantic nature of granting sick children their wishes can touch even the coldest of hearts. Charity: Water is leveraging Facebook advertising in a big way by using storytelling to raise awareness of the global water crisis and inspire people to give. Make-A-Wish America.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Tell stories One of the best ways to engage supporters is to use effective storytelling strategies. Plus, you can gain access to $10,000 per month in free Google ad spending by applying for the Google Ad Grant program. When people read stories , chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin are released in their brains.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

But most importantly, feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. Now, if you’re doing the Walmart grants and the Target grants and those retail grants, they’re not asking those questions, right? Sabrina: Some physical storytelling element. That’s awesome. Keep doing it.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Successful crowd funding depends on great storytelling. Now matter which type of story you choose to tell or what medium you use (video, text, photos), here is a simple storytelling structure you can use to create the first draft of your story: Once upon a time…. Please leave a comment below. Social Strategies. Until one day….

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