Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

If you’re ready to find out how your nonprofit can buck trends and create a winning year-end campaign, this blog post is for you. Look to Past Campaigns for a Fuller Picture It’s also helpful to analyze past year-end campaigns for insights.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Create your company page. Before you can begin networking, you need to create your company page. Make sure your “About” section provides an accurate picture of your mission and what your organization does. Optimize your photos. The two most important pictures on your profile will be your profile picture and header image.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Many participants were interested in using facebook as a communication platform for local campaigning and I created a session all about it. Create Community Dialogue. Multimedia Storytelling. Do you have videos, pictures, or slides? Resources: Global Voices has created a Guide to Blog For A Cause. Test Drive It.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Cool photos? Perhaps it is a combination of a few different storytelling elements. Our Storymakers 2014 challenge kicks off August 26, so to get you inspired, I've compiled some great examples of digital storytelling in crowdfunding campaigns. Storymakers2014 fundraising crowdfunding digital storytelling causevox'

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Since 2009, Facebook has provided the option to create featured ads on their platform to help businesses and organizations reach others’ newsfeeds. To optimize your advertising budget, create a marketing strategy to establish the best time for your organization to use ads. How can your nonprofit create effective Facebook Ads?

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

That's what the Digital Storytelling Challenge seeks to accomplish every year. At the 2013 Digital Storytelling Awards Gala on May 28, the community's successes were clear. Our team was quite impressed with the quality of photos and videos submitted, and all the hard work that was put into each. " First Place Photo.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2011

Storytelling has gone digital. Get the tools to produce high-quality photos and video that showcase your library's work. Our Digital Storytelling Event will begin January 13 and includes webinars, discussions, and a contest to show your work and win prizes.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

However, creating a strong social media presence isn’t as simple as writing a post and hitting “send” or taking a few pictures and uploading them online. To maximize your potential across social media platforms, it’s essential to create a nonprofit social media strategy. How to Create a Nonprofit Social Media Strategy.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Leverage storytelling to build a base. Likely, these will also shift throughout the campaign cycle as you gain a clearer picture of available resources. Volunteer supervisors who will manage advocacy volunteers and create dynamic virtual and in-person trainings. Leverage storytelling to build a base.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Instagram, the popular Millennial photo sharing site, is gaining traction with world leaders, government leaders and nonprofit executive directors. Instagram is about photo sharing and tell stories in photos. He shares photos and reflections from business trips. Here’s what I discovered: Genuine. Specialization.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Last night, a couple of us from the VisionLink team attended another wonderfully informative Tech4Good forum on the power and execution of video storytelling. When is the due date and how long will it take to create? Where will it be played (on a big screen, online, website)? It is different for different mediums.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

Below is a roundup of folks' answers to this month's topic, How to Create a Juicy Nonprofit Blog: • In her post, Creating a Juicy Blog for Nonprofits , Marion Conway suggests that your blog posts be about the overlapped area of what you know, and what readers want. Include a photo in the post if at all possible. Nonprofit 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

The Big Picture: Social Networking. The Big Picture: Microblogging. The Big Picture: Storytelling through Video and Photos. The Big Picture: Merging Your Personal and Professional Brands. The Big Picture: Creating and Distributing Content for the Social Web. Google This! . The Mobile Web.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

TechSoup has been running international video and photo competitions for some years now. In previous years, we called it our Digital Storytelling Challenge. Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Your Google/Gmail Account becomes the basis of your personal Google+ Profile and similar to Facebook, you must have a personal Google+ Profile before you can create a Google+ Page for your nonprofit. Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Create your nonprofit’s Google+ Page.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

To kick off TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge , we have compiled apps to help you showcase your organization in action. Also, make sure to follow TechSoup's Online Community Coordinator, Alexandra Bezdikian, as she tests the digital storytelling tools of the trade. Android, iOS) are some of our favorites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts. Be sure to insert and bold the questions in the blog post, keep answers limited to two or three paragraphs, and always include the expert’s photo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Your Google/Gmail Account becomes the basis of your personal Google+ Profile and similar to Facebook, you must have a personal Google+ Profile before you can create a Google+ Page for your nonprofit. Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Create your nonprofit’s Google+ Page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

charity: water , a nonprofit that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations, is leading the way when it comes to redefining nonprofit marketing; they are exceptional at inbound marketing, focusing on creating powerful content to inspire people to join their cause. Tap Into the Power of Social Proof.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A/B testing involves creating two different versions of a webpage and assessing which drives more engagement and conversions. You can always give the option for donors to create an account with their personal information, but requiring it in order to donate may deter some supporters who are short on time. Intuitive user experience.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

And I hadn’t noticed the imagery at first, but when you look at it here you can see, [image] clearly the contrast that they’re creating is around skin tone where Kendra’s opponent has very light skin, rosy skin, “Kodak China Girl skin” as its described, and Kendra’s skin is darkened and she looks very shadowy. Devyn Taylor: Yeah.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

I believe that our children’s generation is key to creating lasting change in equality, justice, climate change, and human rights. Pictured: Devi Thomas’ sons. This is key to creating hope in young people. About the Authors: Photo credit: Appendix Fotografi. DT: So why are parents important to tackle climate change?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts. Be sure to insert and bold the questions in the blog post, keep answers limited to two or three paragraphs, and always include the expert’s photo.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Using Storytelling in Your Appeal . The dodo’s popularity brings up another excellent point: the importance of video in storytelling. Similarly, you can use your smartphone to take high-quality before and after pictures of more serious cases and add those pictures to a slideshow on your donation page.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Selecting photos for your brand in a deliberate and thoughtful way makes your organization more inclusive. Every day, we constantly see photos of people—in social media, on websites, on television, in advertisements, in print, and in our daily environment. It also has the power to make our culture more equitable for everyone.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 14, 2017

If we’d started with our designers, they undoubtedly would’ve created web and promotional graphics that would catch your eye. Pictures speak a thousand words, it’s said … but you want potential supporters to know exactly what you’re saying and what action you want them to take. They’re very good.) Innovators. About the Author.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Here’s the basics: Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the photos and then share them. There are lots of photo editing apps that work with Instagram, management tools, and tools to measure Instagram. Instagram Cheat Sheet.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

I think you create balance by focusing the competition on the stages of: Open door policy for contributing/submitting. The crowd decides and creates everything that it is. How do you keep supporters engaged in creating change over the long haul? Create opportunities for iterations and involvement by community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts. Be sure to insert and bold the questions in the blog post, keep answers limited to two or three paragraphs, and always include the expert’s photo.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2014

photo cred:Flickr. Guest post by Vanessa Chase : Fundraising & Communications Strategist, Storytelling Enthusiast and Philanthropy Advocate. If you find yourself in a similar position, it’s time to look at storytelling as an option for scalable donor stewardship. Create a “donors only” page on your website.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

But you’ll have more content to use if you can include multiple perspectives, such as the children of the individual, volunteers who worked with them, and any other peripheral people or organizations with knowledge of the story to construct a more well-rounded picture. To watch the full webinar for GivingTuesday inspiration.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

In our recent webinar on super-short videos , we heard from digital storytelling experts about how nonprofits and libraries can use these tools to easily make their own super-short videos. You can add hashtags and location tags to make your photos even more searchable. Here's what we learned. Why Super-Short Videos?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Dragonfly Forest took second place in the TechSoup Digital Online Storytelling Challenge for their photo story , but they haven't stopped there! When was the first time your organization created a digital story? Perhaps harder than picking the pictures was finding the words that told the story with a very economic use of words.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

A recent post by Isaac Kiehl highlighted social media, and in particular the use of online photos, as a means by which nonprofits can improve interaction with the community. The more resources you have at your disposal, the more sophisticated your video content and storytelling can become. Patrice Sheldon , Freelance Public Relations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

An "effective" video can be a number of things depending on what an organization's intent was in creating video content. An effective nonprofit video can be as simple as a Flickr photo stream set to an audio track or a really great interview. Digital Storytelling Methods: Time and Resources Needed?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2018

Here are eight strategies that can help you differentiate your organization and increase fundraising results: Creating giving societies can promote a sense of exclusivity to your donors. Engage your donors through storytelling by sharing how you are utilizing their money. People naturally look at pictures before reading text.

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