The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 4, 2022

When it’s the beginning of a new calendar year or the start of a new fiscal year, the fresh start is a great time to create your non-profit’s annual story strategy. Just like creating a fundraising plan or a communications plan, a story strategy is your opportunity to build a clear roadmap to your goals.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

Leverage the benefits of this fast-growing industry and reach a larger audience by creating a nonprofit podcast. For example, an individual in the nonprofit event planning industry might create a podcast on event-planning best practices, helping to build their audience and potential clientele. Why start a nonprofit podcast?

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Kindful

MAY 26, 2021

of storytelling will help you drastically increase your organization’s revenue and impact. As entrepreneurial expert Gary Vaynerchuk puts it, “Storytelling is by far the most underrated skill in business.” Additionally, Forbes names storytelling “the #1 most important career skill for the future.”

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2021

When creating a strategic communications plan, it is important to identify your goals for each particular communications effort. This will help you determine what content to create to attract more of your desired audience while also examining how to create more of what people are drawn to and interacting with already. .

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

—– I’m really excited by tools that enable digital or transmedia storytelling. Here are some ideas: Share Community History – Non-organizational community groups and nonprofits that focus on a specific locality can create hyperlocal community engagement through pictures and documentation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. While Facebook and Twitter may be waning a bit in popularity and usage, visual storytelling platform Instagram keeps growing in engagement and daily time spent on the site. .

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 5, 2024

Engaging them to take concrete actions like signing petitions or spreading the word can create ripples of change. Email segmentation is like creating a special blend of tea tailored for each supporter’s taste – personal, engaging , and just right. When they raise their voices, mountains move.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

A picture is worth a thousand words. Imagine if you didn’t need an expensive camera, artistic mastery, or a ton of time to create what was in your mind’s eye. We are about to enter into a golden age of storytelling more unbound from resource constraints than ever before. Create Imagery for Social Media.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Create a Powerful Opening: Hook your reader from the very beginning. Draw inspiration from impactful introductions like the one crafted by Jules Brown for an acquisition piece for Women’s Aid: “Could you picture, for a moment, a woman on the brink of making the hardest decision of her life? Happy fundraising!

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

You’ll want to tell a compelling story that breathes life into your cause and paints a vivid picture of the powerful difference every donation makes. This isn’t just about beautiful words—pictures and videos are your allies, bringing the world closer to your cause and adding a human touch to cold stats.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This is natural in any line of work, but in non-profit storytelling I find that it mostly impacts my process for writing and telling stories. One of the changes I’ve recently made is simplifying my personal definition of storytelling to this: Storytelling is the process of sharing facts, which are told with emotions and details.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Storytelling is a skill. Also, I think after publishing my first two books, Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story , they thought sales was the next logical place to leverage storytelling skills. Storytelling is a powerful tool. It causes buyers to put down their defenses. It helps them relax. It didn’t take long).

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 2, 2022

Step 1: Develop a Vision by Creating a Fundraising Appeal Brief Want to know my pro-trick for feeling less overwhelmed by writing fundraising appeals? I create a roadmap for every fundraising appeal I write so that I know exactly what needs to be said. Read this article on how to create key messaging points for fundraising.

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Care2

JANUARY 26, 2011

The second annual TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is coming up on January 31 st. Create a digital story (60 seconds or less video or 5-panel picture story) that conveys your nonprofit’s mission and work in a compelling and creative way. Need some tips to create your digital story? Here’s how it works.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2021

There are a number of trends worth exploring: Technology that fuels data-driven storytelling. Our work with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) shows the power of harnessing data for impact storytelling. Sometimes we don’t have as clear of a picture of the tools or processes that will deliver the greatest impact.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Easily create a year in review summar y , donation letters, thank you messages, and more to help staff streamline your annual reporting process. TECH TIP: When you adopt Nimble AMS, you score the exclusive tool, Nimble Create , to supercharge your next annual report. Ask if any will submit a story or picture to showcase their success.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights. provides training, resources, and inspiration to create and tell a compelling story. During the one-month challenge TechSoup will host a series of interactive trainings designed to help nonprofits produce a one-minute video or five-picture Flickr slideshow.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

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' Cool photos?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Digital storytellers! You spent time and talent on creating your video or picture slide show, now we invite you to show it off! tsdigs digital storytelling' We have so many wonderful stories rolling in! But what good is a digital story if it’s not shared? Read the full rules here and then get out the vote!

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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. Congratulations to all of these award winners, and collective gratitude to all the participants in this year’s digital storytelling challenge.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2011

Storytelling has gone digital. Our Digital Storytelling Event will begin January 13 and includes webinars, discussions, and a contest to show your work and win prizes. Register for these free webinars to learn more about digital storytelling: read more.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

Pictured above are two books to add to your list for reading this month. And at the heart of persuasion likes storytelling. Sense & Respond teaches you how to use a structured feedback loop to: Create two-way conversations. Create collaboration. Create a learning culture. In her book, author Esther K.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

I'm going to start by telling a story about storytelling. Apparently, pointing to pictures of wedding things and saying "that's gross" doesn't count as feedback, so it was time for me to come up with better suggestions on my own and give her some well-deserved rest. By Nasser Asif, Director of Marketing and Media, See3 Communications.

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TechImpact

JULY 28, 2014

Visual storytelling. If you’re a nonprofit that has a lot of events, use Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook to share pictures and videos from those events in the community. This creates a linear pattern to your campaign, and gives your followers something to hold on to even when your tweet is not right in front of them.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2011

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event 2011 begins tomorrow January 13 with a webinar and the opening of a challenge. You have a couple of weeks (January 13 – 31) to create a 60-second video or five-panel picture story that showcases your library's mission and work. No production or storytelling experience is necessary.

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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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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Annaliese pointed out to us that podcasting is usually not perceived as digital storytelling , and we agreed that this is an idea worth discussing. But a podcast can be a vehicle for storytelling, if you make the effort to infuse it with a narrative. Who will serve as the voice of our nonprofit organization in our podcast?

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

Experts say that Gen Z: Wants to see impact through storytelling, primarily through social media videos. Adding Gen Z’s perspective to the picture To put today’s expert advice to the test, we created a short survey that asked Gen Z about their use of social media as it relates to philanthropy. Prioritize shareable content.

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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. Where do they live?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

We are taught to create an organizational chart or a program activity graphic or a network diagram of organizations needed to address an issue like homelessness or educational equity. Imagine a diagram or organizational map that you have created or used for data collection purposes. These are opportunities for meaning making.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 8, 2020

Pictured above are two books to add to your list for reading this month. And at the heart of persuasion likes storytelling. Sense & Respond teaches you how to use a structured feedback loop to: Create two-way conversations. Create collaboration. Create a learning culture. In her book, author Esther K.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 13, 2020

Pictured above are two books to add to your list for reading this month. And at the heart of persuasion likes storytelling. Sense & Respond teaches you how to use that feedback loop to: Create two-way conversations. Create collaboration. Create a learning culture. In her book, author Esther K.

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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. The two most important pictures on your profile will be your profile picture and header image.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Digital storytellers! You spent time and talent on creating your video or picture slide show, now we invite you to show it off! tsdigs digital storytelling' We have so many wonderful stories rolling in! But what good is a digital story if it's not shared? Read the full rules here and then get out the vote !

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 15, 2023

How to create your nonprofit’s budget: Your nonprofit’s budget is a critical tool for both planning purposes and managing finances as the organization grows. Spend the time to put some thought into creating a budget for your nonprofit. It’s the foundation of your messaging.

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