Greater Giving

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Nonprofit storytelling remains a timeless and powerful tool for connecting with potential donors. Let’s dive into the art of creating compelling stories that resonate and inspire action. Let’s dive into the art of creating compelling stories that resonate and inspire action.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

You’re in for a treat in this article as we’re going to talk about how to find your next best step in non-profit storytelling. Today, I want to help get the most out of your non-profit storytelling efforts by helping you decide where to take your work next. Non-Profit Storytelling: Your Next Best Step.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

Let’s take a look at why storytelling matters for nonprofit grant writing and actionable ways you can start telling more compelling stories in your proposals. Why Does Storytelling Matter for Grant Writers? Storytelling matters in grant writing for two key reasons: Stories help you stand out. Stories make things real.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Nonprofit storytelling refers to a specific way of communication that organizations use to personalize their mission. And once shared effectively, storytelling will change the game for your organization. But don’t just take it from me – Forbes named storytelling the #1 most important career skill of the future.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The answer lies in the power of storytelling. Pattern recognition: A storytelling superpower Our brains are wired to recognize patterns. Amplify impact through storytelling Storytelling in fundraising isn’t just about what you tell; it’s about how you tell it. The power of stories Why stories?

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Storytelling for nonprofits is an avenue to connect with donors and help them relate to your work. Ethical storytelling for nonprofits produces stories that not only help nonprofits share their work and inspire donors but also honor the dignity of those the story is about. What is Nonprofit Storytelling? Stories are powerful.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 23, 2023

You're doing the most important work there is: changing lives and creating a better world. So why do great nonprofits struggle for the attention and funding they need to make the impact we all want to see?

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Forum One

MARCH 2, 2023

Forum One designers have enjoyed creating animated websites that fit in small budgets, as we can now test design ideas ourselves. This is in part due to the Webflow community, which has created engaging educational content on Webflow University. Forum One even created microsites in Webflow for last year’s Digital Impact Summit website.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Learn how storytelling in eLearning can create impactful learning experiences and enhance knowledge retention. Looking to engage your eLearning audience?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 12, 2022

That’s where storytelling comes in. In this article, I’m going to talk about the common challenges of explaining non-profit impact and go over the action steps you can take to explain your non-profit’s impact through storytelling.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In fact, storytelling encompasses blog writing, advertising, and stewardship efforts. There are several ways to hone your storytelling craft. Here are four nonprofit storytelling strategies that will help you attract new supporters and keep them for years to come: Maintain the right tone of voice.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2024

This musical masterpiece, created in partnership with COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, serves as a powerful call to action on the urgent issue of climate change. John Mayer’s anthem, chosen for its call to unite hearts and create a positive world, aligns with the foundation’s mission.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2021

One great way to do that is through a welcome email series that is created to engage new donors or constituents right away. Madison Gonzalez is a National Public Speaker, Storyteller of the Year Award-Winner, Best-Selling Author of Dear Mirror, Events Manager, and Published Poet. What is a welcome email series?

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Blackbaud announced Impact Edge, an AI-powered, social impact reporting and storytelling solution for corporate social responsibility and social impact teams. Impact Edge will enable corporate impact professionals to easily create a compelling picture of their organization's social impact using data.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 16, 2023

How to Create Compelling Narratives that Drive Greater Giving Nonprofits rely on donations to fund their programs and achieve their mission. One way to differentiate your organization and drive greater giving is through the power of storytelling. Emotional storytelling is more effective in fundraising than facts and figures alone.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 30, 2014

This same chemical is also created when you’re reading stories. While the ROI of storytelling is a difficult one to measure , what’s important to understand is that it does work. According to the HBR article, there’s a formula for effective storytelling, too. Why is this pertinent to the nonprofit sector you might be wondering?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the best storytelling tips I can give you is to set yourself up for measurement success from the very beginning. The very best advice I can give you on storytelling is to always start with the end in mind. Storytelling is a tool that supports various fundraising and communications strategies and goals.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Learn how to master storytelling, create engaging content, and grow your list of supporters with this helpful guide! If your nonprofit is struggling to get fans to stop scrolling, you may need to adjust your strategy.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In part two of this series on the skills you need to be a great nonprofit storyteller, I talk about how to engage your audience emotionally through creative storytelling. In this post, I’ll focus on the creative skills involved in storytelling. . In this post, I’ll focus on the creative skills involved in storytelling. .

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Whether you’re planning an advocacy or fundraising campaign, using a storytelling framework to create your calls to action can help you make emotional connections with your audience and ultimately move them to act. This storytelling framework asks you to answer three basic questions: Story of Self: Why have you been called to serve?

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

As new thinking continues to emerge and donor positioning shifts, ethical storytelling is evolving, and a new messaging strategy, called strength-based messaging , has emerged. Understanding it and employing it is essential to creating responsible fundraising messaging.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 7, 2023

Learn how to master storytelling, create engaging content, and grow your list of supporters with this helpful guide! If your nonprofit is struggling to get fans to stop scrolling, you may need to adjust your strategy.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Storytelling has become a hot topic in non-profit fundraising. There’s a reason for this change: storytelling is extremely important to good fundraising. Two Types of Non-Profit Storytelling. In my experience, when we talk about “storytelling” in non-profit fundraising, we’re talking about one of two separate things.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In part three of this series on how to become a great nonprofit storyteller, I talk about the practical skills you need to tell an effective story. In part two, I touched on the storytelling elements that will inspire your audience and encourage them to take a desired action. . Once you create your story, you need to edit it. .

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 16, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Creating Unforgettable Nonprofit Events for Maximum Impact Ever been to a nonprofit event that left you in awe and inspired to make a difference? We’ve cracked the code to creating such unforgettable experiences! Well, guess what?

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2023

Here are five ways to prove impact through storytelling—and how you, the grantmaker, can help. Your role as a grantmaker could involve providing guidance on ethical and trauma-informed storytelling practices , ensuring that an individual’s story is shared with dignity and respect.

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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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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Whether it be convincing a board of directors, finding the time and resources, or seeking funds from grantmakers, many foundations face hurdles in creating an advocacy agenda. Creating an advocacy agenda rooted in core values. A great grant proposal is really just exceptional storytelling that matches a need for financial support.”.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The urgency you create in a fundraising appeal must be genuine and true. Here are a few ways that you can create this kind of urgency. As with all things in fundraising and communications, what you create is only as useful as you make it. It is never okay or ethical to embellish the urgency to manipulate people to donate.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Is digital storytelling part of your toolkit? A little over five years ago, when a small group of TechSoup staffers began a conversation about what it would look like to build community through education and empowerment, storytelling seemed to be the golden ticket. digital storytelling Social Media video Communications'

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Qgiv

MARCH 17, 2022

What they did: United Against Poverty Orlando created an email series to help countdown to their fundraising campaign. They organized a peer-to-peer campaign called Hand UP Orlando and encouraged community members to become hand up heroes by creating or joining a group fundraising team or by donating. Request a Demo.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2021

How can nonprofits use digital storytelling to create effective campaigns? TechSoup's first digital storytelling mini-conference — we were joined by industry leaders who showed us how to build a strategy, use the right tools, and execute successful digital storytelling campaigns.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 4, 2024

A new study found that one reason Americans don’t understand philanthropy is the sector’s own messaging, but better stories can build trust.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2014

I don’t have to tell anyone who reads Beth’s blog about the value of storytelling. Few would deny that storytelling is a powerful tool for inspiring action and influencing thought leaders, donors, and decision makers. However, few of us working in the social impact space could admit to utilizing storytelling to its fullest potential.

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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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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

Here at TechSoup, we know that successful storytelling does not happen in a blink of an eye, out of thin air, or by pressing a magic button. What is needed is space to create. first installment of our 2013 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge webinar series, Creating a Culture of Storytelling. organization.

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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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