Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Evening meals sometimes went on for hours as we continued our storytelling. We are surrounded by stories: our own story, the stories of our families and friends, and the stories of the work we do every day. These stories simply exist in our minds until we add language and share them with others.

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EveryAction

MAY 2, 2023

Sharing stories Stories help us to better connect with one another as human beings, and when it comes to advocacy, storytelling can be a powerful tool. Story collection forms allow organizations to easily collect personal stories from supporters about how your issues impact their lives.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

. —– Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people’s minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. Animoto isn’t a new tool, but it is still in my top five.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2011

Data: Strategy and Storytelling. I’ve documented the community and content mapping processes before, you can use the slides above to see the process or review the blog post with instructions. We also talked about user testing and storytelling with data. Presentation. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Read the previous posts on believing that your story doesn’t matter , thinking that success is selfish , being in a victim mindset , and living in fear. Once you figure out those things, I want you to think about your story. Writing out and sharing your story will help you make the impact you’re hoping to have.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Use it to tell your story. Most nonprofits have volunteers with interesting experiences to share and they are typically happy to share their stories. Use your About page as a jumping-off point and go more in depth, using engaging historical photos, maps, and documents as much as you can. That’s totally natural.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2016

During the chat, @GivingTues will start with welcomes, and then lead a discussion about storytelling best practices. MyGivingStory, in its second year, is a nationwide campaign and social media storytelling contest to inspire public discussion about the reasons people give. Telling Stories with a Purpose – Rockefeller Foundation.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 13, 2014

Millennials tell their own story through Twitter. 56% of the respondents to the study claim Twitter is for sharing and documenting their life in real time. Offer a way for millennials to share their story through their feed by suggesting a hashtag, asking a question, or encouraging them to share anything!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is back and there are some great prizes in store for organizations with the most creative, compelling, and entertaining stories. However, before we can talk about prizes or even sending submissions, we need to cover how to create those digital stories.

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

I also had the privilege of speaking on another Online Storytelling panel with Roger Burks and Jay Davis. We've provided training on how to interview subjects, tips for photographing and video-recording, as well as best practices for writing strong stories that encourage and elicit action.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Forum One has partnered with NRDC to develop its website as well as additional digital assets, such as an immersive storytelling experience to celebrate the organization’s 50th anniversary in 2020 and an offshore drilling position tracking tool to help constituents easily find their legislators’ positions on offshore drilling.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 20, 2010

One of the ways grantees can do this is by capturing and sharing success stories of their work. asked me to share some of my storytelling experience with the grantees in hopes that they would be inspired to better document and share the important work that they do and the impact they have in their communities. John Snow, Inc.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

If nothing else, these things will ensure that your receipt is useful as a tax document. Include stories and images that show the real-world impact of your organization and your donor’s gift, specifically. Check out how Mercy Ships uses images and quotes to tell stories in their receipts: Add conditional content. There’s more!

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

And data storytelling is at the forefront of such initiatives. At first thought, data and storytelling sound like an odd mix. "Data" sounds dry, while storytelling weaves narratives aimed at appealing to people's emotions. From Dry Legal Documents to Interactive Visualizations. Who is your audience?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 12, 2012

This week at the 2012 SXSW Interactive Conference, I noticed another theme that is a facet of multichannel communications: Transmedia Storytelling. While an official definition may be arguable, I would define transmedia story telling as a technique in telling a story where multiple platforms or channels are necessary to tell the whole story.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This document should include a comprehensive overview of your nonprofit’s logo, color palette, and typography, as well as define your brand’s tone of voice and other writing style guidelines. Tell the story of those impacted by your organization.

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Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

Keep Commonly Asked-For Documents Organized. In addition to specific grant questions, many applications will ask for other documents related to your nonprofit. Most grantmakers want to fund specific projects and costs, so ensure you’re tailoring your grant proposal message to those needs by using effective storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I couldn’t help but think – what if Joe Page or other community foundation board members had flip cameras, some video and story telling training and shared their stories on the Alaska Community Foundation Facebook page? I was lucky enough to talk my host into driving me to Talkeetna so I could document this fabulous story.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2009

The folks who run Story of My Life , a website that encourages everyday people to chronicle the stories that make up their life (aka anthologies) and share them online with friends, family and future generations, has cooked up a new project aimed at nonprofits. Did I mention that the Story Tellers Project is grant funded?

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2011

Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people's minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. Animoto Animoto isn't a new tool, but it is still in my top five.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

Hairston, vice president of institutional advancement and development at Miles College, said, “[This report] will be one of those seminal documents that will allow us to get in rooms we might have been excluded from.” Panelist Dr. Steven E.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

My role was to document the event and collect stories. I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. The Art of Story Capture.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Reach out to them individually, listen to their stories, and express genuine appreciation for their support over the years. Share donor stories : Highlight pithy stories of individuals who have made planned gifts and the lasting impact it has had on your organization. Older donors often appreciate storytelling and nostalgia.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

More than any other time of the year it's time for charities to tell their compelling story. Storytelling with Mobile Video. Tell Your Story. There are a ton of great nonprofit and library stories out there well worth a video or a million words. " May well be. TechSoup has some tools that may come in handy.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2016

" Based on short summary text before the start of the story, you already know that Grace was assaulted. You have three sentences or fewer to catch your reader's attention and convince them your story is worth reading before they move on to something else. You need to think about it the same way when writing your story.

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2011

[As part of the 2011 NTC, a group of attendees are documenting their experiences at the conference on the NTEN Blog.] This blog entry and the theme of "Tech" will focus on what I hear from others, no matter the significance, newness or pros or cons as the story is sharing, the sharing is key to learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

One of the most valuable is to incorporate a process evaluation, capturing what actually happened as the event or program unfolded. You can always learn from documenting as an event unfolds and having a formal reflection or debrief post program or event. Another creative way of doing the debrief, is to use organizational storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

At that time she made and raised $2,000 using Chipin, using the case study I had documented where I raised money to send a young Cambodian women to college. The art of storytelling though, and documenting an event or a slice of time is, of course, not restricted to bound pages. We cover an issue from beginning to end.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 29, 2020

Effective Communications through Stories. It might be a valuable sell document, but it’s not as helpful as a well-built website filled with stories and visuals. Some tips for effective story-telling include: Have a central character who is the beneficiary of your organization. . To Sum It Up.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

In the past few years, we've seen the transformation from long to extremely short-form digital content like that on Vine and Instagram, and we've experienced the rise and fall of numerous storytelling apps never to be seen or heard of again. But how can stories touch hearts and minds if they go unnoticed and unheard?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Quantitative and qualitative data are often positioned as opposing or complementary means of documenting impact. In other words, data can tell a continuous story that is meaningful, dynamic, and actionable. By Irene Kao, Project Manager, Tides. In June, Tides partnered with Rhiza on a data mapping pilot using their Insight software.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2009

Through blog posts, photos and web video, Morgan Sully , will document the stories of creative, innovative communities found in European galleries, international events , meetups , barcamps , fabrication labs , and innovation competitions. How do artists, entrepreneurs and other ‘creatives’ support themselves doing the work they do?

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

To facilitate this journey, ensure your site is optimized for telling your organization’s story. Include elements of your nonprofit’s story on multiple strategic pages, including your donation page and about page. Use real stories and statistics to make your case for support.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This enables streetfootballworld to call attention to its work through digital storytelling. The nonprofit received a donation of ELOoffice from Stifter-Helfen, which is document management software. ELOoffice allows LandsAid to bundle its electronic documents and paper documents into one system.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2011

These lightweight, pocket-sized cameras are ideal for documenting or sharing your organization's work in action. Video can tell your organization's story and be easily spread through social media and other channels. They'll share storytelling tips, budgets, and viral marketing secrets. About the Cameras.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This is well documented, and even the history of people describing themselves as white goes back to the slave trade. It’s not their story. And so I can echo Amy in that, in saying that I made a conscious effort to try and keep the stories of the black people in the forefront. Danielle Coates-Connor : Powerful, Amy.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 19, 2023

Part of making a compelling case for anything is telling a story. It’s common knowledge today that storytelling is among the most effective ways to connect with an audience and deliver content in a way that’s catchy, resonant, and memorable. But what does storytelling mean in practice? Telling the Story: 5 Tips 1.

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