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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

Get Fully Funded

For the purposes of our exercise, let’s say our story takes place in India. Some of the most compelling images and videos are snapped in an instant on a smartphone. The first thing your readers should see is an image that makes them want to know the story behind it. Setting: This is where your story happens. Look at her eyes.

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Safety First: How to Mitigate Risk at In-Person Events

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It’s helpful to be present at the venue and to go through a visualization exercise with key staff or volunteers. This exercise is a great way to develop your checklist. If you have a scrolling pre-event slideshow with sponsor logos or other images, mix in some reminders about masking or distancing. Ready to visualize?

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[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

Bloomerang

And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. And that means our image and our brand is making a difference. Well, your image is wrapped up in your brand. But get this.

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Measuring Your Blog's Outcomes and Use of Other Social Media Tools

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ah, my screencast script on google analytics completely ignores social media and only focuses on web sites. I'm struggling to learn Google Analytics, so I thought it might be a useful exercise to go through his framework with my own blog. Kaushik's advice is: For your blog, personal or professional I recommend a goal setting exercise.

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[VIDEO] The 3 V’s of Virtual Communication

Bloomerang

It was interesting because one of the exercises that I have people do is I will have them do their own Zoom video, as if they’re making the virtual ask. So one simple exercise that you can do, if you don’t know where to start, it’s your nonprofit’s website. And so I’ll do like a script with them.

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This Digital Marketing Process Will Make You Write Better Content

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Lastly, I repeated the exercise for the phrase, “ marketing process ,” to see if I could rank for a related keyword. Create Your Own Images. Writing content is time-consuming enough without adding image creation into the mix. The Value Of Image Search. Every single one of my images have an alt text.

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Strange(r) Encounters: Conditions for Engagement

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This can go overboard, however, as demonstrated by the image at the top. If you are doing something too weird or well-scripted, people look at you as a show or a threat, not an opportunity to engage. Unless we're at Disneyland (and for many people, even there), furry costumes do not inspire participatory encounters.