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Why Social Movements Need Stories

Tech Soup

That’s why stories are important, especially if our goal is to build a social movement: stories help us understand and relate to each other. For example, World Press Photo put together this powerful series on life in North Africa, giving an inside perspective not found in headlines, soundbites, or protest clips.

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The Nonprofit Email Newsletter How To

Pamela Grow

Is there an organization you could partner with, as Feeding America did with Mother Jones? Include one success story (no more) with the focus, always, on how your donor’s support made it happen. You may be tired of a story, but chances are good that it’s new to your donor. The Headline Analyzer doesn’t know your audience.

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How to Maximize Success Stories Across Your Nonprofit’s Digital Channels

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Stories are windows into new worlds. Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. Your organization’s name is featured in their headlines and your organization’s page is listed and linked on their profiles. For now, LinkedIn Pages outperform Facebook and Twitter in organic reach and engagement. For example: 1.

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The Scoop on Facebook Paper for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

In addition to seeing your Facebook News feed (what your friends are posting), you can add various news categories to your Paper feed. I added "Headlines," "Tech," "Equality," and a few others. To read a story, you swipe up. To move to the next article, you swipe to the left.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "The Art of Data.

ASU Lodestar Center

Consider the following: On the same day in the fall of 2007, two contradictory newspaper headlines accompanied high profile, front-page articles in both the East Valley Tribune and the Arizona Republic. The stories were about Arizona schools and the state of education pertaining to the academic achievement of students and their schools.

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How Facebook Changes Are Impacting Engagement on Brand Pages and What Nonprofits Should Do About It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The art of writing good teaser headlines is critical to getting more interaction. Human interest stories and good news from the organizations generated more interaction than others. fan pages) — it’s becoming increasingly difficult to get fan page content seen in the News Feed.

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