Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

It’s harder to create a fun event when everyone is sitting at home in front of their computer. But with so many success stories out there, it’s clear that virtual fundraisers can be just the right thing at the right time for the right organization. It’s fun, easy, and affordable! Have fewer details to stress over.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

But what really makes a story shine is a strong, concise message, told in a way only your unique perspective and voice can. Are you telling a personal story, creating a fundraising pitch, inspiring others to care about a cause , or teaching potential customers about your business? Now comes the fun part.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

Story of Tomorrow Winner — SEEDS final. Our Story of Tomorrow winner, SEEDS final from Seeds of Awareness , succeeds in filming youth at this moment of awakening. Our Story of Tomorrow winner, SEEDS final from Seeds of Awareness , succeeds in filming youth at this moment of awakening. This is a powerful idea.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It was a lot of fun, and as much as I was asked to share some of my knowledge and ideas, I learned a great deal from the local participants. A blog can provide the space for sharing news, announcements, stories, and other information and let you reshare and distribute it all over the web. Do you have lots of different voices?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

You should also work to develop your brand’s voice and language across your social media profiles. Every nonprofit has a story, but how do you tell yours? Use pictures and videos to draw your audience in and enhance the stories you’re telling. Make sure it’s authentic and true to your organization’s culture. Drive engagement.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Each project, fund, or giving focus has a story to tell. Engage current students and alumni to share those stories on your giving day hub to give real-life meaning to how a donation can impact the campus community. Do they need photos and logos? Make it fun. Allow supporters to fundraise on behalf of giving day projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

They employ numbers throughout their site to make people feel aligned with thousands of others, and they give a face and a voice to those thousands with pictures, videos and written stories. Include photos of the donors or the company logo whenever possible. Identify Brand Evangelists Within Your Organization.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Spotlighting different traditions into your year-end outreach injects a sense of fun and wonder to a season that often can seem predictable, homogenous, and inclusive only to those who celebrate Christmas. Photos of multicolored lights, colorful beads, sticky rice, and tea. Generosity is, after all, a mandate for every faith.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Post a wide variety of blog content and have some fun with it. People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Often tied to breaking news stories or internal developments at your organization, a blog post calling for action is often well received.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Photo by Glenn Hirsch. Photo by Glenn Hirsch. Annie Leonard , the director of The Story of Stuff Project , shared a rich story about they have built a global network of activists around the film. Akhtar Badshah captured the story in this blog post. Her final point was that working as a network is fun!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

." ~ Caroline Lovell, Founder, Traveling Postcards Traveling Postcards facilitates the creation of handmade art postcards that are hand delivered all over the world to bringing awareness and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence, or repression. What is your favorite Traveling Postcards success story?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Cut The Wonk You nonprofit will raise more money by telling compelling stories that resonate with real people. Donors are human beings (not ATM machines) and they need to feel connected to your organization and to your story. Also be sure that the content is edited for each channel since each one has its own unique tone and voice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2018

A mid-year appeal can be developed many ways but highlighting an individual situation or story will have the most impact by enhancing your donors’ understanding and increasing their connection to your cause. Choosing the S tory – Updating your donor base on a previous story is a great way to change things up.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

The team also hopes to incentivize organizations to share knowledge and give beneficiaries a direct voice. That’s a funny story actually, but I suppose many entrepreneurs have similar stories. On July 5 the real fun began. Do you have any lessons learned or stories you can share with other social entrepreneurs?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2017

While there are many ways you can go about shaping your appeal , highlighting an individual situation or story will have the most impact by enhancing your donors’ understanding and increasing their connection to your cause. Statistics are great motivators, but can also alter the voice of an appeal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Flickr Photo by Metro Transportation Library and Archive. We get so overloaded by meaningless data collection, that we’re exhausted before we get to do the fun part: making sense out of it. Photo/video Views (optional if I’m testing as content strategy). I don’t try to measure everything. Unsubscribes.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

If the program staff posted Facebook photos of the successful food drive? Staff have to see the impact of their voice being added to the conversation. Building community takes many forms and is done for many different reasons: to raise money, pass legislation, connect with like-minded people, have fun, learn new things.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Offer profile/success stories for employee communications. A strong CSR program integrated with the brand story can make the difference in purchase decisions and consumer loyalty. Produce an annual event that is really unique, fun and engaging, and designed to raises money – be creative, such as a cooking contest or talent show.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

Photo by Metro Library and Archive. We get so overloaded by meaningless data collection, that we're exhausted before we get to do the fun part: making sense out of it. My Facebook page is focused on a listening and engagement objective - starting and maintaining a conversation. Photo Views. Tagging photos.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

For example, if you always want to save photos that you take with Instagram to your Dropbox folder, IFTTT will automatically do that for you. How it works for nonprofits: This helps you be a voice for whatever cause you’re advocating. Snapchat is an instant messaging app for photos. Thank them, be fun and be inviting.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

That’s what keeps things fun and engaging! But before, during, and after the fun, your message and the voice of your organization need to come through. Schedule those posts then wait for the fun. Photos and video will help your passion will come through. JUST for fun! LearnWorlds. Call to Action.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Example: The Environmental Defense Fund's blog, Climate 411 , "is the voice of the experts at Environmental Defense Fund, providing plain-English explanations of climate change science, technology, policy, and news." Take it a step further and share their news story links on your blog. Why not share their knowledge on your blog?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Photo by Rob de la Cretaz "We're so busy. A big thanks to the Big Vision podcast listener/Have Fun, Do Good reader, Terez Williamson , who suggested that I interview Laura for this show. She said, "You know, Laura, I think that birthdays aren't any fun, and I don't like them. This is fun." This is so fun.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Last week fifty people squeezed into the Marcus Bookstore in Oakland to hear young women share their stories, their rants, and their issues from a new collection of women's writing, We Got Issues! After collecting the stories, they commissioned a team of young female writers to create over 80 monologues for the WGI! We Got Issues!

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I hope you'll add to the list: Change/Wire Dining for Women Ella Baker Center Echoing Green Genocide Intervention Network Global Fund for Women Global Voices' Rising Voices Google.org Idealist NetSquared NTEN People's Grocery Save Darfur Social Actions Spot.us Stone Circles Streetside Stories Sustainable Table TechSoup U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

Thousands of photos in flickr (and really good ones). A couple of personal highlights of the sessions: Photography Tips Kris Krug who is an awesome photographer who gave us great tips on improving our photos. icanhascheezburger Ben Huh presented a fantastic visual, story-oriented, and funny presentation about his company.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A position on an event committee can keep your sponsor happy with their decision to work with you, as they’ll feel they are truly involved and can make their voice heard as you work together to do good in the community. You could also make it extra fun by giving away free branded swag to all who attend! Do so frequently.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

Also, the importance of telling your own story with your own voice. How do all these other people that I engage with also see this place, how do we coexist, and how can we work together to make it more fun, effective, and just for everybody? Asking questions like: Where am I in this place? What surrounds me?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Give your website a quick refresh with new photos, feature stories, and an updated right bar. While not as fun as using social media, implementing a donor retention strategy is likely to result in more revenue and dedicated supporters. Apply and utilize Google and Microsoft Ads Grants. 3) Implement a donor retention strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

blog Streetside Stories Mission: "Through the power of storytelling, Streetside values and cultivates young people’s voices, fostering educational equity and building community, literacy and arts skills." Flickr photo credit: Luck of Summer Rain uploaded by Gordana Adamovic-Mladenovic. Photo of Dora the Cat by Me.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

It’s going to be a fun one. We help you all tell your story to the masses and raise more funds faster. I’m also a girl dad and I can’t miss an opportunity to show photos of my three daughters. But a lot of fun. That’s kind of a part of my story. And it was really fun to experience that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I've been having a lot of fun researching some metaphors for the future and of course, I went straight to the Jetsons. The fun part is figuring out how to effectively deliver a 3D presentation in a 3D space. Scott knows his team’s strength is in telling the story and making it easy for others to raise the money. Wait a minute!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 23, 2014

I heard incredible—and often salacious—stories behind hidden gems I’d walked past numerous times. We interacted with the art and with each other through dynamic photo challenges, kinesthetic activities, and conversations. The tours boil down to three key things: engagement, relevance and fun. Why are they in this scene?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Food and drink will be served– with plenty of dancing, music and fun. Come say hi to us at the Higher Education Booth—where you’ll have the opportunity to get a new professional headshot, learn more about contributing thought leadership or sharing a success story (like via npENGAGE!), Wednesday, October 15.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The moment that they get your communication, whether that’s over email, if it’s a phone call, if it’s a text message, if it’s a voice memo, if it’s a personalized video, whatever it is, this is a chance for you. You can send them voice memos, if you have their cell phone. It’s just the most fun ever.

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