Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

But it isn’t enough to have a rough idea of messaging, an incomplete timeline, some scheduled tweets, and an arbitrary fundraising goal. Ready, set, goals! It should contain purposeful actions that aim to achieve specific fundraising goals from a diversified group of sources, and be data-driven from start to finish.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

One of the more effective ways to generate buzz for and traffic to your blog is to tap into the breaking news cycle. If your nonprofit is launching a new program or campaign, definitely write a blog post to share the news and summarize the new program or campaign’s goals. offers a 90-minute webinar on blogging on WordPress.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

On social media, storytelling is a powerful tool that can draw in people who have stumbled across your platform. Remember, a picture is worth a thousand words. Storytelling can help distinguish your social media from similar organizations. Branding is the best way to highlight your values and goals on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Here’s 5 infographics that will help you get up to speed about using visualization processes to generate insights from data. We’ve all heard the phrase, “a picture is worth 1,000 words.” 1: What is an infographic? Source: Infographics Archive - Click To See Full Image.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In the digital age, where most traditional storytelling is done over the Internet, attention spans are ever shrinking. Of that 8 second average attention span, I can assure you that my generation is on the lower end of that count. The pictures told a story. In fact, the latest numbers given by the U.S. Is that a character flaw?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

I believe that our children’s generation is key to creating lasting change in equality, justice, climate change, and human rights. Pictured: Devi Thomas’ sons. Our common goal is to protect the kids we love from the climate crisis. We need to involve them, learn from them, and do better ourselves in protecting them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

One of the more effective ways to generate buzz for and traffic to your blog is to tap into the breaking news cycle. If your nonprofit is launching a new program or campaign, definitely write a blog post to share the news and summarize the new program or campaign’s goals. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter.

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Achieve

MARCH 11, 2015

A generation of slacktivists? What if the problem with Millennials and fundraising isn’t that our generation doesn’t care enough to actually give? Peer fundraising is the best way to raise money from this new generation of supporters, and a few organizations are already harnessing this strategy. slacker + activist].

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

Julia: My framework that I use with my clients is 80/20: 80% of your posts should be informative, educational, inspirational, helpful, valuable, shedding light on your programs, storytelling, etc. You’re connecting the dots to create a picture of what your organization is and who you are, who you stand for, and your values and ethics.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2021

Then, craft physical and digital appeals that don’t compete with each other, but work together to create a comprehensive picture of your nonprofit. Your direct mail audience is likely to have similar goals and motivations as your current base but different preferences for how they’re addressed. Build Momentum. Create Emotional Appeals.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Criteria is really important to consider: the crowds voting = who do you want to win this; the hosts/judges/experts voting = quality, value, innovation or alignment with competition/organizational goals. Embrace storytelling. Public’s favorites put to expert judges for final selection. Sometimes that means crowdsourcing.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Diverse Goals. Road trips touch on so many different goals that organizations focus on that it’s hard to believe how few major nonprofits have embraced the road trip campaign strategy. With a bit of savvy planning, road-trips can be an innovative vehicle to align with your organization’s goals.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. The Power of Storytelling in Fundraising Humans are meaning-making creatures.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Creating an year-long strategy with clearly stated goals/. What are your goals? Once you’ve ironed out your timeline and key goals, it’s much easier to plan strategic campaigns and upcoming content calendars. . they do an amazing job of visual storytelling), @rainforestalliance. , @habitatforhumanity. , @aspca. ,

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Not only is it an engaging donor experience, but peer-to-peer fundraising is often the push you need to reach essential fundraising goals. If you’ve never hosted your own peer-to-peer campaign or you just want some general tips on how to make your next one better, this guide is here to answer any questions you have. Track progress].

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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. Harness the Power of Storytelling. After all, the people on the charity: water team are masters at storytelling.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

One of the more effective ways to generate buzz for and traffic to your blog is to tap into the breaking news cycle. If your nonprofit is launching a new program or campaign, definitely write a blog post to share the news and summarize the new program or campaign’s goals. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

If we can demystify the terminology around outcomes measurement and impact storytelling, could that lower the barrier to entry? Anyone and everyone who is involved in grantmaking and investing in social change should use measurement to understand progress toward goals. To get to the root of No. Outputs vs. Outcomes.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2013

This will help your content marketing efforts paint a better picture of how your organization helps to meet your constituents’ needs. This outreach to our followers solidifies our goal to listen and engage with individuals. It also emphasizes how significant your supporters’ stories are when telling your organization’s own story.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Join us and hundreds of fundraising and marketing professionals at the Washington Nonprofit Conference, a two-day event where you will exchange innovative marketing and fundraising ideas, generate insightful solutions and think creatively to help you make the relationship with your donors even stronger. General / @NatUrbanLeague.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

My goal is that these articles is to provide you with fundraising advice that will help you year-round and especially as we careen towards year-end fundraising season, which is like the Olympics of annual fundraising IMO. Specifically, what to do before and during the campaign to generate additional awareness. Text plus a short video.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

Engaging supporters (and attracting new ones) with storytelling techniques. What are your goals for your site? However, resist the temptation to put too many design elements, pictures, or videos on your site, especially on pages where a user might be looking for something very specific (like your donation page).

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Feeling like your board members won’t help work toward your organization’s fundraising goals is discouraging, especially if you feel like you’ve tried everything to get them involved. Your goal here is to make your board feel empowered to raise money for a cause they love. #3: It’s a match made in heaven! #9:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

The moderator, Patrick O'Heffernan, shared his thoughts based on his experience with The People Choose which is connected to Link TV and the first non-profit site to launch user-generated video as a community building process in a non profit environment. They make it somewhat difficult to incorporate storytelling techniques.

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M+R

OCTOBER 26, 2022

To generate awareness, consideration, and conversions throughout the donor journey, we needed to build a full-funnel strategy. For many years, direct-response Search campaigns have successfully supported our goal of finding donors who were ready to contribute. At first, our team felt hesitant to expand our strategy.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

This insight will help you set a reasonable goal for your campaign. Next-generation predictive modeling —plugging your data into a formula to create a numerical value or score to predict a donor’s probability of giving—also can help you connect with donors new to major giving. Establish and Manage Your Goals.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The goal is to talk in an informal setting with no agenda so they’re comfortable sharing what they need. During the orientation, present new board members with a certificate of service and take a picture to document the important moment. The goal of this is twofold. This tour can be done in-person or virtual.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Up your storytelling game. When you use your donor data strategically, you can set attainable goals, identify new donor pools, choose effective communication channels, and personalize your appeals. Picture a potential donor. Baby Boomers tend not to be interested in peer-to-peer, but most other generations are.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Because organized efforts are based on goals and the work or process itself, it’s easy for communities to iterate or change at any time and remain flexible in the decisions and steps created towards achieving those driving goals. The next step is focusing on the right goals. Where’s the sweet spot? Libraries + Learning.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

These campaigns run for a fixed period of time and have an overall fundraising or impact goal. Fundraisers participate by setting a personal fundraising goal towards the overall goal and share their personal fundraising pages with their friends and family. Individual fundraisers join together to work towards a goal.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Neverthirst share pictures showing communities before they had access to clean water, what their facilities were and the state of the water. You’ll find plenty of pictures of children whose dreams have come true thanks to this nonprofit. Then they show what it is like now. What We Can Learn. Facebook Advertising.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

These campaigns run for a fixed period of time and have an overall fundraising or impact goal. Fundraisers participate by setting a personal fundraising goal towards the overall goal and share their personal fundraising pages with their friends and family. Individual fundraisers join together to work towards a goal.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

These campaigns run for a fixed period of time and have an overall fundraising or impact goal. Fundraisers participate by setting a personal fundraising goal towards the overall goal and share their personal fundraising pages with their friends and family. Individual fundraisers join together to work towards a goal.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Photos of people are particularly compelling, so gather pictures of volunteers, beneficiaries, and community members. The Doctors Without Borders blog has plenty of examples of this type of captivating storytelling, including a gripping story about people fleeing violence in Sudan.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2021

Poor user engagement can torpedo any new goals or projects that your site needs to accomplish. Simply put, if no one is visiting or actively using your website, it’ll be extremely difficult to reach your online donation goals and build stronger connections with donors. Ways to Solve This Challenge. Ways to Solve This Challenge.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

My goal here is to give you as much value as possible in lots of different ways. And I think this day I took this picture was the day that I really started to ask this question. So much accountability, but had no idea how I was going to get to that goal. Their goal was only 15. And so I want to say thank you.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

It’s no secret that storytelling in the digital age is essential for nonprofits , but the efficacy of stories depends largely on how clearly and strategically they’re communicated to each audience, or persona. Once you’ve done this, you can then organize your outreach campaign plan, prioritize your resource allocation, and set smarter goals.

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