.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It generates its own energy. Opportunities must be a two-way street that advances both individual and organizational goals. To move beyond the easy solutions, begin by reviewing your current goals and assessing where there are gaps and weaknesses. Written, verbal, interpersonal, storytelling, and presentation?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Ready to meet (and exceed) your 2024 fundraising goals? Show real humans talking to the camera through videos and storytelling. While paid ads might offer a straightforward route to visibility, they can’t replicate the authenticity, depth of engagement, and lasting loyalty that come from organically building a community.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 22, 2024

Reassess Your Goals and Audience Align with Donor Preferences Spring cleaning isn’t just for closets! Take a fresh look at your fundraising goals for the year. The Power of Storytelling Showcase Impact with Fresh Narratives Spring is a symbol of growth and new beginnings.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

Earlier this month, the Connected Generation conference brought lots of folks from organizations and direct services groups, as well as practitioners, educators, and researchers together in Bristol, UK, to talk about the use of social media in youth work. Tags: events presentation cgen10 community storytelling youth.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

Individuals raising money for a cause they care about deeply want to surpass their donation goals and build enthusiasm for the mission. Set a Goal, Then Raise It For individual P2P fundraisers, having something to aim for always helps. You can go back and raise your goal as you start to see the fundraising dollars come in.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Storytelling is a strategic tool that has been used since the beginning of humanity to transmit a meaningful message to others. Nonprofits can also make use of storytelling to engage their audience , get their attention, and influence them to change their behavior and take action. Know Your Goals. Select Your Audience.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

This versatile tool can generate text, translate languages, create diverse forms of creative content, and more. As pioneers in the nonprofit tech space, Qgiv also offers AI solutions with Fundraising IQ to generate emails, recommend auction items, suggest campaign improvements, and more!

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At the end of the day, this kind of peer-to-peer connection is a helpful way to amplify your goal on a day saturated with communications! You can also ask for seed funding—make sure you’re not starting at 0% to your goal at midnight on November 29. What have you raised in the past and what is a realistic goal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Note from Beth: The American Red Cross launched a user generated ad campaign featuring unscripted stories created and filmed by real people helped by the organization. 1) So, you’re encouraging your donors/stakeholders to create their own content or user-generated content. We ended up with a list of about 300 storytellers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. While Facebook and Twitter may be waning a bit in popularity and usage, visual storytelling platform Instagram keeps growing in engagement and daily time spent on the site. .

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Achieve

MAY 15, 2024

Perhaps you haven’t been meeting your fundraising goals. To help you decide which grants to focus on, ask yourself: Does the grantmaker’s goal align with my organization’s goals? Alongside articulating your need for funding and specific goals and objects, implement storytelling techniques that help you stand out from the crowd.

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Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2024

As we step into 2024, I know that our mission-driven partners are trying to achieve big goals while navigating an ever-shifting digital landscape. Generations young and old are looking for tangible connections and real-world impact. A new year brings new possibilities, and also new challenges.

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EveryAction

MAY 2, 2023

That’s why we often say that advocacy is for everyone: when decisions are being made that affect your organization’s work, mission, and vision, it just makes sense to get involved, unite your supporters, and move them to take action with you in pursuit of a specific mission-oriented goal.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 25, 2022

Storytelling is a tactic that many non-profit organizations use in order to create empathy between the donors and the project, and to also share the results of their contributions. Our main goal, after all, is to inspire and engage donors as they have made a gift. You could try using a creative opening, such as leading with a story.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 16, 2023

The Power of Events in Nonprofit Fundraising Events are a game-changer for nonprofits, and here’s why: Raise funds : Events help you generate funds through ticket sales, sponsorships, auctions, and donations. Ticket sales, sponsorships, and donations all add to your fundraising goals.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2020

Regardless, setting up the right goals in your Google Analytics account will give you insight into your audiences, and your nonprofit website performance. They have a command of storytelling that invites an emotional response, moving the reader to engage with the organization in a few desired ways. What are Google Analytics goals?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In our first Countdown to GivingTuesday blog post we covered tips for determining goals, using impact to drive storytelling, and planning communications. What feelings do the stories generate? What takeaway actions do the stories generate? Tip : Revisit your communication goals. Build Your GivingTuesday Committee.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Leveraging creativity – How your persuasive message resonates with listeners (storytelling, visual aids, structure, curiosity) Honing your delivery – Your unique style, movement, personality, and ability to execute effectively. This book is formulated for the busy professional,” explains Sjodin.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2019

“The next generation of donors” is not just the latest fundraising trend or catchphrase for development teams. Nonprofit organizations have always tried to understand how to shift and modify their fundraising strategies to appeal to and resonate with the future generation of donors.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

This means that getting board members to ask their personal network for money is the fastest way to hit your board fundraising goals. They simply need to be good storytellers. Take these ten tasks and turn your board members from “fundraising-hesitant” to active revenue generating supporters.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Increased brand awareness: Galas generate publicity and visibility for your organization and its cause. Set realistic goals. Focus on storytelling. Engagement: Maintaining excitement and maximizing attendance requires effective marketing. Beyond these initial planning pointers, remember: Start planning early. Balance is key.

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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. This live session rounded out our Online Storytelling Bootcamp webinar series with a focus on how to create a culture of storytelling within one's organization. Have everyone buy into the idea that storytelling matters!

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2022

Illustration generated by DALL·E. The goals must be SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and measurable). This data is necessary to ensure that everyone is thinking about and working toward the same goals. posted by Theresa Adkison Fall 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2023

Through a combination of fundraising efforts, community engagement, and storytelling, Giving Days aim to create a surge of donations and raise awareness about the vital work your nonprofit organization is doing. Set Clear Goals It is important to define your fundraising target, donor engagement goals and impact-oriented objectives.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Before you begin developing your nonprofit marketing campaign, don’t forget to set meaningful goals for what you want to accomplish. These can be quarterly or annual goals. You can also align your marketing targets with other current goals for your organization, such as focusing on donor acquisition or stewardship.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

When I talk with non-profit professionals about their storytelling endeavors, I often get asked questions about interviewing someone for their story. But that time you spend having a conversation with someone will generate some of the best information and quotes. 1) I fully understand the end goal and purpose of the story.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2023

Setting Up Your Personal Fundraising Page A personal fundraising page, like the one seen above, is where individuals or individuals within a team can share their story, set a goal and invite their network to give. Set Your Goal When setting your goal, it’s important to start small and work your way up.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

For some, these feelings form into a plan, a new set of goals, and a refreshed mindset throughout the year ahead. Impact measured through storytelling Finally, as we look at the year ahead, I would be remiss if I did not mention impact. It may be so difficult to pinpoint because it is not one, but rather a mixture of feelings.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 26, 2023

Proven Strategies and Best Practices for Nonprofits to Increase Fundraising Event Revenue Our recent survey showed that there are a variety of effective methods to generate event revenue for your cause, including sponsorship, ticket sales, live and silent auctions, raffles, fund-a-need, text-to-donate, and peer-to-peer fundraising.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

That’s why it’s important to plan ahead, set goals, and brainstorm some Giving Tuesday campaign ideas several weeks or months in advance. Wondering what kind of campaign would best serve your goals? Video] GivingTuesday.org: Goal Setting for Giving Tuesday. The Power Of Storytelling For Fundraising. Thanking Donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Now to dig into this topic because it combines a couple of interest - storytelling with social media and working in a networked way. Lina offers a concise definition of Transmedia Storytelling , a concept and term coined by Henry Jenkins. It’s likely time to add storytelling to the task list.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

And of course, all good strategies start with a transparent goal that tugs at a donor’s heartstrings and tells them what kind of impact they can have on your work with a donation, so be sure that message is clear and compelling. 2) Focus on Storytelling and Impact. More on that later).

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Your organization’s social media strategy should be a carefully structured plan with SMART goals, posting frequency, key dates (like an awareness month tied to your mission), and content guidelines for posts. Paid social media can help you further your nonprofit’s reach so you can reach and surpass the SMART goals you set.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

Generating thank you emails to your donors after every gift is a simple way to let them know that they are seen,appreciated and making a difference in the world. It’s no wonder why so many survey respondents shared that email is their most used communication channel to achieve fundraising goals.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

While acquisition is definitely a worthwhile goal, a sensible fundraising specialist will tell you that another top priority of any given fundraising project should be retaining the dedicated supporters that you already have. . Focus on impact storytelling . Tip #4: Focus on impact storytelling . Personalize all appeals

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Data storytelling is about bringing your data to life in three simple steps: Explore: find patterns and insights Monitor: check performance (leading indicators and key performance indicators) Explain: go beyond the what and dig further into the why. Know your data in and out,” says Emily.

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sgEngage

APRIL 20, 2023

Your fundraising campaigns are usually geared toward reaching a specific goal. BWF’s steps to annual giving encourage storytelling through your annual giving campaign. At the beginning of your annual giving campaign, generate excitement with a kickoff event. Set a theme for each year’s annual giving campaign.

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