Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

Everyone is talking about the ways that artificial intelligence (AI) can streamline the process of creating articles, stories, or posts. The ease of generating content these days is both a danger and an opportunity for nonprofits. However, there’s a great opportunity to stand out simply by having a distinctive human voice.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2021

They save money, generate revenue, provide expert service, and help organizations connect with their greater community. Tell stories on your newsletter, blog, website, and social media with visual assets to clearly illustrate your narratives. Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Volunteers add immense value to nonprofits.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

We tell stories to make sense of the world around us. Stories are based on commonly held beliefs about people, institutions, and society. When narratives are reframed, a context is created to help generate widespread support. Does it flow clearly and authentically from the stories and concepts about the issue?

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

Focus on impact storytelling . They believe direct mail is better at telling a touching story and conveying facts than digital methods. This is especially true among older generations, who prefer hard mail and similar forms of communication, but applies to everyone—tangible mail is simply more memorable. .

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Social media provides your organization with a public forum to share updates on projects, success stories, and any unexpected challenges you’ve come across. Instagram Instagram , another Metaverse social media platform, is primarily focused on visual content and thrives on striking imagery, video, and storytelling content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Stories are social. The importance of digital reputation management – stories last forever and can spread quickly. Everyone loves a good story. Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies. Content is king.

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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. People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. Share Stories from the Field.

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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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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

In previous years, we called it our Digital Storytelling Challenge. We thought we’d ask some past winners to tell us about how they’ve been using their videos and how important storytelling is to their organization. Our story challenges get lots of attention. Storytelling is an important part of any organization.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 25, 2019

Once you’ve decided on a voice that would best resonate with your audience, build loyalty with them through immersive, personal storytelling. Effectively communicating your organization’s story can be tricky at first, so here are some tips to get you started. Brand confusion. The same goes for visuals.

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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. People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. Share Stories from the Field.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. A relatable human voice connects. Personal stories, donor benefits, time sensitivity? Helping real people should be the star.

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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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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

From ensuring equal access to education to advocating for mental health awareness to creating black history for future generations, all of these organizations inspire us, and we hope they inspire you too. Black Public Media emerged out of a need for more stories from Black storytellers. Black Teacher Project. Black Public Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

Humberto Kam from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and Cindy Johanson from Edutopia shared some case studies about storytelling and what inspires people to share your organization’s content. ” Tips via @humbertokam : pre-package stories, let talent speak for itself, optimize for the channel and be authentic. .”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), All that said, as social media managers, we need to read in order have moments when we are completely immersed in a story using our brains to process words, sentences, story structure, and plot lines – not just soundbites, headlines, tweets, and pins.

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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. The parent voice carries acute moral and emotional weight. We need to involve them, learn from them, and do better ourselves in protecting them. Devi Thomas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Instagram is about photo sharing and tell stories in photos. The platform attracts many brands because of the opportunities for brand story telling. Goodwill: It generates goodwill, especially if exudes humaness, humility, and/or humor. He gives you the inside story about the work of art. Visibility. What to Post?

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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. People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. Share Stories from the Field.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2015

As marketers, communicators, and fundraisers, it’s our job to tell stories. Stories about our mission, what we do, our programs, our successes, the lives we’ve helped change. We want to generate excitement. You know what content generated the most clicks on our web site? What should we talk about, and who decides?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Not only does valuable and unique content increase the visibility of your organization and its mission, but (if done right) it encourages engagement among your supporters and echoes in a familiar voice the emotional core of your organization’s purpose. Tap into Supporter’s Valuable Stories and Experiences . Think Outside the Box.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Let your stakeholders share their story and passion about your organization – from the heart and humor work. Set realistic expectations and objectives for pilots, focus on learning and engagement. Pick a campaign and platform to experiment with integrating social fundraising , but build your network and get organized first.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2018

This strategy generates excitement around the cause connection, and it helps the brand benefit from the “halo effect” (gained via social media impressions and partnerships.) With crowdfunding individuals can donate their voice, network and time to the causes they care about. The content is authentic and produced in real time.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Between the visual storytelling opportunities, real time update capabilities, almost all of the same advertising options as Facebook, and 1 billion active monthly users* – Instagram is a no brainer to me. they do an amazing job of visual storytelling), @rainforestalliance. , @habitatforhumanity. , @aspca. , Share impact stories.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2018

This strategy generates excitement around the cause connection, and it helps the brand benefit from the “halo effect” (gained via social media impressions and partnerships.) With crowdfunding individuals can donate their voice, network and time to the causes they care about. The content is authentic and produced in real time.

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Everyaction

AUGUST 6, 2018

What makes a great story? What makes a great storyteller? With any story that I hope to tell in the future, or am telling now, I want it to be grounded in the truth of the community and be grounded in the community itself. A great storyteller is someone who can relate to those experiences, right?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

One of the best parts of developing a book is learning new stories. For me, the early stage of writing a book is a treasure hunt--an excuse to seek out new examples and ideas that strengthen the story. She writes with power, and a voice unlike any I've encountered online. And she's been blogging for over 12 years.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

It's not enough to just share stories about your impact — how do you mobilize and engage people who are passionate about issues you're working on? Put People at the Forefront of Your Stories. Your audience will respond to stories that immediately grab their attention. Share their stories with your audience.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2007

But today I had an experience that reinvigorated my love for and belief in tangible projects that can fill museums with content that is user-generated, shared, and explored. But in this project, each artist is uniquely powerful because they give voice to something vital, something easy for viewers to access emotionally.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Podcasting is a storytelling medium; use it as the voice for your organization’s most compelling stories. There are several services that allow you to create a podcast directly by leaving a voice message recording. I personally recommend LibSyn.com for hosting your podcast files and RSS feed generation.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 17, 2007

Tags: storytelling Technology Tools Worth Checking Out web2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Google Earth Outreach from Rebecca Moore: Google’s mapping tools may seem like an obscure tool to use in your work but these aren’t traditional maps: the new generation of mapping technology is fully interactive, enables storytelling, and more. (Did Did you know you can embed an audio file in Google Earth?)

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Our archeology did not aim to uncover the hidden voice of my grandmother, but instead to begin an ongoing practice of recreation. Over time the movement and arrangement of things trails a layered aesthetic that convey histories and narratives of changing communities passing through this unfolding three-story artwork.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

Striving to make storytelling work given the constraints of time, space, the boss’s demands, evolving trends, and how dang hard it is to draw horses. Quote out of context” — now here’s the context An out-of-context quote gives your reader a reason to keep reading in order to understand, and a quick way to dive into storytelling.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

We help you all tell your story to the masses and raise more funds faster. That’s kind of a part of my story. However, my story didn’t end there, and I want to kind of quickly tell you what happened next. So number one, step one, craft your core story. Essentially, what do we do? I just know it.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2007

Thirty-two "weeks" of events were condensed into the 10-week game, and each week, both in-game characters and real people--players all over the world--documented life in the new reality and swapped stories, solutions, and possibilities for survival. Players used all manners of Web 2.0--blogs, The breadth and depth of content is staggering.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

You can embed Google Earth into your website to present information to your community that really helps tell the story of your work and your issue. With the information and story this new map was able to convey, they were able to stop the logging plans. Raising awareness and providing local communities a venue for sharing their story.

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