Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Editors Note: This week Frogloop is devoted to a blog series on storytelling. Nancy Schwartz, nonprofit marketing blogger , kicks off the series with Short-Form Stories Sizzle on Social Media. It’s really no surprise, given the nature of social media, that the best of the best tend to be short-form stories.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 11, 2021

Knowing this, nonprofit leadership must hire well in order to solidify their digital aptitude and relational commitments to stakeholders and beneficiaries, as recommended by The Bridgespan Group. This makes storytelling a necessity and a digital discipline.

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VisionLink

JUNE 19, 2012

Tech4Good Denver hosted an excellent and extremely informative group panel who shared true and tested content strategies when designing or managing your nonprofit’s website. Use visuals and graphics to turn complex data into easy-to-understand pictures. Share stories Storytelling will bring your website and your cause to life.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

I'm going to start by telling a story about storytelling. Apparently, pointing to pictures of wedding things and saying "that's gross" doesn't count as feedback, so it was time for me to come up with better suggestions on my own and give her some well-deserved rest. What do planners need to consider?

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2021

Brainstorm different groups of people you hope to reach that can help you accomplish your organization’s objectives. Then you can segment those external groups of audiences further. Again, these groups could be recurring donors, potential donors, the general public, event attendees, etc.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Allegiance Group makes achieving direct mail success simple. Then, pair those motivations with demographic descriptors to paint a more detailed picture of the audience your direct mail fundraising efforts will target. Consider incorporating these strategies into your preliminary concepts for the campaign: Leverage storytelling.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

From there, you can curate a strategy to target a defined supporter group. For example, you could plan to post short, engaging Instagram reels to share your nonprofit’s story and easy ways a younger audience can get involved. Or, showcase a fundraising event’s atmosphere on your story to let your supporters experience it virtually.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Picture yourself in a donor’s shoes. Show a person or group of people impacted by your organization, such as a beneficiary or donor, to share their connection to your cause. To learn more about how to construct your nonprofit explainer video’s narrative, check out this guide to nonprofit video storytelling. Explain your process.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Facebook lets you target groups based on demographics, interests, behaviors, and more. Your donor data should be segmented into common groups to create multiple target audiences in Facebook Ads Manager. Use pictures with people in them for the highest engagement. Use pictures with people in them for the highest engagement.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Pathfinder International’s annual report combines colorful graphic design, individual stories, and gorgeous portraits. WNET in Review ” uses viewer interaction to create a compelling story. Telling donor stories throughout connects the year’s events directly with the supporters reading along. The Humane Society. consistent.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Images are powerful: they can tell your organization's story quickly and persuasively, help show your impact, and help you connect with volunteers and donors. Pictures of their rescue dogs are a key component of their outreach. "I had pictures of the dogs on my hard drive at home, but what. behind the group.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

Pictured: Devi Thomas’ sons. Frida Berry Eklund: My climate-parent group, Våra barns klimat, founded Our Kids’ Climate in 2015, with an aim to bring the perspective of concerned parents to the UN Climate Summit in Paris. DT: With 58 parent groups in 23 countries, how have you built this movement?

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Refresh your website with recent pictures, fundraising updates, and results of your work. When your website showcases your organization’s impact and tells your story well, visitors will want to know more. No matter which platform you’re using to engage with your donors, focus on storytelling and sustaining relationships.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

The people who are part of a specific community are the experts in that field, and they should be part of the creative process, not just used to “run ideas by,” or as focus groups when we conduct user-testing. Ethical storytelling: It is not just about telling the right stories, but also telling the stories the right way. .

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

The best fundraising strategic plan tells a complete, organized, and analytics-based story that your team can actually use to help your campaign be more successful. 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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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This is a ground-breaking web-based tool built using JavaScript technologies that presents the clearest picture yet of how well a community meets the current and future needs of people of all ages, incomes, ethnicities, and abilities. The Livability Index scores neighborhoods and communities across the U.S. Pacific Science Center.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This is a ground-breaking web-based tool built using JavaScript technologies that presents the clearest picture yet of how well a community meets the current and future needs of people of all ages, incomes, ethnicities, and abilities. The Livability Index scores neighborhoods and communities across the U.S. Pacific Science Center.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

Watch her recent webinar, 6 Types of Stories You Should Be Telling on Social Media. 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. Looking for more of Julia’s wisdom? Summarize it!

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

They defined data visualization as the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture. “Map out the story you need to tell. Storyboarding can help you understand the full picture of what you want to show and what the most important aspect is to focus on.”

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

“Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). Many social media tools are specifically designed for users to tell stories and voice opinions, others are built as aggregators and distributors of users’ stories. Lesson #1: Voice.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. b) Story Submission.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

She’s known for tackling seemingly impossible fundraising efforts and turning them into success stories. They were an intelligent and sophisticated group, and I learned a lot from them. You can tell the story about your nonprofit’s work through its budget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2012

The majority of the boards we saw were very much about lifestyle: pictures of pretty stuff, hot style, and cool design. In many communities, Camfed students are supported by Mother Support Groups comprised of women who raise funds to support and empower their villages’ neediest girls.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Does it tell our nonprofit’s story? There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. Google+ and Google Products for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. Does it inspire?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Visit the Success Stories landing page at [link] to enter your submission. (a)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Does it tell our nonprofit’s story? There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. Google+ and Google Products for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. Does it inspire?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Wordle of Words Participants Use To Define ROI Yesterday I taught the fifth and final webinar as part of NTEN/TechSoup Global Webinar Series: Social Media and Storytelling. Corey Pudhorodsky, Podcasting and Storytelling. Ryanne Hodson and Jay Dedman, Video and Storytelling. Ryanne Hodson and Jay Dedman, Video and Storytelling.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Having said that, I often advise groups that very simple videos containing a little more than talking heads and graphics can be very powerful. The more resources you have at your disposal, the more sophisticated your video content and storytelling can become. That’s it.”.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

To keep it simple, let’s group your website visitors into three categories: . What kind of content does your website need for each of these groups? When you do, they are more likely to become friends, which brings us to our next group of visitors. They may have an incomplete picture of you, but the one they do have is favorable.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Tap into Supporter’s Valuable Stories and Experiences . Take the opportunity to ask your followers to share their own stories and experiences – in words, photos or videos. This will help your content marketing efforts paint a better picture of how your organization helps to meet your constituents’ needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2015

Making a real big difference demands that leaders do interior work to gain a self-understanding of themselves, develop relationship building skills and facilitating the work work of groups and leveraging their professional and organizational networks, and a clear and actionable understanding complex systems change.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

The group participating in the mission trip, such as the Youth Group or Adult Ministry, are the participants raising funds for the mission trip. For instance, ask your youth group to participate in a fun TikTok dance challenge or talent show. Continue the momentum of a capital campaign for a major project.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 3, 2018

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 unique segment of your audience, also sometimes known as a persona. Need a template for your next campaign? Eddie Engager + Emma Event Attendee.

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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. He gives you the inside story about the work of art. On Instagram, a photo is worth 1,000 words. Instagram is about storytelling. Visibility. What to Post?

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

We’ve assembled a stellar group of experienced and diverse speakers, and we hope you’re as amped as we are to hear what they have to say. In October 2017, she published her first book, “Permission To Screw Up,” in which she tells the stories of her biggest mistakes in leadership. The moment is finally here! kishshanaco.com.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Now we have smartphones, whose data, when strung together forms the story of our lives. I can’t remember when I first heard, our identity is the story we repeat to ourselves. Our Stories. Today we have a wild abundance to the ways we collect our stories. What emerges is a story – your story.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

There are a few steps to successful audience-centric design: Identify your audience: Understand all of the groups you serve and find out what makes them tick. Create personas and outline tasks: Create a sample persona that represents each audience group you serve. Remember, your website is not just a pretty picture.

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