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Alex Sheen, Founder of because I said I would, to Headline Qgiv Conference as Keynote Speaker

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It’s time to reveal the big news—TEDx Speaker and nonprofit founder, Alex Sheen, will be headlining Qgiv Conference 2024 as our keynote speaker! His story of loss and commitment has inspired millions of people across the world to make promises to themselves and others.

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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

Tech Soup

Evening meals sometimes went on for hours as we continued our storytelling. These stories simply exist in our minds until we add language and share them with others. When I began writing proposals, storytelling was the only way I knew to convey the problems my organization faced and what we were doing to overcome those problems.

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3 Reasons Why Pinterest Is Still Relevant for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Julia Campbell is social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. The first question that probably comes to your mind when reading this headline is – “Pinterest? That’s just for pinning clothing and home improvement ideas, right?”.

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Putting Our Humanity Back at the Center of Engagement

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A connected throughline of our shared humanity With that in mind, as I reflect on the influences, changes, and overall trends we have seen in employee engagement, philanthropy, and CSR in 2023, and those that are to come in 2024, I cannot help but be struck by the notion that it is not about specific trends or actions.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. Your organization’s name is featured in their headlines and your organization’s page is listed and linked on their profiles. Keep that in mind! For example: 1.

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With that in mind, here are nine marketing lessons other nonprofits can take away from charity: water. Ideally it will appear in the headline on your homepage, but don’t stop there; follow charity: water´s lead and weave it into other parts of your site, your social media messages, blog posts and your explainer video.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers. You are not going to be a very good storyteller if you don’t read stories. In 2013, keep these two words at the forefront of your mind. Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader. Reading books does that.