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. Include photos of the donors or the company logo whenever possible. Harness the Power of Storytelling. Harrison has over 61.5k

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Stories are windows into new worlds. Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 3, 2013

Browsing the headlines on The New York Times , CNN , USA Today , and Google News'' sites is one long litany of horror: Murder. Things will not get better unless we see news stories that describe our challenges and possible solutions. Photo by cloudzilla. I''m tired of the news. Selfishness. Fighting in Congress. Integrated.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). 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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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In this guide, we’ll highlight the following tips to help you improve your nonprofit website’s emotional appeals: Tell compelling stories. Tell compelling stories. Research has found that emotion-based storytelling in communications can trigger positive reactions through the release of brain chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin.

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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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Classy

AUGUST 23, 2021

Step 1: Upload a custom image to use as your headline. . Use a headline image on your landing page instead of a simple text headline to add visual appeal and give you more control over how your page looks. Tell your story with a sense of urgency to motivate immediate action. Tap Into the Power of Storytelling.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2021

Controversial and provocative topics, large international events, and clickbait news headlines always float to the top due to the amount of engagement they receive (positive and negative). It means getting out of your comfort zone and trying new things, like Facebook Live or Instagram Stories. Pique Curiosity. Ask again – So what?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Storytelling can be a powerful tool for good. That’s why stories are important, especially if our goal is to build a social movement: stories help us understand and relate to each other. Simple Storytelling Solutions and the Arab Spring. When The Telegraph told her story on July 29, she had 30,000 Twitter followers.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Showcase your mission statement as a sub-headline beneath your nonprofit’s name to grab your visitors’ attention and let them know what your organization is about right off the bat. Your nonprofit can also share stories of beneficiaries you’ve helped to make your cause even more compelling and inspire action.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

We help you all tell your story to the masses and raise more funds faster. I’m also a girl dad and I can’t miss an opportunity to show photos of my three daughters. 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.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And the headline was that this $471 billion was a new record for charitable giving in the United States. They are natural storytellers and advocates for your organization. And then the bottom left box, the easiest way to do this, and it’s also the most compelling way to do this is to share your personal story.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

They counteract this by telling the stories of people both past and present who have connections with the American Red Cross. Don’t be afraid to share people’s stories because it will make your organization feel a lot more friendly and open. Like the American Red Cross, they know how to use personal stories to promote their brand.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report, "Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers" from July 2006: 8% of Internet users, or about 12 million American adults, keep a blog. Ask them to blog during conference sessions and post photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

3: Socialize your content with compelling stories that inspire people to donate. Successful crowd funding depends on great storytelling. What’s the story you’re telling about how you will use the money raised to reach your outcomes? The Local Story: This is about a specific local community and how your project serves them.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). million tweets and 914,000 photos shared, the Movember movement did something right.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 5, 2021

But what I really want to highlight is how they divide up the newsletter sections with great headlines. They use very catchy headlines that show the organization’s work. During The Storytelling Non-Profit Virtual Conference, a few folks asked about using pictures as a part of storytelling and communications. Here's How.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Storytelling is good, but no one likes to read a paragraph where a single sentence would do. Each headline and subsequent sub-headlines should lead the reader to the conclusion you are trying to make. Each headline and subsequent sub-headlines should lead the reader to the conclusion you are trying to make.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Seeing as humans have the attention span less than that of a goldfish , you may need the extra time to focus on storytelling. This article does so well because: The headline entices a positive emotion from readers. The blog post tells a story, thereby connecting with the reader. Provides educational material on sloths.

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