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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

Get Fully Funded

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. Why You Need a Good Story Strong, effective storytelling for nonprofits can accomplish lots of good things: Connects your audience to those you serve.

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The Science of Nonprofit Video Engagement: How To Use Emotion to Increase Social Sharing

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Their work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, CNN and AdWeek and Doug is a guest lecturer at Stanford University on the power of storytelling for nonprofit organizations. Your goal is to make storytelling decisions for your video that will elicit arousing, high-dominance emotions with an element of surprise in the viewer.

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Connected Generation: Youth Workers and Social Media

Amy Sample Ward

Here are the slides ( Hint: visit the slideshare site by clicking on the link below to see the speaking notes as well! ). Digital storytelling means everyone has the power to capture and share stories – how are you empowering your community to write their own history? View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Donor Personas: How to Identify Your Unique Donor Audience

CauseVox

By using storytelling techniques in your giving campaign like centering her as the hero, or providing clear and compelling information about how she can make a genuine change, your organization can truly make her feel seen and understood. Therefore she prefers to give money online rather than attend an in-person event or volunteer.

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10 Mistakes Your Nonprofit Is Making On Social Media

Achieve

Hint: A great time to do this is when you are creating your annual budget and marketing plan. Hint: I typically recommend posting 3-4x per week per channel as a starting point. they do an amazing job of visual storytelling), @rainforestalliance. , @habitatforhumanity. , @aspca. , billion monthly active users. *. charitywater.

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Harness the Power of Storytelling. After all, the people on the charity: water team are masters at storytelling. The video from their 2010 September Campaign is a great example of how the nonprofit uses storytelling to communicate its message and inspire donors. Make storytelling a central part of your marketing efforts.

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5 Best Practices for Converting Volunteers to Donors

Connection Cafe

Survey volunteers to better understand what motivates them to give their time to your nonprofit (hint: this will help to create donation opportunities). Focus on storytelling online and create targeted content based on prospect behavior. note: this is a two-way relationship). Acknowledge Volunteer Participation and Accomplishments.