Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

While advocating for survivors in San Francisco, I witnessed first-hand how critical stories are in tapping into people’s empathy. However, it wasn’t until my career took a turn into strategic communications and marketing that I learned just how integral a winning story is to the success of an advocacy campaign. .

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Effective advocacy, which leads to systemic and cultural change, starts with the stories we tell—and believe—about our own experiences, community, and world. Digital advocacy allows us to tell our stories creatively and on a scale that wasn’t previously possible. Identify Your Own Story What ignites your passion for an issue?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

We are taught to create an organizational chart or a program activity graphic or a network diagram of organizations needed to address an issue like homelessness or educational equity. Visualizing Where Meaning Making Can Happen “Mapping” activities are often the starting point of identifying data collection opportunities.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The needs assessment is a learning and listening phase. Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. Contact media outlets and suggest a story about your new nonprofit. Be humble, and accept that you don’t know everything.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

We know that successful fundraising appeals have 4 things in common: A compelling story. An online appeal is bigger than an email—it has multiple parts that fit together to create one compelling story. Here’s how to get the right mix of tone, story, and examples: Start with your audience. Who can tell your story best?

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EveryAction

MARCH 29, 2023

If it’s not during an ‘on’ moment, consider collecting stories and reiterating the importance of resilience-building, which we define as growing our community’s ability to come together and respond to problems or hardships.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

John Center for Homeless Men hosted a virtual Raisin’ the Rent house party event in March 2021. Make sure there are just a few differences between the forms so you can accurately identify if any particular calls to action, images, or stories are making a difference. Consider sharing impact stories! Try out these templates.

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