Greater Giving

MARCH 25, 2024

Incorporate Storytelling There’s no doubt that stories are powerful and evocative—we have plenty of books, movies, and TV shows as proof of that. While auction item descriptions should be concise, you can still incorporate storytelling elements to entice guests into bidding on your items.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. A first-person voice is best.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

—– I’m really excited by tools that enable digital or transmedia storytelling. I recently attended the US launch event for Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content, then hopefully the 11 blog content ideas listed below will help. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. Another idea is to have staff members send in reports from important conferences, meetings, or protests.

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Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2023

Here are four unique ideas to market your nonprofit’s live auction: Release Your Auction Catalog in Advance Create Fundraising Videos Leverage Corporate Sponsorships Design Peer-to-Peer Invitations As you develop marketing materials for your auction, remember to demonstrate to supporters what’s in it for them if they participate.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Storytelling is the currency of fundraising. In the digital environment of email, social media, and mobile, we can use storytelling in innovative ways to inspire supporters and donors — and raise more money. Photos, videos, selfies, and personal stories allow us to embed emotional content in fundraising campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This will give you a good idea of what works and what doesn’t. You might want to hire a photographer for events, then get participant’s permission to tag them in photos on social media. You can run a competition, giving away free perks to the member that contributes to the best photo. Run competitions and giveaways.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 13, 2024

This is more than just scanning old photos and adding them to an online database. Gwinn-Becker founded HistoryIT with this simple idea in mind: By collecting and cataloging its historical resources, an organization can better tell its story, educate the public, engage members, raise funds, and increase its overall value.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Evening meals sometimes went on for hours as we continued our storytelling. 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. But storytelling still plays a prominent role in all requests that I write.

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The Fundraising Authority

MARCH 28, 2021

Storytelling is one of the most challenging aspects of donor cultivation. By reaching out to volunteers you can bypass much of the storytelling and advertising expense, which is traditionally required. Photo Credit: U.S. In fact, recent studies show that each volunteer’s time is worth over $23 per hour.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Julia Campbell is social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. That’s just for pinning clothing and home improvement ideas, right?”. It’s not about what you are eating in the moment or your current vacation photos. By Julia Campbell .

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

We are about to enter into a golden age of storytelling more unbound from resource constraints than ever before. Whether you need product photos, photos of people using your products, or simply stylish stock photos, these tools can help you find what you’re looking for. Creative Ideas for Social Impact Imagery.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Ideating and distilling your ideas into a few simple sentences that can translate to the screen can be a long, winding road. Use these questions to guide your storytelling strategies and then add your text, images, video clips, and even narration to Adobe Spark Video! Making a clear point is, of course, easier said than done.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It adds both interest and credibility while bringing in new perspectives and ideas. Use your About page as a jumping-off point and go more in depth, using engaging historical photos, maps, and documents as much as you can. If that feels like too much, just start jotting down some ideas you have. Mind blank of ideas?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content, then hopefully the 11 blog content ideas listed below will help. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. Another idea is to have staff members send in reports from important conferences, meetings, or protests.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Modern technology provides us all with new opportunities for storytelling, including new ways to approach the ever-important visual element. That is the topic of the most recent episode of The sgENGAGE Podcast: Visual Storytelling: A Picture is Worth 60,000 Words. Wrap our heads around the idea of visual storytelling.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For the sixth year, TechSoup's annual challenge will help nonprofits learn how to increase their storytelling skills for fundraising and advocacy purposes. Storytelling skills are also a prerequisite to successful advocacy. Take Part in the Digital Storytelling Challenge! Ladies and gentlemen, Storymakers 2016 is here.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For the sixth year, TechSoup's annual challenge will help nonprofits learn how to increase their storytelling skills for fundraising and advocacy purposes. Storytelling skills are also a prerequisite to successful advocacy. Take Part in the Digital Storytelling Challenge! Ladies and gentlemen, Storymakers 2016 is here.

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Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2024

You can do this on social media through storytelling in your photo content and short-form video content, like Reels. The idea is to offer someone a sticker to show their support for your movement or organization in exchange for their email. These channels are tools to foster relationships and mobilize your base.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2011

Storytelling has gone digital. Get the tools to produce high-quality photos and video that showcase your library's work. Our Digital Storytelling Event will begin January 13 and includes webinars, discussions, and a contest to show your work and win prizes. Want ideas?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

GivingTuesday is an excellent opportunity to use storytelling to draw in new and existing donors and supporters of your cause, on December 2 and beyond. Here are four ideas for making the most of this medium: 1. Don't have a good selection of photos? Yet another could be a photo gallery of newly built homes after a disaster.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

By improving the visibility of your posts you are able to involve more people and thus, you’ll also have more creative ideas. It’s useful to have your photos and links (to your website, a blog post, a news article etc) ready in a folder or folders so that when you want to schedule new posts, it’s easy to access the content.

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Candid

MAY 7, 2024

Learn more Clear, simple storytelling–corroborated by both quantitative and qualitative evidence–that takes the reader on a journey from need to outcomes provides funders a clear idea of your program impact. You can learn the basics of creating logic models for your programs in Candid’s Introduction to Measuring Your Impact course.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Need More Ideas to Up Your Oomph? Find Quality, Free Photos for Your Next Presentation Here: [link]. presentations microsoft digital storytelling Powerpoint Slideshare' Well-utilized images can enhance and reinforce your messages like they do in this example. Importantly, do not use images just to decorate. This is distracting.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

Leaders of grassroots organizations have a depth of knowledge of their communities and creative ideas and solutions to complex problems. Also, don’t underestimate the power of storytelling and communications as a way to influence and amplify one’s work to impact a broader audience.

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Classy

JUNE 16, 2021

In your instructions, you can also include helpful tips for things like what campaign photo the fundraiser might want to use, or ideas for their campaign page’s headline. Storytelling Examples. Storytelling is a key way to connect donors to your campaign and humanize the fundraising process. High-Level Tips for Success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

You can take still photos from the video to use in flyers, social, email, print and more. . ? UncommonGood was founded on the idea that nonprofit organizations should have access to the same high-quality tools and resources as for-profit companies, without having to spend half their budget on them. About the Sponsor.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Experiments involve testing out new ideas, approaches, beliefs, and behaviors. Here are a few ideas: Commit to using a new word (e.g., turn a fundraising appeal letter into an email, text, and/or social media post; write a brief impact report using a storytelling approach to summarize key outcomes).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8th.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Get Your Website Ready For The Holidays The holidays are a busy time of year, and you may not love the idea of adding one more thing to your “to do” list. Or what if she looked professional but explained the checking account you’re asking about in such a complicated way you had no idea what she was talking about…and it took half an hour!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Upload your avatar/logo (250 x 250), a cover photo(1128 x 191), add a description and website URL, your company/organization size, industry, and city and country. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. For example: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

Flickr Photo by Rex Hammock. Note from Beth: Digital storytelling is key to fundraising success, but using a storytelling lens in your organization can have further benefit of busting organizational silos. Fortunately, storytelling busts silos. Some use Slack channels to share ideas and elevate small moments of success.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Your nonprofit can have your best year-end campaign by incorporating data-driven planning, tapping into overlooked segments, crafting impactful storytelling strategies, maximizing digital fundraising channels, and cultivating donor fundraising and stewardship throughout the year. Keep reading to find out more! #1

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Love of Philanthropy Photo Contest « Vivanista | Living Well. " Great example of digital storytelling and community engagement. Check it out and submit a photo yourself! Doing Good. Twitter beta-tested a spine."

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

All of us all NTEN are amazed (but not too surprised, really) by the degree of engagement at the 14LCS, and by the movement of individual ideas into actionable projects during the Idea Accelerator. We''re grateful for the articles, blog posts, videos, photos, and more from the 14LCS community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Here’s the basics if you are getting the C-Suite up to speed: Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the photos and then share them. It is superb for visual storytelling about your organization, its stakeholders, and results.

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