Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

At some point in your professional fundraising career, you’ve probably heard the importance of storytelling when crafting your nonprofit’s donor experience. No matter your experience, a crucial aspect of storytelling is helping donors understand what your organization does and showing how, or who, you’re helping.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. Salespeople should, therefore, invest the time to learn how to do it well, and then practice it, so they can master it. Paul : Lead with a Story was the most challenging from a time and effort standpoint.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The content you post should be crafted with your platform and audience in mind. Take a look at your target audience’s time zone and reference research on engagement rates based on publishing times. For example, recent studies have found that an effective time to post on Instagram is Mondays from 10 a.m.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

Your nonprofit relies on storytelling to forge emotional connections with potential supporters and spread awareness of your mission. Plus, inviting thought leaders, influencers , and other guest speakers that your audience cares about helps secure your place as a trustworthy nonprofit. What’s the ideal scope of our podcast?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 20, 2021

Time spent getting these basic elements correct, constantly clear and coherent within your mission is vital; momentum and potential support relies on it. If you do decide to create your logo yourself, take the time to do some research about the psychology of color , symbolism, and the basic principles behind creating an effective logo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. If your nonprofit has a large following on LinkedIn and a signature program that is well-known to the public, then a Showcase Page could be worth time and effort. Keep that in mind! Should your nonprofit create a LinkedIn Group?

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

It’s that time of year again, Cause Camp 2021 is just around the corner! But this is your chance to learn tips and tricks from some of the best minds in the sector. Julia is the author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits and has a new book coming out this fall on nonprofit social media strategies.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Consider the hours of time you spend reading articles and books, attending webinars, conferences and meetings, watching videos, and whatever else you generally do to explore and develop new skills. That’s an important shift in stance, and it can have a huge influence on how your approach your work moving forward. Values are powerful.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards. As you create marketing content, use storytelling strategies. Set up automated emails to ensure each donor gets a timely thank-you email.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Video storytelling: Emotionally compelling videos showcasing your organization’s impact can help humanize your cause by showing the real people behind your organization’s efforts. Interactive Q&A sessions: The real-time nature of these sessions encourages active participation and keeps your supporters.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

With that in mind, we recommend incorporating direct mail into your fundraising plan. When talking to your team about the benefits of direct mail fundraising, it’s important to consider factors that might influence the data. Here are four best practices to follow when reaching out to your prospects and donors via direct mail.

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 16, 2023

If you want to increase the impact of your organizations fundraising campaigns, it is key to ask the right question, at the right time, in the right way. Gen Zers are influenced the most by social media when it comes to fundraising. How do you reach new donors? How do you engage existing ones? A few fundraising statistics to know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Now to dig into this topic because it combines a couple of interest - storytelling with social media and working in a networked way. Lina offers a concise definition of Transmedia Storytelling , a concept and term coined by Henry Jenkins. It’s likely time to add storytelling to the task list.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

After establishing the big picture of your nonprofit podcast, it’s time to get into the nitty gritty of podcast planning with your content strategy. At this point, you’ll have dedicated quite some time to brainstorming and thinking about your podcast and should feel confident that this is a project you wish to commit to. Stay hydrated.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. Salespeople should, therefore, invest the time to learn how to do it well, and then practice it, so they can master it. Paul : Lead with a Story was the most challenging from a time and effort standpoint.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. Salespeople should, therefore, invest the time to learn how to do it well, and then practice it, so they can master it. Paul : Lead with a Story was the most challenging from a time and effort standpoint.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Note from Beth: December is a time when start to reflect on the past year and future online trends for fundraising. Now, instead of relying on brands to market to us as consumers, we’re using the influence of friends and family to make decisions. When’s the last time you made a purchase without checking Amazon for reviews?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

We’ve supported groups with small microgrants at key times to help them mobilize people in their communities, and we’ve run a communications training program with some of the world’s most renowned environmental journalists to help parents build their media capacity. It’s important that kids see us acting for their future. Devi Thomas.

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Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2023

Include the start and end time for bidding, as well as additional information about the order of events at your auction, such as the names of any guest speakers and whether food will be served. Videos are more engaging than text or images alone, hold supporters’ attention for longer, and provide a multimedia storytelling experience.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Data storytelling is about bringing your data to life in three simple steps: Explore: find patterns and insights Monitor: check performance (leading indicators and key performance indicators) Explain: go beyond the what and dig further into the why. Know your data in and out,” says Emily.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

By doing so, you’ll avoid the extra time and energy required to redo this work and ensure your forward-facing messaging about your organization is consistent. Share your organization’s mission, who you serve, the influence your organization has on its audience(s), and the role it plays in the larger conversation around your issue area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

With that in mind, here are nine marketing lessons other nonprofits can take away from charity: water. At the time of writing this article nearly 180,000 people had collectively raised almost $29 million on charity: water’s online platform. We want our donors to be advocates. Tap Into the Power of Social Proof.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. Salespeople should, therefore, invest the time to learn how to do it well, and then practice it, so they can master it. Paul : Lead with a Story was the most challenging from a time and effort standpoint.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

We develop our skills by seeking, absorbing, questioning, adapting, and experimenting, oftentimes bringing diverse influences together to create something that’s unique for our clients’ needs, but with connections to other relevant spaces. Like the title of the AIGA article states, small budgets are a big challenge for many nonprofits.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. Salespeople should, therefore, invest the time to learn how to do it well, and then practice it, so they can master it. Paul : Lead with a Story was the most challenging from a time and effort standpoint.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Information Sharing and Storytelling. Many leaders and colleagues may still view CSR programs as extra or separate, important work in this day and time, but not truly connected to the business strategy. If your CSR programs are not integrated across lines of business and support departments, keep in mind this is a journey.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

The real power behind appealing to this age group with your peer-to-peer fundraisers lies in the fact that they’re tech-savvy, have connections with like-minded individuals, and are willing to put in the work to help worthy causes succeed. . volunteer fundraisers to brush up on your storytelling abilities. . Millennial Impact Report.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Read on to discover the value of data-driven storytelling and how this key feature increases trust and enables your nonprofit to drive more revenue. Data-driven storytelling and the Theory of Change Like words, numbers tell a story. That’s the beauty of data-driven storytelling. Donors care far more about outcomes than outputs.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2017

In the waning weeks of December, many of us find ourselves reflecting on the past year, wondering where all the time went and what goals to set for next year. The Millennial Mind, Heart, and Wallet. 2017 is no different. Data Appends: A Guide for Your Nonprofit: How to get the most out of your database with goal-driven strategies.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

You have influencers on social media who call themselves content creators, posting videos and content online, and people like myself who consider themselves content writers, because, well, we write for a living. If you don’t already have a set of brand guidelines, now is a great time to put them in place.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

To answer this question, I spent time researching the habits, mindsets, and cultures of successful data driven nonprofits. Over time there emerged five critical characteristics that each of these successful nonprofits had in common: 1. Along the way, I interviewed more than 20 nonprofit experts from a wide variety of organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events. While emotive storytelling is crux to engaging the hearts and minds of social media consumers, advocates are ethically bound to preserve the privacy of vulnerable clients.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2019

He donates time, money, and items multiple times a year. Loyal Lucy is among the most highly educated of the segments and stays engaged in a bit of everything—she is equally likely to donate money, time, and items. NEXT GEN PERSONAS. Compared to other personas, she is most likely to volunteer every month.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Nonprofit organizations have moved well past the time when technology and data were treated as standalone entities. Social Capital 2019 is a content-rich, invitation-only conference bringing together the brightest nonprofit and corporate minds for a candid exchange on growing strategic partnerships. Feb 19 - 20. State/Local.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2018

During this time of deep societal shifts and growing consciousness about political, social and environmental issues, corporations have been trying to reconcile the paradox of whether capitalism and social consciousness can co-exist. With crowdfunding individuals can donate their voice, network and time to the causes they care about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

It is superb for visual storytelling about your organization, its stakeholders, and results. The idea that “pictures do the talking” is also appealing to younger audiences which is why Instagram is popular with Gen Z and Gen Y. Nonprofit Examples and Getting Started or Rebooting A Strategic Approach.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event offered an interesting example of a great tweet in that the campaign kicked off with a question posed on Twitter that gave followers an opportunity to share information and resources, opening up an engaging conversation on the topic of using video for nonprofits and libraries.

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