The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 1, 2022

When asking members of The Storytelling Non-Profit community about their organization’s newsletter campaigns, the top challenge their organizations were facing was to find the right type of content that keeps their audience engaged. Share an impact story A great non-profit newsletter idea is to use storytelling.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This document should include a comprehensive overview of your nonprofit’s logo, color palette, and typography, as well as define your brand’s tone of voice and other writing style guidelines. Tell the story of those impacted by your organization. Build authentic relationships. Establish clear collaboration guidelines.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Raises more funds by sharing compelling stories about your mission. Your nonprofit marketing approach relies on stories, statistics, and emotional appeals to connect with potential supporters on a more personal level to rally support for your cause. Increases volunteer engagement through public recognition of their work.

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Kindful

APRIL 8, 2021

What story will you tell? Storytelling. One of the hottest buzzwords in nonprofit communications right now is storytelling. This is because story is one of the most effective forms of communication available; it’s a concrete way to demonstrate your mission and create real connection with the audience. In other words….

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

We tell stories to make sense of the world around us. Stories are based on commonly held beliefs about people, institutions, and society. Narratives have the power to liberate or oppress because they have the potential to influence the beliefs and behaviors of individuals, which in turn can shape institutional policies and practices.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

Individual executives have a significant advantage over company accounts across many platforms both from a storytelling and algorithmic standpoint. Thoughts on Brand Voice. There are many problems with this which is the subject of a different novel… The purpose of this guide is to help organizations take advantage of this truth.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Social media provides your organization with a public forum to share updates on projects, success stories, and any unexpected challenges you’ve come across. Instagram Instagram , another Metaverse social media platform, is primarily focused on visual content and thrives on striking imagery, video, and storytelling content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Now, instead of relying on brands to market to us as consumers, we’re using the influence of friends and family to make decisions. 5: Collaborative Storytelling Sells. In a sharing economy, your story and the way it’s told is not completely under your control. But this isn’t a bad thing, I swear! 6: Maintain a Human Connection.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

In the past few years, we've seen the transformation from long to extremely short-form digital content like that on Vine and Instagram, and we've experienced the rise and fall of numerous storytelling apps never to be seen or heard of again. But how can stories touch hearts and minds if they go unnoticed and unheard?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

This year, the story-focused TechSoup member organization is premiering a new website for the campaign that allows DIY interviewers to share their stories with the public, similar to the interviews hosted on the official StoryCorps website and featured on NPR's Morning Edition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Brian Gardner defines social proof as “the positive influence created when people find out others are doing something – now, suddenly, everyone else wants to do that something too.”. Harness the Power of Storytelling. After all, the people on the charity: water team are masters at storytelling.

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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. Develop your brand voice. Content tends to be an all-encompassing word these days. So, how do you create a content strategy?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Long story short, Jeff built a prototype fundraising platform, and we were able to raise more than enough funds to go. Here’s our blog post that explains our story. Every non-profit’s story is unique; it is also unlike any others. We want to give non-profits the ability to preserve this story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

Humberto Kam from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and Cindy Johanson from Edutopia shared some case studies about storytelling and what inspires people to share your organization’s content. Humberto Kam talked about how they engage with influencers and let them spread and remix their content. ” Yes! SMOP14 @TSFF.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

Focus on things that can have ripple effects, like influencing your work to adopt a new travel policy, helping your sport club organize carpooling, or taking part in local decision making. The parent voice carries acute moral and emotional weight. It’s important that kids see us acting for their future. Devi Thomas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

The storytelling was engaging and compelling. I shared the video on my personal profile and it prompted quite a heated discussion in the comments between my colleagues. The controversy on my Facebook wall boiled down to those who felt the emotional pull of the story and those who had an alternative view. What was your source?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Digital Storytelling Expert, J Campbell Social Marketing. Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes. Julia Campbell. Cause Camp 2020 Host. Lynne Wester. Get your tickets today!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Information Sharing and Storytelling. Try these suggestions to connect with your HR colleagues: Provide recruitment messages with impact data and storytelling. Offer profile/success stories for employee communications. Their ability to influence peers over time is the type of champion you want and need.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

If your nonprofit feeds the creative flame with passion and storytelling, you'll start getting somewhere. It is important to make sure you are using people's stories in their own voices to convey your message; to meet your audience where they are. And you'll be a lot more likely to create that flame with humor. Attentive.ly.".

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2015

As marketers, communicators, and fundraisers, it’s our job to tell stories. Stories about our mission, what we do, our programs, our successes, the lives we’ve helped change. Were we in the business to cover the news, or to disseminate spicy New Orleans-influenced recipes? A chef chooses his own ingredients.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

It's not enough to just share stories about your impact — how do you mobilize and engage people who are passionate about issues you're working on? NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Let your stakeholders share their story and passion about your organization – from the heart and humor work. Engage influencers and free agents. Pick a campaign and platform to experiment with integrating social fundraising , but build your network and get organized first. Cultivate and cheer on champions for your cause.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2018

With crowdfunding individuals can donate their voice, network and time to the causes they care about. And/or you can leverage social media influencers to fundraise on behalf of your partner organizations (while helping you spread the word of the social good your brand is doing.). The content is authentic and produced in real time.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2018

With crowdfunding individuals can donate their voice, network and time to the causes they care about. And/or you can leverage social media influencers to fundraise on behalf of your partner organizations (while helping you spread the word of the social good your brand is doing.). The content is authentic and produced in real time.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 17, 2007

Unusual Projects and Influences. Tags: storytelling Technology Tools Worth Checking Out web2.0 They are committed to making this technology accessible (and free!) to educators permanently. there may be some great opportunities for collaboration for museums, too.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This will influence how many volunteers you’ll need to recruit and train. A position on an event committee can keep your sponsor happy with their decision to work with you, as they’ll feel they are truly involved and can make their voice heard as you work together to do good in the community.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

How it works for nonprofits: This helps you be a voice for whatever cause you’re advocating. Find key influencers out in the world who are advocating for the same message as you and link to them in your Paper.li. You can also add the snaps to your story, where people can view it for longer without it disappearing.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Google Earth Outreach from Rebecca Moore: Google’s mapping tools may seem like an obscure tool to use in your work but these aren’t traditional maps: the new generation of mapping technology is fully interactive, enables storytelling, and more. (Did Influence decision-makers; impact public policy.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Our archeology did not aim to uncover the hidden voice of my grandmother, but instead to begin an ongoing practice of recreation. Over time the movement and arrangement of things trails a layered aesthetic that convey histories and narratives of changing communities passing through this unfolding three-story artwork.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Foundations face unique communications challenges—from amplifying the voices and work of their grantees, to advancing their overall mission and goals. Or do you want to serve as a cheerleader, giving grantees the ability to directly voice the work that you are supporting? Your storytelling strategy.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2012

It was well stocked: not only did we have about 60 objects and their stories; the whole project was well documented as well. We want to have a conversation with our audience and facilitate storytelling. The vending machine could even be a message in a bottle: going from one place to the other spreading its stories as it moves.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Up your storytelling game. Use an emotionally compelling image or a short story at the top of your form that illustrates what kind of positive impact your donors are having on your beneficiaries. Here are two strategies to implement in your direct mail materials to help you better connect with donors: Rely on strong storytelling.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

We help you all tell your story to the masses and raise more funds faster. 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. So number one, step one, craft your core story. Essentially, what do we do? I just know it.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2007

But in this project, each artist is uniquely powerful because they give voice to something vital, something easy for viewers to access emotionally. As Frank said, 4 by 6 inches is not enough space to explain an entire story. There’s a rich inner story behind each of the cards, and it’s within all of our grasp to imagine it.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Tell stories One of the best ways to engage supporters is to use effective storytelling strategies. When people read stories , chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin are released in their brains. Include the key elements of a good story: Protagonist: This is usually the individual the campaign is helping.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

You can embed Google Earth into your website to present information to your community that really helps tell the story of your work and your issue. With the information and story this new map was able to convey, they were able to stop the logging plans. Raising awareness and providing local communities a venue for sharing their story.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The first step is to start acknowledging our biases and to realize when and how they influence our actions. Many of the choices we make are heavily influenced by biases we may not be aware of, which can cause us to unintentionally perpetuate inequality. Who are the “main” or “supporting” characters in the story the photo is telling?

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