Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

If you find one for your nonprofit, follow the instructions to claim and set up your page : If your nonprofit does not find an unclaimed LinkedIn Page, then start from scratch and create a new page by going to your LinkedIn homepage > select the “Work” icon in the upper right > Create a Company Page. For example: 1.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 23, 2022

Use a few impactful images as well to enhance your storytelling. Some social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook are primarily geared towards visual storytelling, so make sure you have impactful, attention-grabbing photos and videos to share with. Registration instructions. Email marketing.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2009

You may have heard about TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Online Event that's been going on all month. We received over 100 submissions from nonprofits and libraries around the country (and world) who've shared their digital stories in video , photo , and GoldMail formats for the Digital Storytelling Challenge!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Providing educational materials, workshops, or seminars on estate planning and the benefits of making a planned gift, in person and via online video, is crucial. Consider creating testimonials or case studies that showcase the meaningful outcomes of planned giving by using short videos. Provide clear instructions.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

That's why we’ve created a month-long global campaign built around the transformative power of storytelling, uniquely customized to the nonprofits, libraries, and social benefit organizations we serve. Have you heard of the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge ? Are You Up for the Challenge? To Help You Get Started.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2011

Online video is probably the most effective way to show your audience what you are doing. Video should be integrated into your online content development efforts. This can sometimes be professionally produced video, but building internal capacity to develop video assets has become a core need for nonprofit organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Today, I had the pleasure of doing a little planning for March, 2012 bootcamps in country with the strategic social media adviser from Jordan, Rami Al-Karmi and Heather Ramsey at IIE in San Francisco as well as Craig Newmark and Barry Newstead from Wikimedia. Stay tuned … Video and Storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. It would be a video, instructional role play, or case study, where a network leader would share their story of events leading up to the groan zone and getting past it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Personal Productivity at Social Media: Kami Huyse shares this informative video and deck about productivity in an age of distraction. A Fresh Perspective: Steve Bridger shares this post that offers nonprofits five suggestions for giving their communications strategy a fresh look.

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See3

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Over the next few days, we’re encouraging folks to create a short video of themselves expressing what they’re thankful for this year. All you have to do is upload it to YouTube, tag it with “Tweetsgiving&# , and include the tweetsgiving.org URL in your video description. Any questions? Write in the comments below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

This campaign was filled with best practices about how to engage your community — and the importance of good storytelling, matching grants, and champion comradeship. The video above is from Corey Pudhorodsky who challenged his network to raise $2,500 along with his baby daughter. If he made the challenge, he promised to do a dance with (..)

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

Still wondering if you have what it takes to tell a story through video? By the end of this post and with a bit of practice, you’ll understand and have the skills to turn your story into a great video, from planning to shooting to editing to publishing to sharing, all on the smartphone you carry in your pocket! Of course you do!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector. The moderator, Patrick O'Heffernan, shared his thoughts based on his experience with The People Choose which is connected to Link TV and the first non-profit site to launch user-generated video as a community building process in a non profit environment.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

By tapping into the power of storytelling, you can connect with your audience emotionally, thereby motivating action and support. We’ll provide five tips on how you can utilize storytelling to level up your nonprofit’s marketing materials and make a lasting impression. Video clips from past auctions. Let’s jump in. Social media.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

Storytelling Isn't Enough – You Have to Tell Good Stories. The most surprising thing Steve Daigneault shared was M+R Strategic Service's tests on the effectiveness of storytelling. Use images and humor in storytelling. Making everyone at your organization a better storyteller. Thaler and Cass R.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. The process to get your nonprofit started on Google+ depends upon whether you already have a Google/Gmail account for yourself or your nonprofit. If your first instinct says no, then don’t post it. Photos and slideshows.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. The process to get your nonprofit started on Google+ depends upon whether you already have a Google/Gmail account for yourself or your nonprofit. If your first instinct says no, then don’t post it. Photos and slideshows.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

Get your browser tabs ready: below are ways you can apply for funds, share your organization's best videos, win free webinars, and more. The Fund's Request for Proposal ("RFP") is available, and the Application Instructions and Application Form are available through 5 PM on June 27th, when all applications are due.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Make instructions for your event useful and compelling, and predict what questions your donors need answers for, like: Are you accepting physical donations? Pictures are the perfect storytelling tool, and they will help your donors feel more connected to your cause. Where can physical donations be dropped off?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

A series of short-tactical workshops at the 09NTC that included: Blogging , Podcasting , Video , LiveStreaming , and Flickr Bootcamp. WeAreMedia Choose Your Own Adventure Webinar where we look at strategy maps and took deep dives into tactics like listening/engagement, spreading buzz , storytelling , and social networking.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

However, when approached with creativity and strategic thinking, it can serve as a powerful instrument for storytelling, showcasing impact, and inspiring donors and supporters to take action. Storytelling techniques Craft these stories with care, using narrative techniques that engage the emotions of your readers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The afternoon featured six mini-workshops that drilled down in the use of the tools such as Facebook , Blogging , Storytelling , Listening , Twitter , and Social Media 101. (The Real-Time networked learning is incorporating social media into your instruction – before, during, and after. Some Reflections.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 27, 2015

This completes the ‘ask-thank-report’ cycle that keeps it simple for any organization to follow (shout out to shampoo bottle instructions everywhere…). Finally, Rachel Muir talked about the 5 things donors want and stressed the importance of not just asking and thanking but also reporting back. It will be okay. Take a Risk.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In the process of coming up with a nice design and captivating storytelling to capture potential supporters, you may be overlooking a few fundamental and truly effective steps to boost conversions on your online donation page. So why can’t you convert more of your web traffic into donors? 1) Make Giving Simple.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Online video is a tool that can help solve many of these challenges, and when executed well, also gets attention from media and decisions-makers. One key ingredient to making an effective video is authenticity. Several ideas were tossed around before it was decided to make a clean energy rap video.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 16, 2007

Inevitably, the answer involves irreverence, whether in the form of interpretation (the comedian’s tour of the museum), instruction (how to guides for not looking stupid while talking about art), or downright destruction (smashing valuable objects). One of the strangest ways I see this employed is in the ride safety videos at theme parks.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Up your storytelling game. Provide engaging content that your supporters want to interact with and share with others— blog posts with human stories, striking images, videos that explain your mission, information on your volunteer program, event invitations, etc. Users create and share short videos overlaid with music and audio.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Concentrating on your storytelling skills and getting the word out to your donors is the best way to guarantee your campaign’s success! Book entertainment like a live band and add in videos of your emcee showing off various auction items to drive bids and give your participants a better idea of what they’re bidding on. Game-a-thon.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Share an infographic with instructions for how to opt in and pin it to the top of your social media page until your end-of-year campaign is over. Pilgrim Pines did this through a video: Post videos explaining your cause and why the end-of-year season is important to your nonprofit. Pictures and videos bring your cause to life.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Social media is the perfect platform for long-form content, including stories, photos, videos, and combinations of the three. On each of these platforms, use storytelling strategies to capture the reader’s attention and encourage them to get involved. Consider how you can use: . Social media. Peer-to-peer fundraising ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. Successful crowd funding depends on great storytelling.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Even though the definition below is focused on product marketing, we fundraisers know how effective storytelling is with donors in our communications. Include instructions for giving, including links, buttons, and addresses or phone numbers donors can use to give. This can be in infographics, text posts, videos, you name it.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

" Check out the 12 Trends, from Personalized Video Thanking to Ebooks to Digital Fundraising Staffing! Digital Storytelling Challenge from TechSoup – "TechSoup’s annual Digital Storytelling Challenge (TSDigs), powered by Lights. " The deadline to apply for the next learning group is February 24th!

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2012

The chat participants drew on experiences from notable nonprofit challenges such as the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge , Restart Romania , and Twive and Receive , among others. Generating user-generated content for your organization’s use, such as photos, videos, etc. Why hold a contest or challenge?

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Seeing as humans have the attention span less than that of a goldfish , you may need the extra time to focus on storytelling. High-resolution photos and videos to retain attention. If you follow these step-by-step instructions you won’t have issues. The blog post tells a story, thereby connecting with the reader.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Storytelling is good, but no one likes to read a paragraph where a single sentence would do. Next, with as much detail as possible, provide step-by-step instructions on how the results were achieved. Or, if you’re feeling trendy, you can convert an existing piece of content into a video. Conclusion.

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Double the Donation

APRIL 24, 2021

Donors can immediately submit matching gift requests to their employer using the instructions we provide. They take creative control to help you amplify your story and capture donations with mobile-friendly campaign websites, online donation forms, storytelling landing pages, and more. Get started with Mittun.

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