Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

It sometimes sounds as though tools like ChatGPT or Gemini could entirely replace humans in writing website content. To create meaningful material that will move audiences to action, though, a human touch and a sound communication strategy is still essential. They are also a key to genuine storytelling.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The word Millennial has become so overused that it sounds less like a term for a generation and more like fingernails dragging down a chalkboard. So be true to your mission and execute your video stories from start to finish with uncompromising integrity. posted by Audra Buras Chief Distribution Officer, IMMINENT Digital.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Instead the stories we produce end up sounding like every other run of the mill non-profit story. The problem with this model of storytelling is that we fail to form a meaningful connection with our audience. The second way that we can find common ground with our audiences through our storytelling is through shared life experiences.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 19, 2023

It’s common knowledge today that storytelling is among the most effective ways to connect with an audience and deliver content in a way that’s catchy, resonant, and memorable. But what does storytelling mean in practice? The post Truly Compelling Cases for Support: 5 Storytelling Tips appeared first on Greater Giving Blog.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Sounds like you? Information Sharing and Storytelling. If your CSR programs are not integrated across lines of business and support departments, keep in mind this is a journey. CSR programs were once kept separate on purpose, to protect the integrity of the programs. Don’t take it personally and definitely don’t worry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

In this sound bite culture, social justice organizations must carve out nuanced positions on complex social issues, from racial and gender equity to immigration reform. 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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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The first installment of the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge webinar series covered everything you need to consider before you hit record. The discussion concluded with some examples of effective nonprofit video and suggestions for storytelling resources. What Drives a Great Nonprofit Story? Learn More.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2011

Video should be integrated into your online content development efforts. Google is now integrating video results into the first page of search results for many terms. Make sure that you think about sound quality; people will watch bad video with good sound, but not good video with bad sound.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 3, 2016

Marius has more than 20 years of experience in analytics and data warehousing and was previously the co-founder and CEO of Integral Results, a leading business intelligence consulting company that was acquired by Idea Integration. Incorporate Data into Your Storytelling. If you don’t know what to do with the data, don’t use it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

Sounds obvious, right? The GlobalGiving Storytelling Tool lets you build a questionnaire, gather stories from the community, send in your responses, and analyze your results. Integrate feedback and make a plan to move forward. Seemingly, the same model should apply to nonprofits. Organize your program data so it is accessible.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Seattle Free School is a really interesting case study for a number of reasons: Social media is integral to the success of the program because it is online but it is also the mechanism for growth and community building. Embrace storytelling. Social Media in Program Delivery. This is something that the 350.org Crowd vs Community.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2018

Regardless of the strategy you choose, keep in mind the following “must haves” when deploying a cause marketing strategy driven by crowdfunding technology: Technology: Use the best in-class technology designed to be scalable, simple to use and seamlessly integrated with your brand. Don’t wait until it is too late.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

This sounds so obvious, but not planning ahead is easily one of the most frequent mistakes I see organizations making. Between the visual storytelling opportunities, real time update capabilities, almost all of the same advertising options as Facebook, and 1 billion active monthly users* – Instagram is a no brainer to me.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2018

Regardless of the strategy you choose, keep in mind the following “must haves” when deploying a cause marketing strategy driven by crowdfunding technology: Technology: Use the best in-class technology designed to be scalable, simple to use and seamlessly integrated with your brand. Don’t wait until it is too late.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Annotations let fundraisers bring their call to action to life by integrating a “click here to donate” or “learn more now” button into the action of the video. You owe it to yourself to get the most out of your good work through sight, sound, and motion. Utilize YouTube Annotations. We’re big fans of using annotations.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

I am not just talking about the fact that Facebook has teamed up with Blackbaud integration partner ActionSprout to give away $2M in Facebook ad credits. As strange as it sounds, Facebook is a very personal space. Nonprofits have the benefit of meaningful storytelling. Nonprofits have a significant advantage on Facebook.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Morale suffers – poor data quality leads to a downward spiral: staff members lose confidence in the integrity of the data, who then take less care in the data they enter, and may even revert back to basic spreadsheets and other archaic data management methods. I’m guessing this type of scenario sounds familiar to many of you reading this.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Storytelling That Illustrates Your Mission and What Donations Will Fund You’ll use storytelling in your annual appeal letter, and it will reinforce the rest of the activities in the overall campaign. Otherwise, you’ll either need to integrate your database and email service provider or transfer them manually.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This may sound counterintuitive, but you must narrow your focus to reach more prospects likely to convert. We’ll also share ways to integrate it into your fundraising and messaging. Use storytelling to bring the UVP to life. But when you try to talk to everyone , you risk ending up talking to no one.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 17, 2021

If we can encourage people to go into that space — people that look like us, sound like us, come from the same backgrounds as us — that’s what we need.”. And as a storyteller, I’m particularly proud of how we’ve enabled institutions and individuals to share their stories around mental health in the workplace.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

But it's not so easy to integrate into larger-scale museum writing. And if you try to write this way without sincerity, it will sound as flat as other text. Storytelling is a dying craft worth revitalizing. Tags: storytelling. The key is not to write the story/label/instructions. It's one of the fun challenges of a blog.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

1) Visual Storytelling. Visual storytelling does exactly that. In fact, 80% of the top grossing campaigns through CauseVox use visual storytelling to showcase their cause and crush their fundraising goal. Try fitting it into the Pixar Storytelling Framework. Sounds like a good time to me. Consider this.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Aaron: Sounds great. Aaron: Yeah, sounds good, Brian. And even one-off things like the sound wallboards that deafen sound, he found people that were willing to give and leveraged his network. But I think fundraising and capital campaigns are all about storytelling. Yeah, looks like it’s working.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

It sounded great, until her last comment: She told me that it was a really important program, because libraries are the heart of the community…well, in elementary schools at least. Building on that listening, and supporting you in taking action based on what you hear, it’s integral that you have the capacity to change.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

At Ocean Mental Health Services we strive to bring the discussion of your mental health needs into the forefront, yet integrate our services to promote total wellness and recovery.” Aside from their successful healthcare programs, the thing that really stands out about Uplift Family Service’s website is its storytelling.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 27, 2023

A content calendar doesn’t have to be as advanced as it may sound—many organizations, especially as they’re getting started on social media, choose to use a spreadsheet. Tell Impact Stories Use storytelling to share about the impact your organization is having and how your donors’ support makes it possible. Ready to learn more?

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 19, 2015

Staying financially sound and socially relevant in the non-profit world is no easy task. In a word, storytelling , relating a message to supporters that is both engaging and leads them to take action. Here are some online tools that can help you define, craft and manage your storytelling initiatives. Picktochart.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

The argument for stories In 2003, John Sadowsky and Loick Roche, two professors at the Grenoble Graduate School of Business in France, reviewed the major academic literature on storytelling and wrote a paper called, "The power of stories: a discussion of why stories are powerful". Explaining stories.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

This type of fundraising allows you to reach supporters wherever they are as soon as they’re inspired, also known as contextual giving, Contextual giving is an integral fundraising concept that can reduce donation abandonment rates. So, how exactly can your mobile fundraising affect and support your nonprofit storytelling?

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

It’s no secret that storytelling in the digital age is essential for nonprofits , but the efficacy of stories depends largely on how clearly and strategically they’re communicated to each audience, or persona. Responsive + Integrated. Reporting to your board of directors. Fundraising reports Communications reports Digital Reports.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

We love to bring together communications, marketing, digital strategy, and fundraising all together in a strategic integrated way. What do you sound like out in the world? You need to get better at storytelling, like strengthen those muscles and practice it and do it over and over again. That’s kind of what we do.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

And one of the best ways to do that is through integrated, consistent messaging across all channels – online and offline. Even though the definition below is focused on product marketing, we fundraisers know how effective storytelling is with donors in our communications. Digital Layered Campaigns with Paid Search, SEO and Display Ads.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Successful crowd funding depends on great storytelling. Now matter which type of story you choose to tell or what medium you use (video, text, photos), here is a simple storytelling structure you can use to create the first draft of your story: Once upon a time…. Social Strategies. And everyday until…. Until one day…. Because of that….

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So if you can integrate why you’re doing what you’re doing, why you care about the cause, makes a difference. Again, integrating your own personal stories can be highly motivating to people. . We know that storytelling is powerful. But storytelling is fundamental, we’re hardwired for stories.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Who cares if your email open rate jumps 15% if you don’t have an integrated marketing plan to support the lead nurturing process? 70% of nonprofits say they lack an integrated content marketing strategy. Seeing as humans have the attention span less than that of a goldfish , you may need the extra time to focus on storytelling.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2007

At first listen, the book sounded like a childhood favorite of mine, The Eleventh Hour , a lavishly illustrated whodunit riddled with ciphers and a solution in a sealed envelope. style design integrating evolving visitor content--people aren't visiting the museum with enough frequency to be part of a meaningful dialogue happening there.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Don’t make these storytelling mistakes. Instead of using your general donation page or a basic PayPal button, you’ll want to use a tool that will be able to integrate all of these on a single landing page and one you can customize to your organization’s or appeal’s branding, such as Flipcause.

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