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WARNING: Four trends that will shake nonprofits in 2024. Here’s how to pivot…

Pamela Grow

Your emotional case for support drives all donor communications, from grant proposals to web copy to fundraising appeals. Better storytelling/more humanity Whether told face-to-face with a major donor, in a thank you video, or in your fundraising emails, stories are the most powerful tool in your fundraising and marketing arsenal.

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The Spirit of @GivingTuesday Continues: #MyGivingStory Grant Opportunity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

During the chat, @GivingTues will start with welcomes, and then lead a discussion about storytelling best practices. MyGivingStory, in its second year, is a nationwide campaign and social media storytelling contest to inspire public discussion about the reasons people give. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Alchemy Conference.

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8 Organizations to Support this Black History Month

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The Southern Poverty Law center also has an intelligence project working to track and expose hate groups across the country and a Teaching Tolerance Program that produces and distributes (entirely for free) anti-bias documentary films, books, and lesson plans! Black Public Media emerged out of a need for more stories from Black storytellers.

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Vote for Our Sessions: 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Forum One

Last year, Forum One brought you great panels in user experience, data visualization, digital storytelling, and who could forget: Iron Chef ! Our list of proposed panels is below. Creating a Culture of Storytelling. But how do you get your organization to commit to storytelling? Vote for "Culture of Storytelling" now !

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KONY, Networked Nonprofits, and Transparency

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The storytelling was engaging and compelling. As activists, professionals in social good, and as storytellers, we have to move beyond engaging the community to really parsing out what is the right change and the effective path to the solution. Compelling and emotionally engaging storytelling/messaging. What was your source?

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Member Round Up: Opportunity Awaits!

NTEN

Their new report dives into lessons on how to engage volunteers in community change efforts, telling the unique story of KaBOOM!, 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. Have more news to share?

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Inside the Design of an Amazing Museum Project to Capture People's Stories

Museum 2.0

They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. The proposal to Metlife was all video. We partnered with the Northwest Film Center to conduct workshops with community organizations around personal object storytelling.

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