Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories. Develop a strategy for data storytelling. Know your audience. Understand your capacity.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In part two of this series on the skills you need to be a great nonprofit storyteller, I talk about how to engage your audience emotionally through creative storytelling. In the first part of this series, I talked about why you need to define your goals, your brand and voice, and your audience before crafting your story.

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

As new thinking continues to emerge and donor positioning shifts, ethical storytelling is evolving, and a new messaging strategy, called strength-based messaging , has emerged. The challenges of strength-based messaging Finding the balance in your story. Finding the balance in your organization.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2023

That’s why we recommend contextualizing your impact numbers with a powerful story. By sharing compelling stories that highlight the real-life transformations resulting from their work, your grantees can demonstrate the impact they have on their communities. That rings true when it comes to telling stories.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It’s a measure of the way an organization impacts the community it’s a part of. This is where the art and science of effective storytelling comes in. Packing all of your organization’s efforts into a thoughtful, easy-to-digest story can be remarkably challenging. Increasingly, Nonprofits are Turning to Video for Storytelling.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Storytelling and social media – these terms have certainly been thrown around a lot this year! Great storytelling and successful social media campaigns are completely interconnected. You can collect fantastic, compelling stories, but if no one hears or sees them, they fall flat. Your employees have great stories to share!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Note from Beth : Over the past six months, I’ve been on an advisory group for project that my colleague Jay Geneske at the Rockefeller Foundation has spearheaded to help build the capacity of nonprofits in storytelling skills. Each of Hatch’s five sections are designed to help you craft, curate and share impactful stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2014

I don’t have to tell anyone who reads Beth’s blog about the value of storytelling. Few would deny that storytelling is a powerful tool for inspiring action and influencing thought leaders, donors, and decision makers. However, few of us working in the social impact space could admit to utilizing storytelling to its fullest potential.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? There are lots of debates in the amazing world of measurement and learning. Only measure impact, not process. Or as @orgnet says, “Turning data into stories is the real trick.&#. Do numbers only matter?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 7, 2019

Everyone loves a good story. Whether it’s a tale of a hero overcoming a hardship to find a happy ending, or a tale of misfortune with a valuable lesson learned, it’s ingrained into our DNA to seek out stories. However worthy your cause, sometimes it can be hard to measure your day-to-day progress. Why tell stories?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Their work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, CNN and AdWeek and Doug is a guest lecturer at Stanford University on the power of storytelling for nonprofit organizations. Video engagement on social media is the measurable action that viewers take after watching. Emotional stories of beneficiaries. Emotions + Surprise.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

Impact measured through storytelling Finally, as we look at the year ahead, I would be remiss if I did not mention impact. The idea of measuring our work and impact is certainly not new. The sharing of stories has, and continues to be, one of the most influential forms of communication, inspiration, and impact available.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Joy in Storytelling with Tara Dorabji Nonprofit Lowdown Learn how value-aligned storytelling unifies and empowers communities in a conversation with Tara Dorabji, Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for The Center for Cultural Power. Listen to this episode. Listen to this episode.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Social media is the perfect place to talk about their experiences and share their stories. 6) Use video and live streaming for storytelling. 7) Measure your social media engagement. You can also use the data to measure your progress against your goals. If you’re doing this, make sure to measure the clickthrough rate.

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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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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Tell your impact story. Share your organization’s story in a compelling and inspiring way. Measure and track your success. How to measure the success of your nonprofit branding strategy There are several ways to measure the success of your nonprofit branding strategy. Research your competition.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

It’s an easy way to set measurable goals and to align your objectives with your daily posting. 7) Tell your story. Nonprofits have the best stories to tell. Your next campaign will be more effective with storytelling, so it’s time to get everyone’s feedback when building your story. 10) Measure success.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? There are lots of debates in the amazing world of measurement and learning: The only valid data is quantitative data. Only measure impact, not process. As @orgnet says, “Turning data into stories is the real trick.”.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

They often use financial ratios to measure a nonprofit's impact, but these do not most accurately showcase a program's efficiency. Storytelling as a solution. Communicating what a nonprofit does through storytelling is a valuable and engaging tool for stakeholders. Equip your nonprofit to tell stories of impact today.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

PRO TIP: Crowdfunding campaigns are best for story-driven and time-bound direct giving appeals like Giving Tuesday. After all, strong storytelling can help build meaningful connections with your audience and even move them to rally around your cause. Rally your supporters by sending an email series that tells a cohesive story.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Branding & Storytelling. Your brand and your impact story are what supporters get passionate about. They can help tell your story and be a good introduction to your cause or create confusion and loss of respect from the beginning. It should be the epicenter of your brand and storytelling. Removing Barriers To Giving.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Use it to tell your story. Most nonprofits have volunteers with interesting experiences to share and they are typically happy to share their stories. There are also programs online that rank how your text works with SEO and programs that help you measure your site’s search traffic performance.

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VisionLink

JUNE 19, 2012

Share stories Storytelling will bring your website and your cause to life. Don’t talk about what your nonprofit does for others; let them tell their own story! Measure, measure, measure! Try to keep the number of pages to a minimum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , with co-author, Katie Paine. Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. Appreciable – smaller goals contribute to a bigger objective.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

In this blog, you’ll learn about: Social Media Marketing & Measurement, Network Building, Tech Tools for Nonprofits, Company Culture, Donor Engagement, and Data Science. THE STORYTELLING NONPROFIT. In this blog, you’ll learn about: Storytelling for Social Good, Fundraising, and Nonprofit Communications.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

Over the past several years, I’ve met with countless people at a wide variety of organizations to connect on outcomes measurement , and I tend to hear similar questions and qualms about this still-new area. “ How do we get started? ” “ Is there a difference between measurement and evaluation? ” “ Is there a right way to define an outcome?

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Candid

MAY 2, 2022

Organizations can earn Seals of Transparency and tell their full story on their profile by adding information about their programs, measures of progress, operations—including diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) information—and financials. Turns out, it was a very reasonable process. .

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2013

Cartoon: Puppies And like them, fellow attendees, we''re good practitioners and we measure everything. 13ntc Community visual storytelling' And Rob guility runs off to tweak his analytics.).

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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. As technology evolves, your nonprofit should expand to tell your story in more engaging, shareable, and innovative ways, such as podcasting.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

And what are the elements of a great story or photo essay? Bathgate, award-winning photojournalist and storyteller will tackle. Director Lisa Rose will also share tips on visual storytelling, as one. What are the elements of a great story or photo essay? How can we measure success? Pacific time.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Tell Stories Give those receiving your direct mail something compelling to read and respond to. Use direct mail as an opportunity to be a storyteller and put your impact on paper. Your call to action (CTA) and main campaign message should be clear and centered, but stories are donor conversion machines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2018

Here’s a powerful example of personal storytelling using the threads by Charlotte Clymer on depression and suicide. These features are not new, but I don’t see a lot of nonprofits using them to engage followers or for storytelling. (If A Twitter moment is a collection of Tweets from different users that tells a story.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 21, 2014

What we do know, is that marketers around the world, in the for profit and nonprofit world alike, are turning to storytelling, content marketing, and social media to engage and connect with target audiences. Social Tech content marketing nonprofit nonprofit technology nonprofits npTech storytelling supporters' Share volume.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 3, 2017

Check out this episode from Cause Camp 2017’s day two panel to hear our speakers’ thoughts on how to determine what stories you should be telling, the best ways to get your audience to engage with you on social media, measuring the success of your email marketing campaign, and everything in between.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 22, 2016

People increasingly want to direct where gifts are going and see a measurable return on investment from their gift. And in an age of social media, how can we be sure that when people are talking about our nonprofit that they’re telling our story? The Surprising Science of Storytelling. We’re the only species that tells stories.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 14, 2015

He’s the writing whiz for WonderWe —a crowdfunding social network that provides free viral tools for non-profits to fundraise, recruit and measure impact like a pro. We’ll check out some case studies, hear stories from nonprofits who have successfully crowdfunded and get you tools you need to start your first campaign.

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