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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

Get Fully Funded

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! What Makes a Good Story? What is happening in your hero’s life?

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How To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Movie Production Studio In 6 Easy Steps

Global Giving

Still wondering if you have what it takes to tell a story through video? As charities, we tell stories all the time—it’s how we show our donors their money is making a difference! Find your story. Try writing a script with a two-column approach. iMovie (for assembling all the pieces into a movie.

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Your Nonprofit Logo is a Spark, Not the Flame

Top Nonprofits

Remember these words: Your nonprofit’s logo is not your story. They want to use every tool, including their logo, to tell their story. Here’s where you can get stuck in focusing on your logo as representing your story: . Think about a movie poster. That movie poster we talked about? Great movie, bad poster.

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Your Logo is a Spark, Not the Flame

Top Nonprofits

Remember these six words: Your logo is not your story. They want to use every tool, including their logo, to tell their story. They want to use every tool, including their logo, to tell their story. Here’s where you can get stuck in focusing on your logo as representing your story: . Think about a movie poster.

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40+ Ideas to Light a Fundraising Fire Under Your Nonprofit Board Members

Blue Fox

40+ Ways Empower Your Board Members for Fundraising Season Inform Hold a fundraising season kick-off dinner Give board members the option to give rather than fundraise Share 2021 Giving Tuesday Stats Stay in touch on fundraising goals and progress Share: How Nonprofits Build Donor Trust – Be Transparent Train on new fundraising software (like (..)

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10 Simple Strategies for a Successful Year-End Giving Campaign

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Collect all the good-news/feel-good stories that you did not use during Giving Tuesday and send them out one at a time over the last few days of the year using both email and social media. Work from a script so everyone is comfortable making these calls, asking for donations. Create a feel-good blitz. The Bottom Line.

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Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 13 Now Available

Tech Soup

The Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements bundle is ideal for organizations that want to quickly enhance photos and create movies to communicate their stories and their mission. Photoshop Elements does not include certain advanced Photoshop features such as the Channel Mixer, Color Balance, scripting, or CMYK coloring.

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