NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Flickr: Lydia Mann (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NPTech nten members.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 2, 2011

If that isn't enough for you, there's also information about video storytelling or connecting on Google+! They're showing off women in tech positions across the industry though their video storytelling campaign. ListenIn Pictures and CauseVox released an ebook for nonprofits just beginning to use video as an outreach tool.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 2, 2011

If that isn't enough for you, there's also information about video storytelling or connecting on Google+! They're showing off women in tech positions across the industry though their video storytelling campaign. ListenIn Pictures and CauseVox released an ebook for nonprofits just beginning to use video as an outreach tool.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

One of those was the MTA Twitter stream , offering updates and pictures – storytelling to keep New Yorkers updated and in the loop on public transportation. The New York City Mayor's office ran an official stream of information on their Twitter account and linked to other useful local information.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

They may have an incomplete picture of you, but the one they do have is favorable. Connect with your friends through good storytelling, and some of them will grow into big fans. Tags: kivi leroux miller Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Communications. Friends: People Who Like Your Organization.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Data reports and personal snapshots are often generated separately, then placed side-by-side with the hope that the juxtaposition of hard metrics with an emotional picture and blurb will resonate with a wide range of people. Quantitative and qualitative data are often positioned as opposing or complementary means of documenting impact.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

He masterfully abstracted meaningful data from the numbers and constructs a picture that pays a deeply personal and loving tribute. The Whale Hunt: A Storytelling Experiment by Jonathan Harris. For his 2010 Annual Report he compiled and presented data around his father’s life. It is surprisingly moving.

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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. They show, rather than tell.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning. Funnel: Measure the whole funnel!

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2011

Make Your Data Tell Stories Your data is an incredible storytelling tool, with the power to sway the public and engage supporters. The problem is, most of its storytelling power is usurped by the Excel charts that typically imprison it. We've got to get better at visualizing our data in compelling ways.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2011

By submitting videos and pictures of themselves holding signs that read “Mine,” “Yours,” or “Ours,” their list helped answer the question “Who does the air belong to? They needed to show that their members were proud of the Clean Air Act’s success and were going to fight to protect it.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

When done correctly, a microsite can be one of the most powerful storytelling tools available to fundraisers. Their microsite reveals documented, widespread threats to voting rights in America and effectively weaves localized challenges into a broad picture of the problem. AbolishChildTrafficking.org.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 23, 2011

storytelling. From visual storytelling to blogging to fundraising , you're clearly looking for opportunities to tell your organization's story in new and impactful ways. well, you get the picture: tactics are fine, but they need to tie into strategy. If there was one theme to rule them all in 2011, it was.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Data visualization, or presenting a picture of complex information, has been called the new storytelling for nonprofits. Nonprofits are already using the picture-sharing site in interesting ways. There are now free web tools out there, like visua.ly , info.gram , and Pearltrees. TechSoup Global's content curator, Ginny Mies.

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