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JULY 9, 2021

6 Quick Tips to Unify Your Offline and Online Fundraising. Download the Guide to Nonprofit Storytelling. Storytelling allows donors to form an emotional connection with your cause. Client testimonials, video messages, inclusive language, and impact data are all some of the features to consider in your storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Even though many planned giving touchpoints occur offline in meetings or over the phone, your website still has an important role to play. Remember, storytelling is a powerful way to share your message. Reinforce your program on your website. First, ensure that planned giving is included on your organization’s main ways to give page.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

" World Bank’s Mapping for Results launched – Check out this deployment of the Ushahidi platform for digital storytelling and reporting: "This weekend at the World Bank annual meetings the World Bank launched their new Mapping for Results platform. Change the way we associated with others on and offline?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

I’m bummed that I cannot participate this time around (will be traveling with my family, enjoying some offline adventures) but am already looking forward to the next opportunity! Experience a variety of social web tools that are essential in listening/engaging, storytelling, generating buzz, and online networking. REGISTER HERE!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

What’s the difference between online and offline marketing – or is there one? We know storytelling is important for grant applications and fundraising appeals, how is it most useful in marketing? Tags: interview marketing best practice fundraising storytelling. They represent every kind of nonprofit you can think of!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Let me also suggest that we need to stop placing a wall between offline and online giving strategies and tactics. And donors that are 55-years and older have the highest retention rates for both online and offline giving. This online versus offline wall is mostly in our own heads. of total sales. It’s in our org charts.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2014

Few of us find the person who incessantly talks about himself attractive, so the wingman often assumes the role of storyteller. And it can work exactly the same way for your nonprofit’s storytelling strategy on social media. Engage them offline: Introduce yourself; build a positive and productive relationship.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2020

It’s the perfect middle ground between data, empiricism, emotion and storytelling – a perfect fact and fiction that needs to be combined. Bring them together online or offline to problem solve and improve constituent journeys. First Step: Do your research. Dig into your fundraising database and look for patterns that dictate mapping.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

Core elements included using the Razoo giving platform, content best practices, online storytelling, social media strategy, and donor cultivation. From my experience participating in training events and courses as a speaker and trainer, I see much better results when coupling online and offline learning and resources.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Road trips are an excellent platform for causes to tell important stories, engage volunteers, and fundraise in an innovative way. Diverse Goals.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Be prepared with stories of how your cause is making a difference (my friend and nonprofit storytelling guru Lori Jacobwith calls these “Mission Moments”). Let the brand you’ve created for yourself inform every decision you make, online and offline. It’s vague, probably overused advice, but, at the heart of it, it makes a lot of sense.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Starting the Conversations: Here are some questions to consider: How does online discussion and networking connect with and support offline action? What role does new media & storytelling play in this space? How does the web change the way we organize for climate action? What are the key ways the game gets changed?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

“Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). The power of social media and the authentic storytelling that takes place is in the opportunity for people to inspire other people to take action, which leads to lesson #2. Lesson #1: Voice.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Digital Storytelling Blender: Web, Video, Games, Events & Live! Online and Offline Community Organizing. We hope you will find a session, or more, that suits your organization, and thank you for your vote. See you in San Francisco! Content Curation Across Teams & Organizations. Tips and Tools for Technology Planning.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

TechSoup’s Digital Storytelling Challenge tweet chat gathered nonprofit video experts and other experienced storytellers to share what works, what channels are best and more when it comes to sharing videos over social media. Not sure if your followers are paying attention to you on Twitter? TechSoup Canada.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Adelaide, Australia: Mixing online with offline - building communities that take action. Victoria, Canada: The Art of Digital Storytelling - A NetSquared Victoria Panel. Denver, CO: Before You Hit Send: Email Marketing, Planning, and Strategy. Adidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

which means "enough," began online and moved offline to solidify a movement to create a better Bosnia and Herzegovina. A session at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference, recounted on the TechSoup blog, offers advice on using storytelling for fundraising.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

Our annual Storymakers digital storytelling challenge. Bridging the Divide: Online and Offline Community Managers — Thursday, March 24 — 10:30 a.m. — Bridging the Divide: Online and Offline Community Managers. We're especially excited to talk about three great offerings: Consultant Connection. DonorPerfect.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Charity Fundraising Agent (Android, iPhone) helps you keep track of your fundraising campaigns by monitoring both online and offline donations. From gaming to storytelling, these apps make supporting a cause entertaining and interactive. to your phone or tablet. The Shopify service (available through TechSoup!)

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

So even when you're offline, you can still tell your nonprofit or library's story with SlideRocket. Cloud-Based and Offline Access. And now, with their iPad app, you can even share your presentations offline using your iPad. Like PowerPoint, SlideRocket lets you create customized slides with text, images, and media.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

TechSoup’s Digital Storytelling Challenge tweet chat gathered nonprofit video experts and other experienced storytellers to share what works, what channels are best and more when it comes to sharing videos over social media. Not sure if your followers are paying attention to you on Twitter? TechSoup Canada.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. Designate a cheer leader. Gather your tribe and rally the base. Get your base to give first. Keep cheer leading no matter what happens.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

One participant said, "A good tweet is something that elicits action offline, for example, a laugh or a conversation. Granted, that's hard to measure." " A tweet is also great when it provides useful information or inspires a reader to want to learn more.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Hunger Games Lesson 1: Storytelling is Vital for Survival. Consider online vs. offline interactions with your supporters and potential supporters. If I can be inspired by a fictional girl with braids and arrows, what kind of fandom could our real-world heroes inspire? What’s their connection to your organization?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

These things allow for more sustainable dialogue, contribute to long-term engagement, and add channels to network offline and opportunities for further community building. Capturing Moments in Mobile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

On 20th March, 2009, we managed to hold a Skype storytelling session between kids from Akshara Foundation’s community library and a class from Central Manor.The purpose is to go beyond being just a publisher. So, our Twitter friend went offline and recorded a book in their Delhi studio! Channels used: Blog, Twitter.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

Next week, Beth Kanter will be continuing this BlogHer series about getting started using social media for your nonprofit, or do-good project with posts about social networking, connecting offline and online action, and raising money on social networks. by Wild Apricot Should Your Nonprofit Have a Blog? nonprofit blog activism

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Also, here's Heather's blog series on The Power of Written Storytelling , which points out many of the ways these kinds of stories are so unforgettable. Engage Offline. Don't forget that great stories stay with you. There's NPR's Serial or Chicago Public Media's This American Life and Radiolab.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Social Fundraising: Leveraging On and Offline Connections. Effective ROI StoryTelling Techniques. Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter. Sharing Foundation Has Supporters in Finland. Blogging Behind the Nonprofit Firewall: ROI Approach. Calling on the Twitterverse and Connie Reece Answers First. $10 Nonprofit Blogging Policies.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2012

We want to have a conversation with our audience and facilitate storytelling. We want to increase the offline and online participation and go beyond what can be seen as a gimmick: buying an historical object in an unexpected way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Her organization is a storytelling organization, so the goal is to get people to share and tell their stories. Go where the people are - if they are offline - help them get connected. Described her organizational's first conversations - our audience is on Facebook and why aren't we there? How can we communicate with them?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

But, take it offline, too. . A strategist, writer and storyteller, Melissa focuses on clear messaging and brand strategy to assist teams in engaging their audiences and motivating them to take action. Turn your ambassador program into a club they’re proud to join. .

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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. The best weapon against apathy is a compelling story.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

They were able to use the platform for organizing offline events, finding and collaborating with volunteer organizers, and more. A couple of examples: GreenPeace didn’t have everything they needed to conduct an email campaign so they set up a Myspace profile. They were active and dedicated to making it work and raised 90,000+ friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I also like to practice my storytelling skills. Some strategies for offline/online engagement were discussed. I always try to incorporate new learnings and observations that I've discovered from the many interviews I do on my blog, resources discovered, and stories. I should have thought more about using my laptop and the projector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 10, 2019

You can combine offline marketing with email campaigns along with social media to strengthen the message of your fundraising campaign. We have created Story Builder, a storytelling feature in Lightful’s social media management platform, based on the idea of using social media to tell your story more effectively (you can try it for.

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