Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Nature Conservancy’s photo contests : The crowd, in this case it’s one that loves nature photos, shares the pictures they love about nature and in the process grow their community. Embrace storytelling. Tags: challenge community presentation beth kanter crowds crowdsourcing netsquared nten sxsw. Crowd vs Community.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

In our recent webinar on super-short videos , we heard from digital storytelling experts about how nonprofits and libraries can use these tools to easily make their own super-short videos. You can add hashtags and location tags to make your photos even more searchable. Here's what we learned. Why Super-Short Videos?

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

An effective nonprofit video can be as simple as a Flickr photo stream set to an audio track or a really great interview. TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Campaign page, Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , and YouTube page offer numerous how-to resources and examples of effective nonprofit videos. Optimising Video For Search Engines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

His list of benefits include: Video is a powerful storytelling medium and has the potential to engage people and build relationship, particularly if using some of the video/social networking sites. I realized that I only thought about this in the context of project - for example capturing video (plus text, photos, etc) from a conference.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2007

With moviemaker, it is a pain to move around the little bits of audio, pictures and video in the timeline without the program crashing or completely messing things up. David has some excellent notes here and, as always, great photos here. There's some additional photos from Chris Brogan (discovered after I finished editing.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 2, 2023

A fundraiser on Instagram typically takes place on Instagram stories, where you share photos and videos encouraging followers to donate. Storytelling on Instagram Start off by deciding how you want to represent your philanthropic group. Is there a moving video or picture that represents the mission statement well?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Photos of people are particularly compelling, so gather pictures of volunteers, beneficiaries, and community members. If your nonprofit has an environmental focus, nature photos can also be captivating. The CARE blog also has many examples of multimedia storytelling.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2021

Additionally, keep the visual design of your core pages streamlined and focus on illustrating your mission with impactful photos and graphics rather than overwhelming users with walls of text. Think about why visitors come to your website, and then try to anticipate their needs with clearly labeled sections and navigation.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Even though the definition below is focused on product marketing, we fundraisers know how effective storytelling is with donors in our communications. Visual details are also an important part of the equation, so look for ways to include pictures of your staff at work or your beneficiaries receiving your services when telling your story.

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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. What's this all about"?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Use coloured overlays when displaying text over photos. Some aspects of content flow to examine include: Heading tag order. Each of your pages should have just one H1 tag denoting its title. The rest of your headings will then be marked sequentially—H4 tags flow under H3 tags, which flow under H2 tags, and so on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

With NWF as the hash tag; Wildlife sightings perhaps would not lag; (for all to brag?). With the wildlife we're compiling, We could keep the scientists smiling, And lose the grave and stern decorum that was our storytelling before, 'Though tweets are short and fitted,' I said, we'll increase the total submitted. Everyone likes photos.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Chances are you don’t know the full picture of how your nonprofit operates. Seeing as humans have the attention span less than that of a goldfish , you may need the extra time to focus on storytelling. Take a look at National Geographic’s article, “ Unbelievably Cute Pictures of Rescued Baby Sloths.”. Leadership isn’t the enemy.

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2022

Functioning primarily as a picture and video sharing platform, Instagram is a great place to share visuals of the work your organization does. For your profile picture, it’s best to use your organization’s logo. Focus on visual storytelling. Instagram is primarily a social media platform for sharing pictures and videos.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

They’ve also made a color overlay for their first photos that reflects the organization’s brand colors. Adding personalization tags to your subject lines can also be a great way to grab your recipients’ attention. Put your storytelling skills to good use to grab your readers and get them invested in your cause.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that just 3 percent of all data is currently tagged and ready for manipulation, and only one sixth of this - 0.5% - is used for analysis. Data visualization, or presenting a picture of complex information, has been called the new storytelling for nonprofits.

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