Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

It all comes down to one word: sharing. Create a timeline contest that encourages people to craft videos and photo sets boosting your fundraiser. These tools can be simple, such as examples of fundraising emails, social media posts, phone scripts and even official logos. Lean on your core supporters.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Yet many nonprofit leaders are intimidated by videos and more comfortable with traditional stories and photos to tell your organization’s stories. You can make a video with your smartphone and share it on your social channels without spending any money. For a longer video, consider writing a script.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 13, 2020

Manage and Organize Photo Library. The right photo can make or break a campaign or donation pages. There are never enough photos to satisfy the social media monsters either which all rely on compelling images. Build a Photo Library. Recruit volunteer thank you ambassadors to leave scripted messages on fundraising pages.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Note – Photos or a video of your characters are HIGHLY recommended. And if you can use your Core Number to share what it costs to feed that child lunch, even better! Large, beautiful photos of the family, perhaps in front of their humble home). Photos and videos are crucial to the success of your story. Look at her eyes.

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Global Giving

APRIL 10, 2020

Practice with your colleagues, practice inviting your friends who have never used Zoom before to understand how they join, practice sharing your screen… you get the idea. Do this by writing a bullet point script before, covering every point you want to make and add slides to match the main points. You don’t have to be impersonal!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

TechSoup Sweden's Andreas Ericsson shared a cool weekend project on TechSoup's Digital Engagement forum that any organization can adopt for their next event. He printed photos posted on Instagram to document a large gathering in Sweden. He also set up a script that triggered the print function from his phone to his laptop.

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Send them a photo and story of someone your organization serves. So, the next time you reach out to say thanks, share a story that shows how they helped you carry out your mission. If you’re sharing one person’s story (with their permission, of course), see if you can have them sign the card. Your gift mint a lot to us!” .

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 29, 2021

For example, if your team put together a YouTube video about your summer programs, adapt the script of the video to a blog post, and post a related photo on Instagram. Take advantage of the multitude of different ways people discover, consume, and share media. Spread your content across multiple platforms and keep it cohesive.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2023

For example, a nonprofit dedicated to conservation might share updates on the population rates of endangered species a supporter donated to help protect. They could even go the extra mile by focusing on a specific animal, giving them a name and sharing the progress the animal has made since the nonprofit started supporting them.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Take plenty of photos and send them a blurb about what they did so they can share it on their company’s intranet and even brag about to their employer. . Draft a letter or email that your board members and other dedicated fans can send to targeted individuals and provide talking points for a phone script.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

Use a photo that reflects the heart of your organization’s work. Framed photo: Take photos of your volunteers in action with a goal of getting a frame-worthy shot. When you get the perfect shot, have a print made of the photo and display it in a simple frame. You can get crafty and paint a wooden frame.

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sgEngage

JUNE 22, 2021

All you need is a basic script of questions you’ll ask and 6-8 participants. Examples: Do our donors respond better to an inter-generational photo or one with only children? Please share some topics or ideas in the comments! Here are some examples: User Interviews. Keep the test focused on one thing you want to learn.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Organic social is considered free, non-paid content created, uploaded, and shared within social platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube. Google is indexing social videos and sharing those results with their users. SERPs consistently pull recommended search content from social platforms.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Create an online community for your fundraisers to interact and share their ideas. Provide a way to collaborate and share. Add a great default photo to fundraising pages. Your photo may inspire others to donate.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Invite everyone to share how they got involved with the organization, what their role is, and why it means so much to them. Instead share a message about an upcoming campaign and encourage them to personalize the message. Share with them your organization’s brand strategy and messaging goals. They are already doing that.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. Instead share the true situation of the people or families you serve and how the donor’s contribution will make a difference.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

You’ll be tempted to share a ton of info in your welcome kit – don’t. If you work with animals, can you have a fashion photo shoot involving holiday sweaters? It helps to provide the people making calls with a script. They are free to veer from the script, but they can use it to get started. Just say thank you.

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CauseVox

APRIL 12, 2022

Always encourage your donors and fundraiser participants to share their testimonials or personal connection with the organization if they have one. While most organizations tend to focus on peak giving months (spring, year-end, GivingTuesday, etc), Carousel Ranch flipped the script by hosting their peer to peer fundraiser in February.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

We shared Yash’s invaluable insights on digital storytelling and we couldn’t resist sharing his advice on creating compelling videos. One of the reasons why I learned to do photo and video was because media outlets weren't showing up to the actions that I was organizing. The accessibility of video is what makes it so valuable.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2015

Both programs are lighter editions of Photoshop, Adobe's popular photo-editing application, and Premiere Pro, its robust video-editing application. 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.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

A blog is a perfect place to put your content, whether that be articles, guides, videos, photo galleries, local news updates, or updates from your staff. Brainstorm these terms and include them in your content either behind the scenes in the settings script of your web pages or in the text of your original content.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

Then orient callers around the evening’s purpose, review a suggested script you’ve shared in advance, and answer any questions. Every donor should get something, even if just a brief email with a photo of someone they helped and a quick “ You’re our hero! ” Begin with an ice breaker to make it fun. or “ You did it!

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

By the end of this post and with a bit of practice, you’ll understand and have the skills to turn your story into a great video, from planning to shooting to editing to publishing to sharing, all on the smartphone you carry in your pocket! Try writing a script with a two-column approach. Find your story. Start with your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Photo by Trav Williams. Do you have subject matter expertise and do you want to share it during the session? These could done by one person or could be shared if mapped out in advance. The documenter will also transcribe sticky notes into a word document and capture any thoughts shares via social media hashtag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. Then share them with your organization’s leadership. Because social media requires an immediate response, a common script will pay great dividends. Share what you’ve learned. Don’t only look at social media analytics. Read your social media stories. Government. Use it to solve specific problems.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The Elements products also include a common Organizer that allows you to easily tag and find photos (similar in function to the Bridge application used in the Creative Suite programs). Support for automating Photoshop tasks through scripts written by developers. Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer. Other TechSoup Resources.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

Mukono, Uganda: How to Create a Digital Photo Story to Fundraise for a Community Cause. This series of four free webinars will follow the path of our Storymakers short course for video preproduction, production, and postproduction, and you can also join for the final webinar on photo storytelling. Thursday, April 21. Friday, April 22.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. Create an online community for your fundraisers to interact and share their ideas. Provide a way to collaborate and share. Add a great default photo to fundraising pages. Your photo may inspire others to donate.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Organizing a tweet chat is easy and a great way to provide your Twitter followers with a reason to come together, connect, share, and learn. Develop a script to guide discussion. If so, share any other tips on how you run your Twitter events in the comments section below! Photo: josie4628.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 23, 2008

I've been doing some research on how to present a successful webinar, and thought I'd share what I've learned. I hope you'll share your tips too. Write the script, then create the PowerPoint. Build rapport by posting your photo while you introduce yourself. Share information in short segments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Find more photos like this on So You Think You Can Do Social Media. EDF has embraced the spirit of this sharing - not only remixing a version of the game for their organization,but also sharing back the materials and what worked! . A few EDF staffers joined Eric on stage to share what they’ve done with social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Flick Photo by Thomas Hawk. Open source thinking is sharing and remixing. s been the ability to think out loud with colleagues on ideas and topics, share presentations, etc. Maybe we can add a section for presentations that we can share. I've been fooling around with alternative ways for share presentations over the web.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 11, 2013

The Elements products also include a common Organizer that allows you to easily tag and find photos (similar in function to the Bridge application used in the Creative Suite programs). Support for automating Photoshop tasks through scripts written by developers. When to Go Pro. Other TechSoup Resources. Have you used either or both?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

AUGUST 28, 2018

It’s also a great idea to send along a call script and encourage folks to get on the phone to make personal invitations. Have someone on your fundraising team create a briefing document with short bios of each attendee (3 sentences will do) along with a photo of each attendee. Major donors expect this kind of personal touch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

" So, I thought I'd use a screen capture of the photo inside flickr instead, but wasn't sure whether I could. Jim laughed and told me that the photo was in the public domain so I could blog it anyway I wanted and that he was going to change the default license. In this way, photos could be shared internally without worries.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2014

photo cred:Flickr. Share a profile story in a newsletter. Change up your thank you phone call script. Rather than sharing factual program highlights, think about sharing highlights from your year in story form. On Twitter. . We all know what we have donor retention troubles.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

So let me share my slides with you all. So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. So sample scripts here could be, “Hey, I’m following up on our previous conversation. ” Share that with your donors. Share wins.

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