Bloomerang

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Stories help embed a message into context and, often, entertainment. The message is the medication , and the story is the peanut butter. Sure, some of us have an inherent knack for weaving a good story, but the truth is storytelling can be learned, practiced, and mastered. . The strategy behind the stories you tell.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

There are mountains of resources for nonprofits who want to perfect the art of telling the stories of the clients and communities they serve. After all, nonprofits invest significant intellectual and financial resources in learning to tell rich, vibrant stories as a means of marketing and fundraising. Like this article? Get another!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In the first part of this series, I talked about why you need to define your goals, your brand and voice, and your audience before crafting your story. At the root of every story is a struggle or conflict. This is true of the stories you’ll share about your nonprofit’s work too. . Consider all the angles of your story. .

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Care2

DECEMBER 19, 2011

We turned to Facebook, the voice of a nearly a billion people, and one of the most important, personal communication channels of our time. We asked the five most popular Finnish celebrities to donate their Facebook profiles to five Dalits from Nepal.

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Roundtree

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Include at least one picture and one key stat with each program. . Impact Stories (2 pages). You need a representative impact story. Include a picture of the person if possible and describe how their life is better as a result of the work you are doing. Use this section to highlight what you do and where you do it.

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

However, research over the last decade has painted a clear picture of the disparities that Black leaders face in philanthropy. Black voices, Black spaces. Since 1987, Echoing Green has identified visionary leaders with bold ideas for transforming the world and invested in their ideas and leadership.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Impact stories. By illustrating data-driven outcomes and real-world, human stories of the individuals your nonprofit has helped, supporters can better see the tangible connection between your nonprofit’s work and its direct result in your community. seconds) to convince visitors to stay on your homepage.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Repeated content, like blog posts, event listings, or even things like your programs or success stories. Avoid stretching images if they live next to content; you don’t want to end up with a skewed or blurry picture. In practice: 1) Civil Voices. 2) Content that was originally static but needs to be updated.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A lot of times these calls will result in voice-mail messages, but that’s okay because the message will still leave a strong impression. I like monthly e-newsletters that combine brief stories and compelling photos. And there is a bigger picture at stake. households donated to a charity.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 18, 2013

It doesn't have to be fancy, just start scribbling some ideas of how your story will get from start to finish. By working through this in advanced, you and your team will have a clear picture of what you want your video to look like and a blueprint to work from rather than making things up as you go along.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

and it is communicated through your logo, typography, colors, photo style, and tone or voice. The fewer words you use the better, but you will need words to tell your story. Photos: Photos are so important to a nonprofit website and go a long way in telling a story, hence the expression, A picture is worth a thousand words.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

But no matter how your nonprofit is doing good in our world, there will always be ways your work and mission are affected by legislation, policies, and local and national events, which means there will always be reasons to make your voice heard.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

If you want your text to be effective, you must edit and add your own ‘voice’ and perspective. When asking people to share pictures, ask that they tag @PurrfectPets to be featured in our stories and site! Please include 2–4 strong, relevant hashtags.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Showing impact numbers and, more importantly, stories keep donors informed and engaged. It’s easy to feel like you’re the voice of your organization, and it’s tempting to try to talk like you are that organization. When posting on social media, skip the formalities and embrace your unique voice and tone.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The facilitator can call on people individually or, when multiple voices chime in simultaneously, create a structured queue, saying for example, “Let’s hear from Amy, then Cynthia, and then Brad.” If you’re meeting in person, try to draw simple pictures. A picture often really is worth 1,000 words. Even a verbal picture.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

DIY Multimedia tools to create social content Canva for nonprofits – pictures dominate social comms and a good canva template can go a long way. Thoughts on Brand Voice. Whole Whale Content Calendar to organize out a year in themes Read this before starting a nonprofit podcast. Social Media Tools.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Danielle Coates-Connor: And you, Devyn, have been creating a visionary library of images with all of the branding work that you’ve done at Edge Leadership, with all of the illustration work that you’ve done for Nonprofit Quarterly and for The Voice Lab. Maybe we’ll start with you, Amy, bring your voice in.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

We tell stories. Stories are the most effective form of communication available because they immediately engage the reader on an emotional level and in a way that is interesting to them. Our neural activity increases 5X when listening to a story. Cut through bias by communicating various perspectives and voices.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

In less than a month, over 1,700 other cities started Occupy events – both in solidarity to the thousands protesting around the clock in New York’s financial district, and with a loud voice that these issues are not unique to the US.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

However, creating a strong social media presence isn’t as simple as writing a post and hitting “send” or taking a few pictures and uploading them online. Use your organization’s brand colors, fonts, and logos in all of the pictures and videos you post on social media. Every nonprofit has a story, but how do you tell yours?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

A blog can provide the space for sharing news, announcements, stories, and other information and let you reshare and distribute it all over the web. Or, maybe you weren’t interested in the stories being told. Do you have videos, pictures, or slides? Do you have lots of different voices? Create Community Dialogue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities. Share Stories from the Field.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

An organization, company, or other entity can have all of the diversity numbers in the world, but until everyone feels included and that there is a place and voice for them, it is all for naught. Most importantly, we must connect DEI Strategies directly to fundraising impact through data, research, and success stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

All that said, as social media managers, we need to read in order have moments when we are completely immersed in a story using our brains to process words, sentences, story structure, and plot lines – not just soundbites, headlines, tweets, and pins. 9) Browse pictures of baby animals regularly. Reading books does that.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

It takes commitment, guts, and a great story. As long as you’re giving donors a great experience ( thanking them well , communicating consistently, telling heartwarming stories, etc.), Communicate urgency, give short deadlines, and explain all all of the Ws to create a powerful story. Tell your story. Soak that in.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Participate because surveys are all about numbers, and the numbers can’t tell the right story if only a few people participate or if those who do participate don’t reflect the entire field of study. The overview allows you to see where your organization fits into the national grantseeking picture.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 2, 2022

I start by getting a big picture things like the send date, the universe and targeting. I also think about what kind of story I’m going to tell in the appeal and make some notes for the story direction. I record a voice memo and transcribe it using Sonix. I’ll give you an example with a fundraising email.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 23, 2021

Daily stand-ups give a voice to all team members and empower people to speak up. Continuous feedback loops allow for people to have an equal voice in their organization. The stories of those they serve are the drivers of gathering support. Lean wants to increase connections between people. Lean, mean, problem-solving machine.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Nonprofit membership programs can help your organization raise money, build your network, and give members a louder voice in your organization or community. With integrations, you’ll be able to analyze big-picture trends or access individuals’ history with your organization in the same place ! What is a nonprofit membership program?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Lesson #1: Voice. “Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). Many social media tools are specifically designed for users to tell stories and voice opinions, others are built as aggregators and distributors of users’ stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities. Share Stories from the Field.

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Forum One

JUNE 29, 2022

As we dive into the summer months, it’s often a good moment to step back and look at the bigger picture. Without program teams, the communications team doesn’t have the content they need to share the stories of their work on the ground. How are we doing? What are our biggest challenges to success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Write A Powerful Story In 60 Minutes: The Hollywood Method. Online tools for capacity mapping and resource matching: The big picture. I Screwed Up: Real stories of mistakes, blunders and snafus. A Unified Voice for the Nonprofit Technology Community: Possibility or Herding Cats? Are you the picture taker???

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2018

Thanks to new platforms, technology and increasingly connected lives, data and stories shared widely can be powerful tools to reveal differences and build a much stronger picture of the injustice that women and girls experience worldwide. This missing picture has stalled global progress towards gender equality.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes. Our story challenges get lots of attention. We appreciated the opportunity to work with TechSoup and tell our story.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

The power of pictures. Facebook is a “picture economy” (whereas Twitter is a “link economy” ); pics are the most engaged content, the most in-demand. Pictures are great conversation starters. What are your success stories? How do I go from network weaver to empowering others to weave one another?

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Byte Technology

MAY 6, 2015

It has a message to relate to the world, a story about something needed, something neglected or something wrong that needs to be made right. Too often, site managers and developers will concentrate on the little details of the mission and miss the bigger picture.

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