Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

She recommends you consider adding stories to your communications when you : Want to motivate others and paint a picture of what's possible. "Stories strengthen communications and presence for leaders," explains Kristi Hedges , author of the book, The Power of Presence. Are trying to deliver difficult news and want to show empathy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

She recommends you consider adding stories to your communications when you : Want to motivate others and paint a picture of what's possible. "Stories strengthen communications and presence for leaders," explains Kristi Hedges , author of the book, The Power of Presence. Are trying to deliver difficult news and want to show empathy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 14, 2020

She recommends you consider adding stories to your communications when you : Want to motivate others and paint a picture of what's possible. "Stories strengthen communications and presence for leaders," explains Kristi Hedges , author of the book, The Power of Presence. Are trying to deliver difficult news and want to show empathy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

She recommends you consider adding stories to your communications when you : Want to motivate others and paint a picture of what's possible. "Stories strengthen communications and presence for leaders," explains Kristi Hedges , author of the book, The Power of Presence. Are trying to deliver difficult news and want to show empathy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2018

She recommends you consider adding stories to your communications when you : Want to motivate others and paint a picture of what's possible. "Stories strengthen communications and presence for leaders," explains Kristi Hedges , author of the book, The Power of Presence. Are trying to deliver difficult news and want to show empathy.

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Kindful

MAY 26, 2021

Once upon a time…. of storytelling will help you drastically increase your organization’s revenue and impact. As entrepreneurial expert Gary Vaynerchuk puts it, “Storytelling is by far the most underrated skill in business.” Additionally, Forbes names storytelling “the #1 most important career skill for the future.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 27, 2018

She recommends you consider adding stories to your communications when you : Want to motivate others and paint a picture of what's possible. "Stories strengthen communications and presence for leaders," explains Kristi Hedges , author of the book, The Power of Presence. Are trying to deliver difficult news and want to show empathy.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Storytelling is important in the social good community. Today’s guest joined the podcast to talk about how organizations can better incorporate visual elements into their storytelling. Today’s guest joined the podcast to talk about how organizations can better incorporate visual elements into their storytelling.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

—– I’m really excited by tools that enable digital or transmedia storytelling. I recently attended the US launch event for Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API).

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Mastering Modern Grant Writing for Nonprofit Success In the dynamic landscape of nonprofit funding, grants continue to play a pivotal role, with billions of dollars allocated annually to support various causes and projects. This storytelling can even jazz up your overall communication strategy.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Modern technology provides us all with new opportunities for storytelling, including new ways to approach the ever-important visual element. That is the topic of the most recent episode of The sgENGAGE Podcast: Visual Storytelling: A Picture is Worth 60,000 Words. Wrap our heads around the idea of visual storytelling.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Supercharge Giving Tuesday Contributions with an Optimized Donation Page With #GivingTuesday just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to put our heads together and think about how we can forge the best experience for those kind-hearted souls who are looking to support our mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. While Facebook and Twitter may be waning a bit in popularity and usage, visual storytelling platform Instagram keeps growing in engagement and daily time spent on the site. .

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 5, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes How to Mobilize a Movement: 6 Tech Strategies for Supporter Advocacy We know your journey is sprinkled with dreams of making a huge difference, as well as the occasional sleepless night, wondering how you can mobilize a movement with the resources you have. Event Management Planning a lobby day?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Storytelling is a skill. Salespeople should, therefore, invest the time to learn how to do it well, and then practice it, so they can master it. Also, I think after publishing my first two books, Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story , they thought sales was the next logical place to leverage storytelling skills.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This is natural in any line of work, but in non-profit storytelling I find that it mostly impacts my process for writing and telling stories. One of the changes I’ve recently made is simplifying my personal definition of storytelling to this: Storytelling is the process of sharing facts, which are told with emotions and details.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 4, 2022

When it’s the beginning of a new calendar year or the start of a new fiscal year, the fresh start is a great time to create your non-profit’s annual story strategy. And more importantly, it’s your opportunity to clarify how storytelling will support your fundraising or communications goals. First, we’ll look at your big picture goals.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Draw inspiration from impactful introductions like the one crafted by Jules Brown for an acquisition piece for Women’s Aid: “Could you picture, for a moment, a woman on the brink of making the hardest decision of her life?” Paint a vivid picture of what their support achieves through your organization. Happy fundraising!

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 2, 2022

I take it one step at a time to get to the final product, which I find much less daunting than if I were to sit down and think I’ve got to write a series of 5 emails for this campaign. I talk about briefs all the time. I start by getting a big picture things like the send date, the universe and targeting.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Digital storytellers! You spent time and talent on creating your video or picture slide show, now we invite you to show it off! Pacific time on Saturday, May 4 and will be open through 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on Friday, May 17. You've invested time and energy into your digital story — now campaign for it.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Next, let’s talk about some storytelling strategies to help you maximize your giving. I like this kind of story in a year-end campaign because it feels timely for the season (especially the last few days of December) and paints a clear picture of your vision for the next year. The Update Story.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights. During the one-month challenge TechSoup will host a series of interactive trainings designed to help nonprofits produce a one-minute video or five-picture Flickr slideshow. Pacific time Join us for a tweet chat on the topic of mobile storytelling.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

That's what the Digital Storytelling Challenge seeks to accomplish every year. At the 2013 Digital Storytelling Awards Gala on May 28, the community's successes were clear. Congratulations to all of these award winners, and collective gratitude to all the participants in this year’s digital storytelling challenge.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

A picture is worth a thousand words. Imagine if you didn’t need an expensive camera, artistic mastery, or a ton of time to create what was in your mind’s eye. What if you didn’t need a highly trained designer every time you needed an image for an article or report? Public link: [link]. Public image: [link]. Public link: [link].

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Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Today, with time and experience behind us, digital transformation in 2022 means deep strategy and prioritization. There are a number of trends worth exploring: Technology that fuels data-driven storytelling. Our work with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) shows the power of harnessing data for impact storytelling.

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TechImpact

JULY 28, 2014

These alerts usually shows your avatar and often time your bio. Visual storytelling. If you’re a nonprofit that has a lot of events, use Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook to share pictures and videos from those events in the community. One of those leads could turn into a life long donor or volunteer. You have to ask.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

At some point in your professional fundraising career, you’ve probably heard the importance of storytelling when crafting your nonprofit’s donor experience. No matter your experience, a crucial aspect of storytelling is helping donors understand what your organization does and showing how, or who, you’re helping.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

I'm going to start by telling a story about storytelling. Apparently, pointing to pictures of wedding things and saying "that's gross" doesn't count as feedback, so it was time for me to come up with better suggestions on my own and give her some well-deserved rest. I want to share the basics that your org should think about.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2009

Donnie Claudino (pictured), TechSoup Canada's Marketing Manager, brought a lesson about how to use storytelling in online media. He began by sharing his own story: as an American, he found himself wanting to immigrate to Canada and used storytelling to land a job. He delivered his message in the form of a Web site and a video.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2011

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event 2011 begins tomorrow January 13 with a webinar and the opening of a challenge. You have a couple of weeks (January 13 – 31) to create a 60-second video or five-panel picture story that showcases your library's mission and work. No production or storytelling experience is necessary.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The year is coming to a close, and it feels like time has flown by! Whether you missed them the first time around or want to re-read them, there’s a lot to glean from them. Spend the time to put some thought into creating a budget for your nonprofit. These fundraising articles have been a hit with our readers this year.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Annaliese pointed out to us that podcasting is usually not perceived as digital storytelling , and we agreed that this is an idea worth discussing. But a podcast can be a vehicle for storytelling, if you make the effort to infuse it with a narrative.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Leverage storytelling to build a base. Likely, these will also shift throughout the campaign cycle as you gain a clearer picture of available resources. Because they already know your organization, they’ll require less onboarding time and already have an investment in your mission. Leverage storytelling to build a base.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Digital storytellers! You spent time and talent on creating your video or picture slide show, now we invite you to show it off! Pacific time on Saturday, May 4 and will be open through 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on Friday, May 17. You've invested time and energy into your digital story — now campaign for it.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

An intangible feeling of change that arises each time we enter a new year. Each of those trends of course are important; however, it is about the bigger picture. At the same time , we are all connected by our shared humanity. It may be so difficult to pinpoint because it is not one, but rather a mixture of feelings.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. Storytelling Storytelling has also become a prominent concept connected to data processes in philanthropy. Those who find it fun are called nerds.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Take a look at your target audience’s time zone and reference research on engagement rates based on publishing times. For example, recent studies have found that an effective time to post on Instagram is Mondays from 10 a.m. Studies show that successful social media brands tend to post around 3-5 times a week.

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