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4 storytelling tips to inspire and engage your nonprofit audience

Candid

The reason storytelling is so effective at capturing people’s attention is simple. Moreover, an online search may take your prospective supporter to other platforms like YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and, of course, Candid. live streams, professionally produced clips, and authentic moments captured on a mobile device.)

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How Nonprofits Can Leverage Organic Social Media to Increase Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Social platforms are all about relationships first. Show real humans talking to the camera through videos and storytelling. Ask followers for input on an upcoming campaign or what they want to see more of on your platforms. Here’s how you can do it: Prioritize community-building over sales pitches. Say their name.

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How To Recruit New Members for Your Association on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The first thing that you’ll need to do is decide what type of social media platform you want to target. Your organization won’t need to use all of these, but you will need to have a presence on some of the biggest platforms. Many social media platforms get inundated with content regularly. There might also be smaller sites.

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Flixxaid: A New Mobile App for Social Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In a world with a multitude of social media platforms already out there on the web, why would the world use one more dedicated to support nonprofits? Tapping into new revenue streams. With video storytelling being their preferred medium, what better way to help nonprofits than raise awareness and engagement with a young audience?

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How Nonprofits Can Raise Money Using YouTube

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. It’s also the top platform for 18 to 24-year-olds, with 85% of this age group on the platform (compared to just 51% for Facebook). . The site just reached 1.8

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[DATA] 14 Must-Know Stats About How Nonprofits Use Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, the Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits webinar highlights current trends in using social media for fundraising, advocacy, and storytelling. 1%: “Donate” button in Facebook Live video stream. 1%: “Donate” button in Facebook Live video stream. Open Data Project Sponsors.

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Video Streaming Apps — To Stream or Not to Stream

Tech Soup

The nonprofit sector thrives on a community of rich storytelling. Whatever form that storytelling takes, from photo essay to member video, story-driven content is dynamic, shows impact, and can attract new potential donors. And that's where live streaming can be useful. And that's where live streaming can be useful.

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