The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Keep in mind good storytelling techniques. Twitter can additionally do some of the things that Facebook can do, including the posting of photos, links, and polls. Instagram is an excellent venue for visual storytelling and can convey more of a personal vibe with your network.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2023

Storytelling is a powerful way to connect with your followers. Polls, for instance, are an excellent way to know the preference of your audience while engaging them. As you continue to learn about the benefits of social media for nonprofits , you will want to ensure you have a consistent plan in place.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

Quizzes and polls can also have a similar effect by helping steer thoughts towards particular topics. Use Storytelling. . . . . Storytelling enables a phenomenon known as mirroring. It allows connection to happen between the audience and the storyteller on a deeper level.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Video storytelling: Emotionally compelling videos showcasing your organization’s impact can help humanize your cause by showing the real people behind your organization’s efforts. Interactive polls: Run polls on social media to gather opinions on various aspects of your nonprofit’s work, upcoming projects, or fundraising ideas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. 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.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

Focus on impact storytelling . It’s best to send these polls after a fundraising event or after a gift is made. Tip #4: Focus on impact storytelling . A successful piece of impact storytelling will simultaneously inform, move, and motivate your donors to stick with the mission and see it through to its conclusion.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2021

replacing all of the immersive storytelling with a litany of the organization’s accomplishments. . According to a 2019 study by the Harris Poll, 55% of fundraisers reported feeling “unappreciated” in their work. taking the donor out of the story. . changing the 4 th -6 th grade reading level for a higher one.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

Quizzes and polls can also have a similar effect by helping steer thoughts towards particular topics. Use Storytelling. . . . . Storytelling enables a phenomenon known as mirroring. It allows connection to happen between the audience and the storyteller on a deeper level.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2023

Close to 40% of the donors polled have participated in a virtual or hybrid fundraising event in the last year. Over 55% of those donors answered that the hybrid/virtual event exceeded their expectations because of strong storytelling, engaging content, and an excellent auction or raffle.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Harness the power of storytelling: Share compelling narratives about your cause and the impact of the fundraiser. On that last note, we just so happen to have a great webinar on the power of storytelling for nonprofits. On that last note, we just so happen to have a great webinar on the power of storytelling for nonprofits.

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

During our most recent webinar, we took a quick poll to find out which physical service or program was most affected by last year’s move to fully remote work. Think about your website experience from top to bottom as a storytelling platform. Flip the physical to digital.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 23, 2008

NTEN & TechSoup have teamed up to deliver a series of webinars on storytelling and social media - and I’m the presenter for the first one! A webinar can be collaborative [ 1 ] and include polling and question & answer sessions to allow full participation between the audience and the presenter.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2020

especially since social networks are naturally optimized for visual storytelling. Run interesting Twitter polls. Nonprofit marketers should realize the importance of social media for brand engagement and donor retention ? Nonprofits can use socials to demonstrate their impact and engage their communities with this approach. .

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CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

While incorporating insights provided in our webinar with Maria Bryan, we’ll demystify the content planning process, discuss trauma-informed storytelling, unpack resources , and help you create content that converts. The Importance of Storytelling It’s no secret that a great story can generate movers and shakers.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For example, long-form storytelling may still convert better than short snippets – the current long-form podcasts that top business charts are showing this. Test digital engagement tactics like emoji reactions, quick polls and unfortunate consequences of inaction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The back-channel had a poll feature and one of the questions about change agents inside of nonprofits. We covered a lot of topics - for culture change within nonprofits, nonprofit innovation, transparency, leadership, and the importance of storytelling. She recommended a book from the HR perspective called Brand Inside Essentials.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Readers experience the media through a more customized lens, underscoring the possibility of vertical news coverage and deeper storytelling. Neel also suggested, “Use data that comes out of a poll and use it to build a series on a subject, such as the social determinants of health.” The news cycle is really short,” explained Chan.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

Julia: My framework that I use with my clients is 80/20: 80% of your posts should be informative, educational, inspirational, helpful, valuable, shedding light on your programs, storytelling, etc. Do a survey, do a poll, do a Facebook Live, call people on the phone, do a focus group. 20% can be promotional.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

A while back, I was obsessing about this and read through this report: Pew Internet and American Life Project Report titled "Bloggers: The Internet's Storytellers" from July, 2006. So, here's another poll designed to learn about RSS subscription behavior. Cherrypicking certain posts/feeds? or do they click through?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

You can add flash animation, audio narration, YouTube videos, and polls to your presentations. So even when you're offline, you can still tell your nonprofit or library's story with SlideRocket. Like PowerPoint, SlideRocket lets you create customized slides with text, images, and media. stream within the presentation itself.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 2, 2023

Storytelling on Instagram Start off by deciding how you want to represent your philanthropic group. For one, you can create a poll asking “Would you like to support [insert organization name or mission]? By setting a tight deadline and a clear goal, you can encourage followers to act quickly and donate before the fundraiser ends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

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. Perhaps improved storytelling (text, images, videos, polls, stickers, etc.)

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Also, here's Heather's blog series on The Power of Written Storytelling , which points out many of the ways these kinds of stories are so unforgettable. She posts challenges, free popup classes, badges of pride, games, recipes, and polls asking what her audience wants. Don't forget that great stories stay with you.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 4, 2023

Sharing behind-the-scenes views of your organization, reporting on the individuals, communities, or organizations you’ve helped, or holding contests, polls, and surveys are all good ways to build engagement. But one of the simplest ways is one that nonprofits often miss—engaging in conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2006

Create Free Polls. If you haven't had a chance to take the poll, please click through your reader and vote now! The poll is being used to gather feedback from audience about how they read the blog (RSS vs Browser) and frequency. I'm working on a piece about widgets and nonprofit blogs (some context here and here ).

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Foster Personal Connections Through Storytelling Humanize your cause by sharing impactful stories as a part of your year-end fundraising strategy. Incorporate polls and surveys to gather feedback and show that you value their opinions. Introduce supporters to the individuals whose lives have been positively affected by their donations.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 20, 2023

Interactive videos: Interactive elements, such as quizzes and polls, are a new trend in social media that nonprofits can incorporate into their videos to generate engagement. This can include live broadcasts of events, Q&A sessions, or behind-the-scenes looks at your organization’s work. He earned his B.A.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 10, 2019

We have created Story Builder, a storytelling feature in Lightful’s social media management platform, based on the idea of using social media to tell your story more effectively (you can try it for. Different ways to make your posts more interactive (creating polls, asking questions, etc). 7) Celebrate milestones.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Doctors Without Borders blog has plenty of examples of this type of captivating storytelling, including a gripping story about people fleeing violence in Sudan. The CARE blog also has many examples of multimedia storytelling. This might seem like next-level content that’s out of your organization’s reach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2018

The bot, available via Twitter and Facebook Messenger, polls its followers (called ‘U-Reporters’) on a range of topics and uses the data to help influence public policy. Emotions have always had an appropriate place in storytelling for fundraising, we give because we are empathetic beings. Unicef’s bot has had some early successes.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 23, 2019

Surely, at the very least, you’ve answered a survey or poll question. With re-found monetary, time and even personnel resources, you can now explore the newest digital trends, brand videos, and storytelling efforts that align with stakeholder insights and strategy. Have you ever participated in a marketing study or focus group?

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 2, 2018

This campaign brought the stories of Syrian refugees to the forefront of international dialogue and raised awareness through storytelling, which we’ve learned was a valuable marketing tool this year for nonprofits. Donations to one of several humanitarian organizations could be initiated from the same page. Ask people to tell their stories.

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Neon CRM

JULY 5, 2023

Fun and immersive content that invites audience participation, like quizzes, polls, and interactive infographics, boosts engagement and interaction. Quizzes or polls: You can use quizzes or polls related to your cause to engage viewers and educate them. Let your supporter base guide you!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

TwtPoll enables nonprofits to create polls that can be shared on Twitter or any other social network. Here’s what she says: “We’re big fans of digital storytelling here at TechSoup. You can also view statistics about what time people voted and from what country. Ginny Mies' Mobile App of the Month.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Andy: So we’ll see if the poll works. So if the poll is launchable, launch it. We know that storytelling is powerful. But storytelling is fundamental, we’re hardwired for stories. The question here is, how often do you actually meet with donors in person or perhaps virtually on Zoom for any reason?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. TwtPoll enables nonprofits to create polls that can be shared on Twitter or any any other social network. for awareness campaigns, staff and volunteer training, and creative storytelling and reporting. Vine :: vine.co. Viewbix :: viewbix.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

for awareness campaigns, staff and volunteer training, and creative storytelling and reporting. TwtPoll enables nonprofits to create polls that can be shared on Twitter or any any other social network. Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. Present.me. Nonprofits could use Present.me

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