sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In fact, storytelling encompasses blog writing, advertising, and stewardship efforts. There are several ways to hone your storytelling craft. Here are four nonprofit storytelling strategies that will help you attract new supporters and keep them for years to come: Maintain the right tone of voice.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Storytelling for nonprofits is an avenue to connect with donors and help them relate to your work. Ethical storytelling for nonprofits produces stories that not only help nonprofits share their work and inspire donors but also honor the dignity of those the story is about. What is Nonprofit Storytelling? Stories are powerful.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 1, 2021

To get information that helps you tell a great non-profit story, you’ll need great storytelling interview questions. For many of the non-profit professionals that I work with, story interviews are one of the most challenging aspects of storytelling. 25 storytelling interview questions to inspire your next story interview.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 1, 2021

To get information that helps you tell a great non-profit story, you’ll need great storytelling interview questions. For many of the non-profit professionals that I work with, story interviews are one of the most challenging aspects of storytelling. 25 storytelling interview questions to inspire your next story interview.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In part two of this series on the skills you need to be a great nonprofit storyteller, I talk about how to engage your audience emotionally through creative storytelling. In this post, I’ll focus on the creative skills involved in storytelling. . In this post, I’ll focus on the creative skills involved in storytelling. .

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 5, 2021

One of my professional mantras is that everything is a process ( including storytelling ). Additionally, inside The Storytelling Non-Profit Master Class, we spend a lot of time focused on improving your writing skills. Writing for Fundraising is a Process. 25 Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block .

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

But has your group’s professional expertise expanded? Millennials and GenX, in particular, are deliberately seeking to work in organizations that support their professional growth. Employees who have access to professional development opportunities are 15% more engaged. Are communications skills strong across the organization?

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 25, 2023

Our Nimble AMS team loved connecting with so many association professionals and gaining valuable industry insights from the ASAE 2023 sessions. Association professionals weren’t the only ones who attended ASAE 2023. Foster, encouraged association professionals to look within. Digital wallets are ubiquitous.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Note from Beth : Over the past six months, I’ve been on an advisory group for project that my colleague Jay Geneske at the Rockefeller Foundation has spearheaded to help build the capacity of nonprofits in storytelling skills. Your CEO as Master Storyteller. Taming the Measurement Monster. What Makes a Story Great.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 25, 2024

Incorporate Storytelling There’s no doubt that stories are powerful and evocative—we have plenty of books, movies, and TV shows as proof of that. While auction item descriptions should be concise, you can still incorporate storytelling elements to entice guests into bidding on your items.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

It may sound strange but Cylinda and many other nonprofit professionals swear by it: the #1 fundraising hack is to grow your email list. Using The Power Of Storytelling To Sell The Need. A great fundraiser is a great storyteller. Grow Your Email List.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 31, 2022

In our roles as non-profit storytellers, we often need others to tell us their stories so that we have material to work with. As non-profit professionals, we are not therapists or medical professionals. This is an assumption that will hold you back in your storytelling work. I tell other people’s stories for a living.

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Charity Village

APRIL 5, 2023

Common interview methods don’t highlight the right person for the job; they highlight the best and most enthusiastic storyteller, and storytelling isn’t always the job employers are looking to fill.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 12, 2022

Storytelling is an invaluable tool for non-profits. But so many non-profit professionals get discouraged by storytelling because they think it’s going to require the unparalleled writing skills of a Pulitzer Prize winner. What is storytelling? I want to take a minute to differentiate story from storytelling.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The art of grant writing, therefore, remains a critical skill for nonprofit professionals, serving as a bridge to these essential resources. Grab the oars of compelling storytelling , row with gusto and make your application stand out. This storytelling can even jazz up your overall communication strategy. And what’s more?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Evening meals sometimes went on for hours as we continued our storytelling. When I began writing proposals, storytelling was the only way I knew to convey the problems my organization faced and what we were doing to overcome those problems. But storytelling still plays a prominent role in all requests that I write.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

Professional fundraisers need to cover all the details to meet their targets. Professional fundraisers already know the power of handwriting a thank-you note; that personal touch is just as effective when you reach out ahead of your campaign to current major donors and planned givers. Hit them up. Stories help us pay attention.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

You’ll find plenty of excellent copywriting and donor communications trainings out there , as well as copywriting professionals. Better storytelling/more humanity Whether told face-to-face with a major donor, in a thank you video, or in your fundraising emails, stories are the most powerful tool in your fundraising and marketing arsenal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. 51% of its users are college-educated , 20% are senior-level professionals, and the average salary for a LinkedIn user is $46,644 USD per year. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Gmail, Yahoo, etc. For example: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Learn proven tactics from a stacked team of social fundraising experts and register for this free event for nonprofit professionals today. Show real humans talking to the camera through videos and storytelling. Whether you’re new to social media fundraising or an OG, the Supercharge Your Social Fundraising event is here to help.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

The contribution that Black Fundraising Professionals make to the nonprofit sector is and has been immense; but too often overlooked. How Can Nonprofits Move from Exploitative Storytelling to Justice-Oriented Storytelling? The Rooted Collaborative: A Community for WOC Fundraising Professionals (Facebook). Peer Groups.

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OneCause

MARCH 27, 2023

Raise 2023, presented by OneCause, is for nonprofit and fundraising professionals wanting to raise their fundraising game. Learn from fundraising experts This conference provides a space for fundraising professionals from around the country to gather for 2 full days  and learn from industry insiders.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Storytelling is a strategic tool that has been used since the beginning of humanity to transmit a meaningful message to others. Nonprofits can also make use of storytelling to engage their audience , get their attention, and influence them to change their behavior and take action. posted by Chris Giarratana Digital Strategy Consultant.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Her specialty is blending communications theory, field research, and practical sales experience to help professionals and non-professionals become more polished and persuasive presenters. This book is formulated for the busy professional,” explains Sjodin. Sjodin , one of America’s leading experts on persuasive presentations.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

Digital storytelling is everywhere these days. And if there's any more widespread topic than digital storytelling, it's data. Pacific time for a special Digital Storytelling Challenge edition of the weekly CommBuild discussion on Twitter. Join us on Tuesday, April 9, at 10:00 a.m. How to Participate.

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Candid

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It turned out to be a provocative prompt, with nonprofit professionals weighing in with answers that ranged from “Yes, of course” to “traditional annual reports are a thing of the past.” The last hill: storytelling There was one final thing dragging out the annual report timeline: content development.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference (AFP ICON) This is one of our favorite conferences. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference AFP ICON and NTC are fun and educational, but they’re really big conferences! Learn more about the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Learn more about AFP ICON 2024.

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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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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2023

CauseVox’s New Site Editor allows you to craft your perfect page without any design or tech experience and elevate your visual storytelling. Enhanced Storytelling Master the art of storytelling with our DIY, easy-to-use, self-service page builder. Let your static pages be the foundation of your digital narrative.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

With 100 sessions to choose from, we’d like to call out our top 10 sessions for nonprofit communication, marketing and fundraising professionals. Here are ten bbcon sessions we think you’ll love: Super Session: Resilient Nonprofits Navigating 2021 Together. Roz Lemieux – Blackbaud (and many more!).

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The Storytelling Non-profit

MARCH 7, 2022

As a non-profit professional, it’s essential to come out of the weeds of individual storytelling so that you can be strategic with what you tell your audience over time. Get more storytelling advice for fundraising in this on-demand training.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Campaign. kicked off with a special edition of Nonprofits Live on the topic of collaborative storytelling. Collaborative storytelling refers to working with a team, sometimes distributed, to produce video. See more digital storytelling learning opportunities at the official TSDigs page.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

One of the most frequent questions I hear at events from nonprofit professionals in the field is how to coordinate teams to produce compelling media across offices, time zones and countries. Please spread the word about the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge and enter your photo stories or videos in February! Productions.

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Charity Village

MARCH 17, 2023

The stress had been building from the pressure I was putting on myself to complete my draft while also being on the road this past month facilitating our storytelling workshops across […] The post Resisting a Rest: How Urgency Culture Polices our Work appeared first on CharityVillage.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Many of the most respected professionals run their own blogs to shed light on best practices, challenge the status quo, and even offer humor to help folks fundraise smarter. A nonprofit fundraiser since childhood, Beth has over 30 years as a professional fundraiser and consultant. THE STORYTELLING NONPROFIT.

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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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Candid

MAY 24, 2023

The Princeton Senior Resource Center (PSRC) in Princeton, New Jersey, with a Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency , under the leadership of Drew Dyson offers us a textbook case of how investment in professional development pays off. He asked for and received professional development funds for an executive coach. I won’t bury the lede.

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