Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2021

Be sure to demonstrate what a monthly donation would allow your organization to do by giving the donor tangible results for what their gift could provide. Once you have a welcome email series in place, you should see better donor retention results and maybe even turn some of those one-time donors into monthly donors! .

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 18, 2022

Here is the important thing to know – conflict and the stakes of the conflict are a result of perspective and framing. This is where your storytelling work boils down to effective messaging. Returning back to our theater company example, perhaps there has been a child that developed self-confidence as a result of their experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Results: 2) External Audience Mapping: Understanding Your Supporters Understanding your audience is paramount. The Results: 3) SMART Communications Targets: Precision in Objective Setting Crafting Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART) communication targets is crucial.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2024

Armed with a mobile recording studio and cameras, they embarked on a journey across America, resulting in the award-winning documentary, “A Cinematic Discovery of Street Music.” Related Posts: Lessons from MotivateMonday | Change your thinking,… Is Your Nonprofit Storytelling Missing This Key Ingredient?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the best storytelling tips I can give you is to set yourself up for measurement success from the very beginning. The very best advice I can give you on storytelling is to always start with the end in mind. Storytelling is a tool that supports various fundraising and communications strategies and goals.

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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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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2023

By sharing compelling stories that highlight the real-life transformations resulting from their work, your grantees can demonstrate the impact they have on their communities. Here are five ways to prove impact through storytelling—and how you, the grantmaker, can help. It’s about the journey.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But we’ve got the solution you’ve been waiting for – a donor-centered appeal letter template that will resonate with your supporters and drive real results. Related Posts: What’s in My Inbox | Thanking Your Monthly Donors Is Your Nonprofit Storytelling Missing This Key Ingredient? All you have to do is fill-in-the-blanks!

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 2, 2024

Monitor the results weekly. Is old content dominating the results? Distribute the work to a team of staff and monitor your work and results monthly, including whether and how traffic and site search are improving. Each of the items above is important and worth focusing on. Do some searches on your site. And so and so forth.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Lean Into Storytelling Your nonprofit’s story is an invaluable tool when it comes to fundraising. The post Rapid Results: 4 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Strategies to Try appeared first on Get Fully Funded. It’s even more important when empowering your supporters to raise money from their peers.

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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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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re looking to brush up on best practices for annual appeals, boost your fundraising game on social media this GivingTuesday , or build expert storytelling skills to win over supporters this giving season and beyond, we’ve got you covered with this list of 12 free nonprofit books. From So What? To So Funded!

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Storytelling is such an important feature for those looking at new ways to market themselves. Let’s look at how you can take advantage of effective storytelling. Project organizers analyzed the results from the 2015 and 2016 contests to find what helped them succeed and get more votes in 2017.

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Candid

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Over the last five years, Candid has re-imagined our annual report approach to be more efficient and result in a more useful product that goes beyond compliance to support donor stewardship and brand awareness. It also resulted in soul-crushing paper waste. They are also typically expensive, labor-intensive, and time-consuming.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 2, 2024

Monitor the results weekly. Is old content dominating the results? Distribute the work to a team of staff and monitor your work and results monthly, including whether and how traffic and site search are improving. Each of the items above is important and worth focusing on. Do some searches on your site. And so and so forth.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 1, 2014

Today, many of the most successful organizations on the planet intentionally use storytelling as a key leadership tool ,” explains Smith. Several companies, such as Kimberly-Clark , actively teach storytelling skills to their leaders. A story‘s structure should be context, action, result.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Shut down notifications, turn off your phone, and grab a cup of coffee to learn what you can still do to drastically improve the results of your next appeal. Shut down notifications, turn off your phone, and grab a cup of coffee to learn what you can still do to drastically improve the results of your next appeal.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

If possible, compare the remote team’s results to their previous in-person performance. Determine whether teams are delivering the anticipated results. Follow the survey with targeted in-person interviews based on the results. Don’t keep the results under wraps. But watch for effective performance as well.

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Bloomerang

JULY 27, 2021

Over centuries, storytelling has followed a similar pattern. When it comes to nonprofit storytelling , The Singularity Effect is proven to be effective. This concept is true in written storytelling and in visual storytelling through photographs and other media. . Change Over Time: What is the result?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Developing a case for support is vital for every nonprofit that wants to create fundraising appeals that resonate with donors and bring results. Join us and learn the four key elements of community storytelling: Inclusion, Attention, Reputation & Validation, and Action. Key Takeaways: What is a case for support?

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2023

One way to encourage people to support your organization is through great nonprofit storytelling. By using narrative and storytelling techniques, you’ll be able to communicate your nonprofit’s mission and impact while building stronger emotional connections with your audience. Where Should You Use Nonprofit Storytelling?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

and around the world to create award-winning videos that drive results. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, CNN and AdWeek and Doug is a guest lecturer at Stanford University on the power of storytelling for nonprofit organizations. He and his team work with nonprofits across the U.S.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In this episode, learn about strategic areas to focus on for better results and use the SMART framework to make sure your goals guide your planning. Discover the importance of selecting diverse stories and storytellers to drive systemic cultural change, and learn how to measure the impact of messaging. Listen to this episode.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

We faced a global pandemic, resulting in oftentimes disastrous fundraising. 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. We are, as a species, addicted to story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

While paid ads and steeply-priced lead lists may deliver short-term results, long-term donor relationships are built on trust and community. Show real humans talking to the camera through videos and storytelling. In this environment, building a community of loyal advocates for your cause is more important than ever before.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. If you have an engaged audience on Instagram, encouraging them to donate at year-end by promoting specific posts can get real results. 5) Raise money using Facebook Live.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 4, 2022

And more importantly, it’s your opportunity to clarify how storytelling will support your fundraising or communications goals. After all, storytelling is a tool and we want to be strategic in how we use that tool. In this article, we’re going to take a step back from reactive storytelling to get intentional and on message!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2020

The result is relevant innovations and improvements that include people-focused and technology-focused solutions. Real-World Results. With the implementation of new fundraising and email software , they improved the experience of grateful giving online resulting in a lower donor attrition rate. First Step: Do your research.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

SEO helps you get your content seen by the different algorithms that run search engine results. Through the combination of visual and auditory elements, video storytelling effectively drives connection between your organization and the audience to inspire them to support your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

This is a design aspect called “ Transformative Capacity Building ,” where a cohort of peer organizations come together to practice a skill and get better results. Another creative way of doing the debrief, is to use organizational storytelling. Have each member of the team share a story.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

One of the most effective ways this can be done is through storytelling. In this episode of the sgENGAGE Podcast, host Christine Newman is joined by two storytelling experts, Jocelyn Wright and Kirk Lilwall of Blackbaud University. Storytelling for diverse audiences. Visual Storytelling for the Modern Nonprofit.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 3, 2014

From nationally recognized master storyteller and culture change expert Lori Jacobwith , here are five tips for using storytelling in your marketing plan. Talk about exact results and transformations using descriptive, emotionally connecting words. In short, one of your most powerful marketing tools is a great story.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 15, 2012

Today, many of the most successful organizations on the planet intentionally use storytelling as a key leadership tool ,” explains Smith. Several companies, such as Kimberly-Clark , actively teach storytelling skills to their leaders. A story‘s structure should be context, action, result.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2015

In his book, Paul demonstrates how storytelling is a powerful business tool that can mean the difference between mediocre results and phenomenal success. Since the book was published about three years ago, my admiration for Paul's passion for storytelling and helping to teach people how to effectively tell stories has only but grown.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Year-end fundraising campaigns that meet their goals happen as a result of good planning and excellent project management. In this post, you’ll learn why storytelling is a key component of your year-end fundraising campaign and how to start planning the storytelling aspects of your campaign today. .

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CauseVox

MARCH 23, 2022

Key tip from Krista: Use on-brand, related incentives to push p2p fundraising results with new donors. Watch this interview to find out what else Krista uses to maximize results!

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