Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Now to dig into this topic because it combines a couple of interest - storytelling with social media and working in a networked way. Lina offers a concise definition of Transmedia Storytelling , a concept and term coined by Henry Jenkins. It’s likely time to add storytelling to the task list.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

If this sounds like your organization, you’re likely struggling with employee engagement. Each role has specific responsibilities, and training helps set a foundation for each worker’s confidence. Peer-to-peer mentorship can help new team members acclimate to the organization faster and have a role model in a similar role to them.

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Classy

JULY 20, 2021

In the for-profit sector, it’s no secret that a sales department plays a pivotal role in the success of both its company and those of its customers. Lauren: Sounds like there’s a path for everyone here. You’ll learn content, do role-plays, and get feedback, all while mixing in some automated lessons. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

We [ myself , @MeganSoffe r , and @PIRDave from OnGood ] streamed an interview and a short 20-minute session, but with creativity and time for planning, Periscope streaming as a storytelling tool is untapped and a future fundraising success story yet to be told. Be cognizant of light and sounds in the area where streaming.

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

She captures struggles and microaggressions that immigrants and people of color face in a way that I have never been exposed to as a white person, and in a way that seamlessly exists in her storytelling. Aside from all I feel that I learned from her writing, the storyline is irresistible and I could not put the book down!

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Greater Giving

JUNE 19, 2023

It’s common knowledge today that storytelling is among the most effective ways to connect with an audience and deliver content in a way that’s catchy, resonant, and memorable. But what does storytelling mean in practice? How will characters interact with the conflict, and what are their roles in addressing it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

The storytelling was engaging and compelling. Most people didn’t “get to participate” in the Arab Spring because we didn’t have an effective role in regime change beyond global support and voice amplification (a crucial role, but not the change per se) and to think otherwise would be paternalistic.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. It sounds counterintuitive, but times of crisis are historically often the best point to create a disruptive new business. Storytelling is key. Storytelling helps you build a tribe. Stop thinking about it and start doing.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

You want your letter to sound sincere, not like a form letter. It should not sound like it’s coming from some corporation. It’s only role is to thank your donor and make them feel good. And these two simple words are so powerful, showing gratitude and making the donor feel valued. Maybe you don’t know what to write.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. It sounds counterintuitive, but times of crisis are historically often the best point to create a disruptive new business. Storytelling is key. Storytelling helps you build a tribe. Stop thinking about it and start doing.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

I don’t like the way I sound or look on camera.” Update video: An update video serves a critical role. Sound and lighting: No matter how short or spontaneous your video is, you want viewers to have a positive experience when viewing it. As with many things, practice leads to comfort. What was your organization able to do?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. It sounds counterintuitive, but times of crisis are historically often the best point to create a disruptive new business. Storytelling is key. Storytelling helps you build a tribe. Stop thinking about it and start doing.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

Ethical storytelling: It is not just about telling the right stories, but also telling the stories the right way. . The article highlights the importance of making sure visual designs are accessible, and how establishing ADA compliance should play a significant role in all marketing communications. This all sounds great, in theory.

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Achieve

AUGUST 28, 2016

Does that sound like your nonprofit? But there are powerful new storytellers on the scene. Ask them why they have been successful and what kind of role your organization should be playing in terms of building a movement. In many cases, nonprofits that have lost the attention of John and Jane Q.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

A particular benefit of videos for nonprofits is that, unlike the written word, or even still photographs, video uses moving imagery and sound to convey a message that in text often appears dry and disassociated from the viewer. The figure is expected to rise to 54% by 2016, at which time video-on-demand traffic will have tripled.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Sounds like you? Information Sharing and Storytelling. Try these suggestions to connect with your HR colleagues: Provide recruitment messages with impact data and storytelling. Remember your role is to influence company culture, be a change agent, create a movement – bigger than you, the program, and the CSR department.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Social media tools allowed for distribution of roles/responsibilities across the community (including garnering press coverage). Embrace storytelling. That sounds like it is easier to creating a crowdsourcing event or call for the crowd instead of a community; and maybe it it. This is something that the 350.org

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

My role was to document the event and collect stories. He may grab stills, but will do a video to capture an interesting sound byte to explain different points in the time line. My role was to document the [.] Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities. Event 360 was a sponsor for the Day of Service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Your website is becoming a channel and the web is already a hybrid mix of media where video plays a dominant role. You owe it to yourself to get the most out of your good work through sight, sound, and motion. Remember that your fundraising story is a narrative, so put the ancient art of storytelling to work for you.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Aaron: Sounds great. Aaron: Yeah, sounds good, Brian. What your role is in that process and some things that you can be thinking about that can keep you doing the things that you do every day well, and share the responsibilities with some of the experts. And so I think about the roles. Yeah, looks like it’s working.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

It's a worthwhile 30 minutes of discussion about the use of sound to provide an emotional context for stories--specifically, stories about science. They have arguments about consciousness without sounding pretentious. Jad is the newcomer, Robert the established one, and those roles are openly acknowledged.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I’m guessing this type of scenario sounds familiar to many of you reading this. We often talk about storytelling as a key piece of your communications in how you project your organization’s progress towards achieving your mission; visualization is just one more tool for doing just that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Placing yourself in the role of your audience will allow you to think outside of your own box. Eileen Smith of Spokesmith, on empathy: “A great way to demonstrate you have values in common is through storytelling. As the presenter, your role is to add color and context to the written statement while you are speaking.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's no secret that we are advocates of digital storytelling at TechSoup. This April our 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge offers resources to sharpen your skills and an opportunity to enter your short video or five-image slide show by April 30 to win awesome prizes! Sounding It Out. A Jamboree of Tools. Go for the Gut.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

Know Your Audience Storytelling for Impact Leverage Social Media Harnessing the Power of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Optimizing Your Website and Donation Forms Participate in GivingTuesday Don’t Leave Out Your Board! Storytelling for Impact When you are planning a campaign, you’re doing more than just writing out a series of appeals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Placing yourself in the role of your audience will allow you to think outside of your own box. Eileen Smith of Spokesmith, on empathy: “A great way to demonstrate you have values in common is through storytelling. As the presenter, your role is to add color and context to the written statement while you are speaking.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

And in that hour, she just listened to this Clair de Lune version we composed, this 80-minute deconstruction, a slow deterioration, that started classical and ended sounding like people chewing on string. It was about an hour drive. It was beautiful noise. The whole experience was kind of a deconstruction of form. When we trust, we open up.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

The reviewer called the storyline "intriguing" and described the player’s role as follows: “You are an archaeologist with a deep knowledge of Mayan culture investigating the demise of the last known Mayan family.” Is there a way to legitimately give players roles they know nothing about and expect them to work in that context?

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DipJar

APRIL 19, 2021

While it may not be important for a factory worker to see the purpose of a machine that connects two wires together, it’s essential that nonprofit workers at every level embrace their role in your mission. . It may not be as hard as it sounds. How does marketing impact your reputation? Simply put: if they care, they’ll give. .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

It sounded great, until her last comment: She told me that it was a really important program, because libraries are the heart of the community…well, in elementary schools at least. That may sound simple, like “my town, or my campus, or my organization.” What roles are needed? Who’s the community? Libraries & Community.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 27, 2023

A content calendar doesn’t have to be as advanced as it may sound—many organizations, especially as they’re getting started on social media, choose to use a spreadsheet. Guidelines can include roles and responsibilities for your team, for example. Having a plan for what and when you’ll post helps make sure it actually happens.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

Storytelling is just so important to me. The other thing to maybe start sounding like a broken record is really to tap your network. Is it going to give me what I’m looking for in my next role or not? I want to know a little bit about them too. I want to find those commonalities. I think knowing your why is critical.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

The Vega Awards highlight the vital role that digital pioneers play in the always-changing digital landscape. To do this, we found a top-of-the-line event platform, developed video assets to aid in the event’s storytelling, and even sent virtual attendees meals from local caterers. We’re glad to share some exciting news!

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

The argument for stories In 2003, John Sadowsky and Loick Roche, two professors at the Grenoble Graduate School of Business in France, reviewed the major academic literature on storytelling and wrote a paper called, "The power of stories: a discussion of why stories are powerful". This test isn't an anomaly. Explaining stories.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

To take a new twist on the role of narrative (especially fictional narrative) in the interpretation of artifacts. And while the contract negotiations sounded hellish, the internal support for the game was surprisingly easy to come by. Tags: storytelling Museums Engaging in 2.0 Why would an art museum create an ARG?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

Not only are ambassadors treasured donors and drivers of a mission, but in this age of social media they have also become the most important spokespeople and storytellers a nonprofit can have. What was the role of community in building this platform and now in the further improvements and development? But it will be!

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

Good Nonprofit Mission Statement One of my favorite mission statements came from a nature center that had expanded its role in the community. Sounds good, but what do they actually do? It becomes the basis of storytelling and fundraising for your organization, so it’s important to take the time to get your mission statement right.

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