sgEngage

JULY 20, 2023

Here are five ways to prove impact through storytelling—and how you, the grantmaker, can help. Your role as a grantmaker could involve providing guidance on ethical and trauma-informed storytelling practices , ensuring that an individual’s story is shared with dignity and respect.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Being a good storyteller will serve you well in your leadership role. "A A story with a business impact can be as short as one sentence. Or, it can be a three-minute introduction or a thirty-minute product demonstration," says author Esther K.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

She has worked in various roles in mission oriented nonprofits and joined CSi about 4 years ago. Cylinda Nickel is the Executive Director of Compassion Services International (CSi), a nonprofit dedicated to global support and change for the future. About your Speaker. Cylinda Nickel, Executive Director @ Compassion Services International.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2014

I don’t have to tell anyone who reads Beth’s blog about the value of storytelling. Few would deny that storytelling is a powerful tool for inspiring action and influencing thought leaders, donors, and decision makers. However, few of us working in the social impact space could admit to utilizing storytelling to its fullest potential.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 7, 2024

Storytelling Email As in all donor comms — including your emails — let storytelling guide you. What you can learn about solid, empathetic storytelling from an email shows how. For more, check out master storyteller Vanessa Chase Lockshin’s 30 minute training. A clean list yields better supporter interactions.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

As a graduate of Indiana Bible College, she spent two decades working at a ministry and mentoring missionary kids before transitioning to her current role. Using The Power Of Storytelling To Sell The Need. A great fundraiser is a great storyteller. We’re honored to get to help play a role in your success!

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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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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Mastering Modern Grant Writing for Nonprofit Success In the dynamic landscape of nonprofit funding, grants continue to play a pivotal role, with billions of dollars allocated annually to support various causes and projects. This storytelling can even jazz up your overall communication strategy.

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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. Why Supporting People Sharing Individual Stories is Necessary Do we always have the best perspective to support people through their storytelling process? But there’s a method to my madness.

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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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See3

APRIL 9, 2024

“We discovered a significant lack of personalization and segmentation in our brand messaging and storytelling, and personas were our response to that,” Smith said. To help Make-A-Wish diversify its storytelling, See3 created nine audience personas to represent current and potential volunteers, donors and wish referrers.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

RSVP now for TechSoup's fourth annual Digital Storytelling Screening and Awards Party on Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m. Before joining The San Francisco Foundation, Lisa served in senior management roles at the San Francisco Education Fund, the San Francisco Food Bank, and the San Francisco Community Music Center.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Show real humans talking to the camera through videos and storytelling. Recognize their contributions and acknowledge their role in your mission’s success. Create content that resembles the feeling of someone making eye contact with you in a crowded room. Say their name. Use more “you” and less “we.” Don’t fake it.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 29, 2023

Storytelling as a Trust Builder: Unveil the profound impact of real-life testimonials and narratives on donor engagement. Going Beyond the Wallet : Strategies to involve and engage donors who seek a more participatory role in your mission.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

MARCH 7, 2022

Story arcs play an important role in non-profit narrative development. 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

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. About CommBuild.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Did you prepare your board members for their fundraising role or were they brought onto the board with the reassurance they wouldn’t have to help raise money? If you’re ambivalent about the board’s role in raising money for your nonprofit, they will be too. Tell your board members how storytelling can help make fundraising easier. .

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CauseVox

MARCH 23, 2022

Did you “fall” into your nonprofit role? What Taylor and Rob covered in this interview: About Carousel Ranch Top fundraising hacks Carousel Wishes & Valentine Kisses P2P fundraising structure The strong why in storytelling Success with CauseVox #1 fundraising mistake nonprofits do. About your Speaker.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2013

Pacific time for a special Digital Storytelling Challenge edition of the weekly CommBuild discussion on Twitter. The CommBuild Community of Practice focuses on issues and topics relevant to those working in social sector community building or community management roles. Join us on Tuesday, April 23, at 10:00 a.m. About Melissa Roberts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Data Scientist” is a newly defined job that requires being part data geek, analyst, communicator, visualizer, storyteller, and interpreter. What is funder’s role to support good measurement? Building infrastructure, in-house expertise, and data literacy of all staff is critical to their success so they have invested.

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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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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Introduce Yourself and Your Role: Briefly introduce yourself and your role within the organization. Your introduction letter plays a pivotal role in initiating these relationships. Related Posts: Is Your Nonprofit Storytelling Missing This Key Ingredient?

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Leverage storytelling to build a base. It can sometimes be difficult to find trusted individuals to fill a campaign’s leadership roles. Once you’ve filled these roles, you can use their contacts to continue to expand your network and begin the process of securing volunteers. Leverage storytelling to build a base.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2016

For this Designing for Good episode, we’re showcasing the best examples of nonprofit storytelling of 2016. Timely, but why is nonprofit storytelling such a hot topic these days ? And that’s why nonprofit storytelling matters. Your eyes just rolled and you’re not a cynical person.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

This special digital storytelling episode of Nonprofits Live will include secrets from the pros for nonprofits submitting photo and video stories to the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge in February. In this role, he's responsible conceptualizing the organization’s. also blogs for the Huffington Post.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

What I liked about this email: The email recognized my role as a monthly supporter, emphasizing the significance of my contribution to their cause. Roughly a year ago, I became a monthly donor to Wikipedia, following an email I described as “the perfect email ask” followed by a well-crafted monthly giving appeal.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change. Storytelling Storytelling has also become a prominent concept connected to data processes in philanthropy. We utilize datamaking as part of shared meaning making.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

IT specialists will also play a significant role. Stuart is currently Founder and Chief Storyteller at Social Frequency Media and, Composer, and Producer of the Art Scores Gallery Project. You may also decide that your situation is complex and should be handled with assistance from a third party.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Given the growing Hispanic population, representing over 18% of the US population, the observance plays a crucial role in acknowledging these invaluable contributions. Recognizing this month signifies acknowledging the role that Latinos have played and continue to play in America’s prosperity.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 28, 2022

Jack Harries understands the power of storytelling. With the advent of the stakeholder economy and its belief that the business of business is improving the state of the world, we have heard a lot about employee engagement, corporate philanthropy, and the role of business in supporting community action and change. Trust Roundtable.

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Bloomerang

MAY 16, 2023

The four keys to build a fully invested board are: educate them about the organization’s needs, shift their mindset, engage them in meaningful ways, and recognize their role in fueling the mission. Storytelling is a great way to reinforce an emotional connection with your mission. Get Started Today 1.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 1, 2022

How Can Brands Leverage Storytelling To Tap Into the Cultural Zeitgeist and Shift Public Perception? And the late, great Steve Jobs gave (RED) some pretty good advice on storytelling: Keep it simple. How Does a Brand Like (RED) Use Storytelling To Mobilize Other Brands To Do Good? And storytelling is at the very heart of that.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

Who are your target storytellers? Role-play scenarios can be an effective way to prepare your team, especially for handling hesitant participants or guiding the narrative without compromising authenticity. It should be coordinated across your organization, involving various teams and departments.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2012

Submissions for the 2012 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge have closed, but the fun has just begun! So who are these hard-working digital storytelling junkies? In this role, Aaron is responsible for conceptualizing the organization’s vision and working to see it through. conference on storytelling in the digital age.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

No matter your role, the following 10 simple fundraising tips are guaranteed to improve your effectiveness. Here are simple ways to use storytelling that will stick with your constituents and prompt them to support your cause. Even though we’re not all gifted storytellers, artificial intelligence can make us look like we are.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

At some point in your professional fundraising career, you’ve probably heard the importance of storytelling when crafting your nonprofit’s donor experience. No matter your experience, a crucial aspect of storytelling is helping donors understand what your organization does and showing how, or who, you’re helping. That’s a wrap!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. So, again, it’s board roles and fundraising and resource development. This is not a trick at all and you all are really in for a treat.

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