Care2

JANUARY 26, 2011

The second annual TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is coming up on January 31 st. Prizes include: Flip Slide HD – Capture up to 4 hours of high quality HD video with Flip’s latest and greatest mini-camcorder. Tools for Digital Storytelling. Check out the Digital Storytelling Challenge for more information.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2011

Notes and slides. I will join Laurel Hart’s class to discuss some of the key ways social media has impacted nonprofit organizations and the opportunities for the social impact sector to leverage the social technologies available today and in the future. Course page.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Digital storytellers! You spent time and talent on creating your video or picture slide show, now we invite you to show it off! The video with the most votes wins a $400 Best Buy gift certificate while the most popular slide show takes home a slick new Lytro camera. tsdigs digital storytelling' Cast your vote now!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2007

The theme was about storytelling and one of the cool things we did was create a storytelling assessment rubric. Bill is an incredible storyteller and that has been the key to his fundraising success. Now, this was ten years ago, so he used Kodak slides (remember those) as his visuals. ve selected with the presentation.

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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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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

I also had the privilege of speaking on another Online Storytelling panel with Roger Burks and Jay Davis. This live session rounded out our Online Storytelling Bootcamp webinar series with a focus on how to create a culture of storytelling within one's organization. Have everyone buy into the idea that storytelling matters!

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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? Let's meet the folks who will decide which one-minute videos and five-photo slide shows take home these excellent award donations from our generous partners.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 12, 2021

Paul Hellman His tactics will serve you well in all these types of situations : Making presentations Interviewing Emailing Networking Storytelling Leaving voice mail Here are some of my favorite takeaways from Hellman's book: In one-to-one conversations , talk less than the other person. How to be notable and boost your reputation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 20, 2020

Paul Hellman His tactics will serve you well in all these types of situations : Making presentations Interviewing Emailing Networking Storytelling Leaving voice mail Here are some of my favorite takeaways from Hellman's book: In one-to-one conversations , talk less than the other person. How to be notable and boost your reputation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2007

I especially like slide 13 Here are two wonderful slideshows I found on Slideshare both on the same topic: Web2.0 adoption at the enterprise level. Note the visual style with a narrative structure. This are very engaging ways to do presentations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2020

Paul Hellman His tactics will serve you well in all these types of situations : Making presentations Interviewing Emailing Networking Storytelling Leaving voice mail Here are some of my favorite takeaways from Hellman's book: In one-to-one conversations , talk less than the other person. How to be notable and boost your reputation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Paul Hellman His tactics will serve you well in all these types of situations : Making presentations Interviewing Emailing Networking Storytelling Leaving voice mail Here are some of my favorite takeaways from Hellman's book: In one-to-one conversations , talk less than the other person. How to be notable and boost your reputation.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Include Only One Key Point per Slide. Here's why: Slides with too much verbiage will decrease the interest of your audience. List ye ol' bullet points on separate slides like Damon Nofar does here: 2. Have a Bold Opening Slide to Get the Audience's Interest Early. Pay Attention to the 3-Second Rule!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

Here are the slides ( Hint: visit the slideshare site by clicking on the link below to see the speaking notes as well! ). Digital storytelling means everyone has the power to capture and share stories – how are you empowering your community to write their own history?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Looking at your entire presentation from their perspective will not only encourage you to cut any excess information, but also help you to design more compelling slides. Eileen Smith of Spokesmith, on empathy: “A great way to demonstrate you have values in common is through storytelling. Creating a Legacy from Beth Singer Design.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

And for good reason: I love tools that help make quality content and storytelling something that all of us can create. With Animoto, you can put together photos, slides, and text with audio and video to create a compelling story from all the various elements you may have created separately or gathered at an event.

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Classy

JULY 5, 2021

A pitch deck is a handout, slide presentation, or combination of materials that you’ll give a potential partner that makes the case for your ask. Above all, remember that storytelling is a powerful tool. Free Download: The Guide to Nonprofit Storytelling. Leverage those connections to get your foot in the door.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

I'm focusing on these areas now: The presentation itself - the slides, the storytelling, the content. I used to have a phobia about remote control slide clickers because the first time I used one I didn't notice that the button was on the bottom. I wave my hands when I talk and I was advancing slides when I wasn't suppose to.

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Tech Soup

JULY 10, 2012

Here's something we all dread: Slide after slide loaded with text that is being "read" by the presenter. Reduce the number of slides and increase the number of interactions. Second: Edit each slide so it is easy on the eye and on the brain.

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Kindful

MARCH 11, 2021

No one wants to listen to a stoic facilitator pontificate behind a lectern reading lame PowerPoint slides. Look for a facilitator who is enthusiastic, high energy, motivational, a master storyteller, and uses retreat tactics to make the day fun, meaningful, and memorable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. Quite often, a good slide show or video will entice supporters to give priority to attending your next event. It’s also good to feature quotes from supporters who attended the event.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Paul Hellman His tactics will serve you well in all these types of situations : Making presentations Interviewing Emailing Networking Storytelling Leaving voice mail Here are some of my favorite takeaways from Hellman's book: In one-to-one conversations , talk less than the other person. How to be notable and boost your reputation.

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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! I will be posting my slides on SlideShare and this blog after the event to continue the conversation started during the webinar. First, what’s a web-inar? How you can join.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

Although storytelling has become quite the buzzword, do you understand how it fits into your narrative? Stories are for others to witness and are mainly about the storyteller. Your Narrative and Digital Storytelling. Narratives lend themselves to transmedia storytelling, so use different tools like video and photography.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 8, 2017

Paul Hellman His tactics will serve you well in all these types of situations : Making presentations Interviewing Emailing Networking Storytelling Leaving voice mail Here are some of my favorite takeaways from Hellman's book: In one-to-one conversations , talk less than the other person. How to be notable and boost your reputation.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Multimedia Storytelling. Do you have videos, pictures, or slides? Your blog is for you to share the storytelling you want to, with the kinds of media you want to! Most of the time, if someone has something bad to say, other community members will step up to right the remark before you even have a chance! Think blogs are boring?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is back and there are some great prizes in store for organizations with the most creative, compelling, and entertaining stories. If you’ve never created a digital story with a distributed team, then read this recap to learn how some well-known nonprofit storytellers do it.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Hello digital storytellers! Your home page, your cover, is the most important page in your digital storytelling journey and getting it right can make the difference between success and failure. The overlay of an inspirational quote further drives home the message, with rhetoric that perfectly mirrors the oversized slide show.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. Quite often, a good slide show or video will entice supporters to give priority to attending your next event. It’s also good to feature quotes from supporters who attended the event.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

There are also VIP tickets available for Radical Impact that come with all session recordings and session notes, custom slides and speaker content, a bonus marketing strategy from Community Boost, additional CFRE credits, and (most importantly) a free t-shirt! Cost: General admission is free.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

TechSoup Digital Storytelling. The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Contest is here! Then you’ll create a short video (up to 90 seconds) or a five-image slide show to enter the challenge and win prizes donated by our sponsors. Register for our three upcoming digital storytelling webinars!They're

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

The moderator, Marcelo Jamberio, organized a set of questions that other Marcelo and I responded to with slides and audience interaction. Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. Content is king.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Earlier this week the Storytelling & Social Media series from NTEN and TechSoup Global launched with Amy Sample Ward , who is the community builder at Netsquared , as the first speaker. Her slides are above and she did a brilliant job of covering the basics! tags: nonprofit nptech ).

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Compared to annual reports, investment reports are customized, higher-level, and do not include a lot of narrative or storytelling. These can be created in powerpoint, google slides, or even canva. Investment reports show your major donors the data and how their money is being put to work. Know What’s Next.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2009

It's where I grabbed the above slide show that offers a conceptual framework for strategy and metrics. It's making me think of Gary Haye's Transmedia Storytelling and Co-Creation framework. Here's the slide. There's another post on this blog pointing to a slide show by Beth Harte on social media measurement.

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2011

And for good reason: I love tools that help make quality content and storytelling something that all of us can create. With Animoto, you can put together photos, slides, and text with audio and video to create a compelling story from all the various elements you may have created separately or gathered at an event.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2013

bonus: she includes video and slides}. Marc Pitman brings Master Storyteller, Lori Jacobwith, onto his blog to give 7 tips for sharing stories about your nonprofit work. You know that in order to catch and keep the attention of new donors and current donors, you have to tell stories. And you have to tell them well.

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