Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Use these questions to guide your storytelling strategies and then add your text, images, video clips, and even narration to Adobe Spark Video! That's especially true because text on screen can help make your video translate even if people are watching with the sound off. Who Am I Talking To? How Can I Captivate?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 5, 2024

Sounds like a dream? Whether it’s the instant spreadability of Twitter, the communal spirit of Facebook, or the captivating visuals of Instagram, each platform is a chapter in your storytelling saga. The Art of Storytelling: Sharing Supporters’ Stories There’s something profoundly human about sharing stories.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

Ensure that your podcast's audio sounds crisp and clean by purchasing a high-quality microphone. Some sounds tend to sound harsh and jarring in recordings. Pop filters and windscreens will reduce these sounds and protect your microphone from saliva. Check your sound before recording. Pop filters and windscreens.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For the sixth year, TechSoup's annual challenge will help nonprofits learn how to increase their storytelling skills for fundraising and advocacy purposes. Storytelling skills are also a prerequisite to successful advocacy. Take Part in the Digital Storytelling Challenge! Ladies and gentlemen, Storymakers 2016 is here.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The panel "The New Connectivity: Storytelling for the Digital Age" focused on best practices for nonprofits and other social good organizations to spread their message over social media. Learn More About Digital Storytelling. Heroic Stories Capture Nonprofit Audiences. Want to learn more about telling your story on the web?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Storytelling has been a pretty noteworthy buzzword in the nonprofit sector in the last few years. Blogs, conferences and thought leaders all over the sector stress the importance of storytelling. We all have stories that stem from our work and most of us already know the importance of storytelling. then you’re in luck.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2013

If a fantastic community story falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Pacific time for a special Digital Storytelling Challenge edition of the weekly CommBuild discussion on Twitter. online community tweet chat tsdigs digital storytelling CommBuild' Join us on Tuesday, April 23, at 10:00 a.m.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

And data storytelling is at the forefront of such initiatives. At first thought, data and storytelling sound like an odd mix. "Data" sounds dry, while storytelling weaves narratives aimed at appealing to people's emotions. Creating a Searchable Database. What are you trying to achieve?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Next, let’s talk about some storytelling strategies to help you maximize your giving. I’ve also seen emails with this kind of storytelling where CEOs or EDs will lay out goals for the next year and tell stories about why the goals will make a difference. If you sound like a broken record in your mind, you’re likely on the right track.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Mark your calendars for TechSoup Global's Digital Storytelling Online Event ! The Digital Storytelling Online Event discussions will occur in the TechSoup forums with expert hosts from the webinars. But it doesn’t have to be a bland, corporate-sounding video or canned sound bite. Your organization has a story to tell.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

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. Your goal is to make storytelling decisions for your video that will elicit arousing, high-dominance emotions with an element of surprise in the viewer.

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M+R

JANUARY 8, 2024

For instance: While a champion might want a large demonstration of public support, a moderate might need a key storyteller from their district. Ensure strong coalition alignment and cross-movement support for your ask to create a surround sound approach. Build a bespoke campaign that tailors tactics to target lawmakers.

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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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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sounds pretty smooth, right? As we approach #GivingTuesday, remember that your page isn’t just a platform for transactions, but a storyteller that resonates with your donors, echoing your mission, purpose, and the impact of their contributions.

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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 sounds amazing.

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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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Bloomerang

APRIL 20, 2021

Sounds very spiritual doesn’t it? Madison Gonzalez is a National Public Speaker, Storyteller of the Year Award-Winner, Best-Selling Author of Dear Mirror, Events Manager, and Published Poet. As a storytelling coach and consultant, it is her mission to empower others to share their stories for impact and income.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If these scenarios sound familiar, this blog post is tailor-made for you. Related Posts: Is Your Nonprofit Storytelling Missing This Key Ingredient? Are you a new development director or executive director and feeling a bit lost on how to learn exactly what motivates your donors?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Use storytelling to encourage donors to give. . “I With that in mind, use storytelling techniques to draw them in, show them how they can be part of the solution, and ask them to donate. . As you would send a note to a friend, do something to make it sound personal and specific, not scripted.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Pick one that sounds like fun to you, because the planning and execution will be easier if you’re enjoying the work. 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. Which Fundraising Events Bring in the Most Money for Small Nonprofits?

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Bloomerang

JULY 13, 2021

Sound can also be a factor. Madison Gonzalez is a National Public Speaker, Storyteller of the Year Award-Winner, Best-Selling Author of Dear Mirror, Events Manager, and Published Poet. As a storytelling coach and consultant, it is her mission to empower others to share their stories for impact and income. Or parking.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2016

These stories don’t try to guilt the reader into donating, nor do they sound “doom and gloom.”. But your organization can go a step beyond by empowering Millennials to be the storytellers. The reality is that this could happen anytime, not just when you are encouraging people to be storytellers.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

And as soon as I started listening to it, it was so visual and so powerful that I thought, wouldn’t it be interesting to try to illuminate her narrative with some ambient sound, as we call it. And I didn’t add sounds to the white people’s perspective, for the most part. And so, you know, that’s what I did.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Align Your Mission and Vision Statements It doesn’t matter how many sound strategic principles you put into place: If you can’t clearly explain what your association’s mission is, it’s all going to be for naught. Webinar Next-Level Storytelling Tactics for Nonprofits Learn More 5.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

In conjunction with the third annual TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge , we are offering three free webinars to ensure you know the nuts and bolts of all the stages of production — and get your questions answered by the experts. The second part of this three-part webinar series on Thursday, February 9, at 11:00 a.m. Register now

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 8, 2020

Now, you might think I’m more of a personal brand but at this point, it’s very much intertwined with The Storytelling Non-Profit’s brand. You can also do some reflection work on what your organization’s voice has sounded like and what you wish it would sound like. Email subject lines are a good example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Using a tool like Animato can make it easy for your nonprofit to create DYI videos, but to be successful you need to develop a strategy and use compelling storytelling. Jane Goodall Institute: Storytelling on Facebook and beyond with square videos. However, storytelling isn’t enough. Storytelling is key for shares.

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound, creative policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“Digital transformation” may sound grandiose, but it just means the people, processes, and systems that leverage digital tools to help organizations realize impact. There are a number of trends worth exploring: Technology that fuels data-driven storytelling. But we can create more immersive, tailored, sophisticated experiences now.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Like any other marketing tool or social media platform, TikTok’s value is in its storytelling ability. original sound – charity: water. original sound – GivingTuesday. original sound – GivingTuesday. GivingSzn #TikTokPartner #LearnedOnTikTok ? Engaging with your target audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. For example: 1. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

American Jazz Museum Best Arts Website Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films and features live music in their venues, The Blue Room and Gem Theater.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Instead the stories we produce end up sounding like every other run of the mill non-profit story. The problem with this model of storytelling is that we fail to form a meaningful connection with our audience. The second way that we can find common ground with our audiences through our storytelling is through shared life experiences.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The word Millennial has become so overused that it sounds less like a term for a generation and more like fingernails dragging down a chalkboard. posted by Audra Buras Chief Distribution Officer, IMMINENT Digital. Millennials and post-Millennials, Generation Z, live, eat, and likely even sleep, with their phones.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event: "Every organization has a story to tell. But yours doesn't have to be a bland, corporate-sounding video or canned sound bite.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 2, 2020

Sound familiar? Interested in storytelling planning resources? My book has worksheets and step-by-step guidance to help you create a custom 12-month storytelling plan. The post Non-Profit Planning Series — Setting a Chief Initiative appeared first on The Storytelling Non-Profit. I've been there.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Make your emails are unique and effective with these email storytelling tips. The Power Of Storytelling For Fundraising. The most powerful tool you have to build a connection with prospective donors is storytelling. Learn how you can use storytelling to help you fundraise.

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