Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

Two main groups of people create nonprofit podcasts: individuals who work at a nonprofit and individuals who work with nonprofits. 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.

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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.

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M+R

JANUARY 8, 2024

The 2024 election will be consequential, and my colleagues at M+R Win and I are digging in and doing the hard work. We’re fueled by hope rather than despair because we’re in the business of building movements, building long-term power, and working with world changing clients to pass policies that make people’s lives better.

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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. Here’s an example of this kind of story that I worked on for a client’s campaign last year. If you can, you’ll want to ask them questions like: What’s been happening in your life since we worked on your story together? The Update Story.

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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. And learning how to adapt them to the work and objective can increase impact.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

10 steps to run a silent auction First, let’s define exactly what a silent auction entails to give you a better understanding of how these events work. Then, work with your planning committee to check the other items off this to-do list. Will your software work with your nonprofit’s size and needs? What is a silent auction?

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A giving page works by informing potential donors about your cause, explaining how their donations will be used, and providing a straightforward way to donate. Sounds pretty smooth, right? But, here’s the kicker: not every organization is making the most of their giving page.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 15, 2023

When and How to Pay Yourself a Nonprofit Salary: Preparing your organization for growth is essential for sustaining your work. Getting the message just right will save you from feeling nervous about asking for money, rambling when you talk about your organization’s work, and boring your audience. It’s the foundation of your messaging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages. For example: 1.

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2023

Our dotComm Award winners include two platinum awards in nonprofit websites for our work with March of Dimes and the AARP Livability Index , a gold award for nonprofit websites for our work with NRDC , gold in virtual events for NMAAHC’s Simmons Talks , and an honorable mention in nonprofit websites for our work with the Pacific Science Center.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 20, 2021

If you are working to master the messaging of your mission to share with the public, start by looking within. 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.

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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. If you work with youth or are a youth-service organization, TikTok could be a terrific way for you to reach teenagers and young adults. If one three-minute video can’t cover all the incredible work you do don’t worry!

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Danielle Coates-Connor: And you, Devyn, have been creating a visionary library of images with all of the branding work that you’ve done at Edge Leadership, with all of the illustration work that you’ve done for Nonprofit Quarterly and for The Voice Lab. And simultaneously, Devyn, you were working your magic.

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Bloomerang

JULY 13, 2021

Sound can also be a factor. You should also ask if the alcohol can be sold on site or if something else needs to be worked out. But for all of this to work, your event will need a strong WIFI connection. 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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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. Woah, check out the cross trainers!”

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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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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 8, 2020

approach to communications and fundraising strategy that is at the heart of how I do my work -- authenticity. 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. I know branding work can seem like a novelty. Introvert or extrovert?

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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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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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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

That is, once they’ve cultivated a new donor, they spend a considerable amount of time and effort attempting to persuade that donor to volunteer or participate in some kind of hands-on activity at their headquarters or at an off-site location where the donor can experience their work firsthand. Sound familiar? Be honest.).

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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. It should be. The lesson?

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

NRDC Gold – Nonprofit Since 1970, NRDC has been working to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. Overall, this work has helped to empower NRDC’s content managers, engage their audience, and amplify their impact. Check out our Davey Award Winners below!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

And the trick works all too well. These three learning strategies are working like gangbusters for me, so I’m delighted to present them for your consideration. That’s an important shift in stance, and it can have a huge influence on how your approach your work moving forward. A procrastinator’s trick if I ever saw one.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2016

During a recent project I worked on with a client, we did extensive content analysis to understand the differences between Millennial, Gen Y and Boomer donors. These stories don’t try to guilt the reader into donating, nor do they sound “doom and gloom.”. This can feel like a scary step for a lot of organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2015

Making a real big difference demands that leaders do interior work to gain a self-understanding of themselves, develop relationship building skills and facilitating the work work of groups and leveraging their professional and organizational networks, and a clear and actionable understanding complex systems change.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 2, 2020

It is the high level goal that you've identified as a top priority and that you plan to work diligently towards. Setting a chief initiative that ultimately won't work for them, which makes it even more difficult to execute on. Sound familiar? Interested in storytelling planning resources? What is a Chief Initiative? ?

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you work for a nonprofit organization, you’ve likely heard that Giving Tuesday is one of the most important days of the year. From registering your nonprofit with Giving Tuesday to working with your team to get ready for the big day, this blog post covers 7 steps you should take to make the most of this giving opportunity.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Encourage your team members to highlight their unique experiences by using personalization and storytelling t o inspire support. During my time in the band, generous donations have provided us with the funding we need to purchase show props, sound equipment, uniforms, and instrument repairs. Reaching goals is easier through teamwork.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

I know this sounds like extra work, but keeping a journal can help you remember exactly what worked really well or what you’d like to tweak or improve the next round. I was chatting with Dana Nelson from GiveMN , one of the longest running giving days who tell me she and her team are always “writing it down as they go.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2017

Simultaneously, a sound (digital) strategy can be the biggest driver of “we-care” in the organization. Sound familiar? Not working on the weekends, or over vacation. Storytelling is all about communicating impact (which is what we’re all going for, right?), And it’s true! Setting healthy boundaries.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

That catchy alliteration makes him sound like a comic book character, like Clark Kent or Lois Lane, Peter Parker or Bruce Banner. Pay was lousy, and there was constant pressure from publishers to produce more work in less time. It looks like this: Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work!! 22 EMAIL LEDES THAT ALWAYS WORK!!

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

“How to Use Digital Storytelling Strategies for Deeper Donor Engagement” J ulia Campbell has run her digital marketing consulting business for almost a decade, focused exclusively on mission-driven organizations. Julia Campbell. Steven Shattuck. Branden Harvey. Rachel Muir. Shanon Doolittle.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

You want your letter to sound sincere, not like a form letter. Or that a stale thank you letter they wrote 5 years ago still works. If you want a big, loyal donor base of people who love your work and are happy to give whenever you ask, you must NAIL thanking donors. It should not sound like it’s coming from some corporation.

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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. She also works as a consultant at Buras Consulting and is the Chief Distribution Officer at IMMINENT Digital. posted by Audra Buras Chief Distribution Officer, IMMINENT Digital.

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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. This connection will help them see how they are connected (in a variety of ways) to our work. Now, make a gift.”.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

Use storytelling elements to make this section of your lapsed donor letter as effective as possible. The restaurant where she worked had recently closed, and losing her job meant she needed help getting healthy food for her two kids. But our work isn’t finished. Sound interesting? Will you help us change that?

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