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How to Plan Your Non-Profit’s Stories for the Next 90 Days

The Storytelling Non-profit

You can check out a video tutorial I have on creating your non-profit’s 90-day communications plan here. Today we’re going to plan your non-profit’s stories for the next 90 days. A few more resources to help you plan your non-profit’s stories for the next 90 days. Check out the Ultimate Guide to Collecting Non-Profit Stories. .

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How to Build a Story Arc for a Non-Profit Fundraising Campaign

The Storytelling Non-profit

Story arcs play an important role in non-profit narrative development. We often place a lot of emphasis on individual stories and use those individual stories in fundraising and communications. Why Non-Profits Need to Think in Story Arcs. Over time, a season in the case of a TV show, a story arc reveals itself.

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Storytelling Tips: Measure the ROI of Your Non-Profit’s Stories

The Storytelling Non-profit

Whether you tell stories in your fundraising or communications program, chances are you want to understand the impact and return on investment (or ROI) of the stories you tell. It can be near impossible to measure the success of a story if you haven’t first thought about what your desired outcomes are and drivers of success.

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Pinterest Tutorial

NCE Social Media

Here’s a story on fundraising ideas for Pinterest. Now how can your organization use it? Well, Pinterest has a pinboard with lots of examples including using it with blogging, education, YouTube, and many more. Do you use Pinterest for your organization? If so, share your boards in the comments section.

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Supporting Brain Trauma Nonprofits In Their Critical Fundraising Efforts

Bloomerang

This is where the Vancouver Brain Injury Association ’s story turns into one of hope. In a nutshell, Richard would tell other nonprofits that Bloomerang delivers “ Excellent service, very affordable telephone support, continuous great webinars and tutorials. But here’s the thing: brain trama nonprofits can’t do it alone.

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4 Ways to Use Trello to Manage Your Non-Profit Communications Program

The Storytelling Non-profit

Story Bank If your non-profit wants to share stories and get more mileage out of your best stories, you need to have a story bank. A story bank is central place to capture any text, audio, video and photos associated with a story. Here's my step-by-step tutorial for setting up a story bank.

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What You Need to Know for Successful Year-End Fundraising

The Storytelling Non-profit

But year-end fundraising campaigns that exceed their goals happen because there is a compelling story behind them. My basic definition of story is that it’s a series of facts told with emotions and details. What makes that a story (and frankly, compelling) are the emotions and details that surround the facts.