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8 Social Media Ideas to Inspire Donors on GivingTuesday

Neon CRM

Launch a Storytelling Campaign Studies have proven that storytelling is much more effective than fact-sharing alone. That’s direct scientific proof that storytelling is the way to go when we want to engage and inspire people on GivingTuesday and beyond. Here’s a great example: “Did you know that 1 in 4 teens in the U.S.

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The Science of Nonprofit Video Engagement: How To Use Emotion to Increase Social Sharing

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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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The One Thing Successful Fundraisers Carry in Their Back Pockets

Connection Cafe

Meet Katie: When I first started working in the nonprofit sector, my job was to host learning opportunities for teen girls. Shortly after we met, I hosted a lock-in for 300 teen girls, focusing on developing strong self-esteem. Over the years, I found that there were a few basic rules for being a successful storyteller: 1.

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TechSoup Global: Springing into Action

Tech Soup

TechSoup Digital Storytelling. The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Contest is here! Join in on the conversation and participate in our tweet chats and webinars around digital storytelling. Register for our three upcoming digital storytelling webinars!They're 3D printing at your local library?

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How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Qgiv

Here is an example of how a faith-based organization leveraged storytelling in a fundraising appeal.]. Giving Initiative For Teens – Homelessness and Poverty. This is a screenshot of the Giving Initiative for Teens’ Homelessness and Poverty campaign page, an example of a faith-based peer-to-peer event.].

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Pokemon Go and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of two teens, I was curious if there were any potential safety issues to discuss with them or if they had downloaded or wanted to play. Centre Foundation , also a Pokemon stop, is adding this to its messaging around several summer programs geared for high school students. A Few Concerns.

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How Nonprofit Leaders Create An Authentic Personal Brand on Intsagram

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This shot is from a program for teens that the met sponsors, #metteens. On Instagram, a photo is worth 1,000 words. Instagram is about storytelling. This shot is a painting at a museum visited during a professional conference for museums. He gives you the inside story about the work of art. Visibility. Specialization.