Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Storytelling”
Yesterday I presented at the Liberty Bank Foundation Go Boldly nonprofit conference. The conference theme was focused on the sustainability and growth of the sector – ways that nonprofits can change and adapt in order to thrive in the future. My workshop topic was How Nonprofits Can Engage Millennial Donors and Volunteers. Millennials, NextGen, Gen Y – while they are …
Today at 1 PM ET I gave a free webinar with Network for Good, all about how to get people from passive to passionate, using nonprofit storytelling. Storytelling is a buzzword. It may seem like something that is “nice to do” in your marketing and fundraising work – but effective storytelling actually creates results for your nonprofit. In this webinar, we …
Creating a vibrant, effective, and workable social media storytelling strategy can be daunting for many nonprofits, especially small and grassroots organizations with little to no staff capacity or tech savvy. It doesn’t have to be! To begin, take out a piece of paper or your phone and answer this question: “What do our supporters want to hear from us?” This …
I was happy to partner with DipJar on a free webinar, all about my favorite topic – social media engagement through nonprofit storytelling! In this webinar, we covered: Specific nonprofit storytelling strategies that you can employ to connect with supporters; Real-world examples from nonprofits rocking digital storytelling for social media engagement; Battle-tested tools to use to rock your digital storytelling. …
I am on a mission to help nonprofits of all sizes become better communicators. This is the third part in a multi-part series on nonprofit storytelling designed to show nonprofits the most effective ways to amplify their stories using digital storytelling techniques. Click for part one and part two. Now that you understand some of the benefits of combining the …
I am on a mission to help nonprofits of all sizes become better communicators. This is the first of a multi-part series designed to show nonprofits the most effective ways to amplify their stories using digital storytelling techniques. When you think of storytelling, what comes to mind? A campfire, a group of children sitting around a teacher, a few close …
No matter what time of year, it’s always the perfect time to show your donors some love. If you wait until year-end when thanking donors, or right before you are asking for another gift, it may be too late. The numbers on donor attrition are abysmal – currently, new donor retention is at 17.6%, the worst it’s been in 5 …
Crowdfunding for nonprofits is a trendy but often misunderstood term thrown around in nonprofit fundraising circles. Pew Internet found that roughly one-in-five Americans (22%) have contributed to an online fundraising project on a website like Kickstarter or GoFundMe. This percentage has assuredly grown in recent years with the proliferation of crowdfunding platforms and the push from Facebook to use their free fundraising …
Did you struggle with posting consistently this past year to all of your social media channels? Did you find it challenging to create and share content that garnered engagement and elicited a response? A frequent challenge that I heard from nonprofits this past year was not being able to create and/or curate enough content to post on social media. …