Like beavers building dams, or geese flying in formation, storytelling is a defining, instinctual feature of humans as a species. At CauseVox, we believe stories can change the world, and definitely change your fundraising campaigns. That’s why our all-in-one fundraising platform is designed to facilitate telling stories. “We believe stories can change the world, and […]
Vanessa Chase Lockshin On Nonprofit Storytelling In Year-End Fundraising
What makes a good fundraising story? On this episode, we talk with Vanessa Chase Lockshin, the President of The Storytelling Nonprofit, about what makes a good story, how stories can amplify your year-end fundraising campaign, and a few examples of nonprofits telling their stories well. Vanessa is an international non-profit consultant, thought leader, trainer, and speaker. […]
4 Things To Consider When Creating Your Nonprofit Story
We talk a lot about the importance of storytelling for your nonprofit. But, just because it’s important doesn’t necessarily mean it’s easy. Quite the contrary, actually. Pulling together a powerful narrative that draws in your audience, effectively shares your mission and purpose, and ultimately calls your supporters to donate can be a definite challenge. So, […]
Storytelling for Fundraising – Why it’s Essential to Engage Donors
When I served with the United States Peace Corps between 2000 and 2002, I learned the value of storytelling to communicate messages. I had arrived in Senegal, West Africa with a group of 100 other volunteers, most of us just out of college and inspired to change the world. A group of us were trained […]
4 Nonprofit Storytelling Tips From Psychology
From ancient cave paintings to modern neuroscience, evidence abound that humans learn and communicate best through stories. Therefore, stories can be a powerful tool for nonprofits. Stories can raise awareness for a cause. Stories can illustrate social impact. Stories can connect individuals and create a community. Since science has shown our predisposition to connect to […]
neverthirst’s Founder On Story-Driven Fundraising
What Is Story-Driven Fundraising? On this episode of Rally & Engage by CauseVox, we have the opportunity to talk with Mark Whitehead. He is the Executive Director and Co-founder of neverthirst, a nonprofit providing clean and living water solutions in North Africa and Southern Asia. Hearing a sermon preached by David Platt in 2006 called […]
Quick Tip: How To Use A Storytelling Grid To Develop Stories
Stories have the power to rally individuals and transform communities. Unfortunately, it’s an uphill battle for most nonprofits. You may be struggling with leveraging stories for your crowdfunding campaign, your bosses may not understand what storytelling is, or maybe you’re just not sure where to start. There’s a solution! At 16NTC, we shared how you […]
6 Storytelling Lessons Your Nonprofit Can Learn From Donald Trump
If you work at a nonprofit, chances are you do your fair share of storytelling and that you’ve followed every bit of traditional advice. You know to follow a tried-and-true plotline, use emotion-evoking words and finish with a happy ending or offer a solid solution. Yes, all of these tips do work. But, there’s more […]
How To Use Vine For Nonprofit Storytelling
We’ve talked about the importance of storytelling and how to do it using things like news cycles, social media, and even Periscope and Meerkat. So now let’s add another tool to your content toolbox. Let’s talk about Vine. What Is Vine? At its simplest Vine is a video-sharing app. But to understand what it does […]
How To Distribute And Market Your Nonprofit Story
You know that we here at CauseVox believe that storytelling is important. Storytelling may even be the single most important thing you do to connect people to your cause and inspire them to make a difference with you. But you also know that today, anyone with a story and access to the Internet can share […]
