Storytelling & Social Media Slides from VCF/Ben & Jerry’s Workshop
Hand-out Social Media Storytelling Workshop
LINKS TO OTHER VCF/B & J WORKSHOP MATERIALS
For nonprofits wanting to improve their use of social media, here is a list of useful resources:
General
***Rockefeller Foundation has just produced (May-June 2014) two outstanding reports you should read:
Digital Storytelling for Social Impact
The Digital Storyteller’s Toolkit, A Primer (It covers the pros and cons of various social media platforms)
June 2014 Georgetown Report on Seven Storytelling Truths for Nonprofits
The Conversation Prism: All about how we’re using social media
Media Cause posts tips, how-tos and up-to-the-minute reports on all sorts of technology for nonprofits, including social media
15 Resources to Help Improve your use of Images on Social Media
21 Tips for Nonprofits Using Social Media (Sound advice)
Background
Nonprofits and their 2014 use of Social Media
Here’s a great story about how social media saved a town library
A Bicycling Cause Pedals Its Story: Excellent combo of storytelling, social media and fun for good
Tell the Story’s Social Media Primer
Social Media 2013 Video (Not specifically about Nonprofits but Illuminating Nonetheless)
The Social Media Effect Useful graphic depiction of how a story spreads
Cinderella 2.0 Video How a Story Moves Across Media and the Web
Promoting a Cause on Social Media
Setting Up a Multi-Channel Campaign (slides from a talk by Amy Sample Ward of NTEN for VT Common Good)
2014 Where Nonprofits Go on Social Media
Oregon Nonprofits Guide to Social Media (Excellent)
Four Tips on Creating a Nonprofit Story
Nonprofit 2.0: All Kinds of Help with Social Media
Beth Kanter’s Blog on the Networked Nonprofit
Kivi’s Nonprofit Communications Marketing Blog – Here’s a Useful Post on Creating a Content Strategy
Knight Digital Media Center’s Mobile Strategies
8 Tips on Using Social Media Effectively for Social Good
How to Write Perfect POsts on Social Media (Platform by Platform)
Optimizing your Social Media Channels, a Guide Useful!
Storytelling Prompts
From Vanessa Chase, The Non-Profit Storytelling Blog
Facebook
Facebook Guide for Nonprofits
John Haydon’s 7 Facebook Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
John Haydon’s Pinterest Page for Nonprofits
Example: Museum in Alaska uses FB to tell its story in an ongoing narrative
Infographic on Kinds of Tweets that Engage
Bang the Table’s 20 Tips for Using Twitter
10 Tips to Increase Your Twitter Followers
Ten Things Not To Do on Twitter (seriously good advice)
How to Use Advanced Search to Listen and Learn
Youtube
Five Nonprofits Maximizing Youtube’s Nonprofit Program
Should your nonprofit use Pinterest? An infographic from Media Cause
10 Innovative Uses of Pinterest
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