“It’s really about working in collaboration with your story contributors to truly understand how they want their...
Storytelling Articles
What’s Your Donor’s Story?
Stories, stories, stories. As a rule, even the organizations with the most cerebral and intellectually motivated...
Equity Forward: Who’s the Hero in Your Fundraising Story?
We’ve written (and will continue to write) about some words and phrases that continue to marginalize certain groups....
Our Words Matter
At Impact, we are heartened by the growing movement for racial justice and deeply committed to the J.E.D.I. principles...
2020 Impact Giving Tuesday Donations
Giving back is an amazing feeling! Especially this year, with so many people around the world struggling, Impact is...
It’s almost time. Are you ready for #GivingTuesday?
Giving Tuesday is an annual day of giving held on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Following traditional days of...
Does Your Nonprofit Accept Bitcoin?
The Impact team recently met with Patrick Duffy and Alex Wilson from The Giving Block. After hearing them speak at the...
Communications is NOT Overhead
If you work for a social impact organization, chances are your work involves moving people to action, enacting public...
The Happy Marriage of Branding & Fundraising
Tammy Zonker and R. Trent Thompson’s Bridge Conference session title did not mince words: Brand + Philanthropy =...
10 Things I Learned from Save the Children’s Success
A real highlight of the Bridge Conference was a session on Transforming Your Organization Through High Impact...
Storytelling Tips from Planned Giving Days
This year, Planned Giving Days was all about storytelling—one of our favorite things here at Impact! It started with...
Fundraising Words We LOVE
I recently read a post in The Agitator called “The Best Words.” ...