how to craft a memorable special appeal for your event
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How to craft amemorable
Presenter: Shanon Doolittle, Founder & Principal, DoogooderTwitter: @sldoolittle | #storytellingnonprofit
Special appeal story
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Question QuickieWhat event popped into
your mind when you signed up for this webinar?
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reasons why most special appeals fail
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Not identifying your audience
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Not having a purpose in mind
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An unprepared and nervous speaker
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When it comes to events, we often make the mistake of spending too much time on logistics and not enough on programming.
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A story can have an extremely powerful effect on an individual. And the most successful special appeals tell a compelling story.
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YOUR STORY
STEP #1:
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places to find great stories
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Your clients and their families
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Your donors12
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Your staff and volunteers
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Question QuickieHow do you collect stories
at your organization?
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of storytelling
What makes a great story?
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CHARACTER11
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CONNECTION12
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CONFLICT13
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CONQUEST14
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Find the story with the biggest, hairiest conflict. The bigger the conflict, the more engaged the audience will be.
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YOUR SPEAKER
STEP #3:
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traits to look for when finding a speaker
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The speaker is scriptable.
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The speaker is passionate.
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The speaker is unpolished.
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Do not dump raw emotion on the shoulders of the audience. A chin quivering is fine but bawling one’s eyes out is not.
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YOUR SPEAKER
STEP #3:
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Speaker Preparation TimelineActivity Week
Review event program run of show with speaker.Provide storytelling brainstorm questions.
1/20 (6 weeks from event)
Select speaker story. Review story structure with speaker. Request first draft by 2/7.
1/27 (5 weeks from event)
Check in with speaker and answer questions. 2/3 (4 weeks from event)
Review revised draft with event team. Provide feedback to speaker.Request revised draft by 2/14.
2/10 (3 weeks from event)
Rehearse ask with speaker. Suggest minor tweaks, if needed. Request final speech by 2/17.
2/17 (2 weeks from event)
Provide speaker agenda and logistics. Sends notes of gratitude and encouragement.
2/24 (1 week from event)
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS:1. What do you remember about your experience with math
as a child? 2. If you were a number, what number would you be and
why? 3. As a teacher, why do you love most about our program? 4. How our program transformed the life of one of your
students?What was the struggle? The turnaround point? How was the student’s life changed for the better?
5. Why should someone donate to our program?
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reasons why story structure matters
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A framework helps to reduce rambling and information overload.
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Different parts of a story balance each other. Too much of any one part can make your story tedious and confusing.
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It organizes and optimizes the timing of the characters, events and details of the story.
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Story Structure
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Keep the story simple and limit details that don’t move the story forward. Fill the room with emotion, end end with a clear call to action.
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Question QuickieWhat’s one nugget from
today’s webinar you’d like to put into action this year?
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Q & A