Why types of content engages? Inspires? Spreads? Creating spreadable content is a great and cost effective way for nonprofits to reach more people for their cause.
5. 2 WAYS YOUR CONTENT
SPREADS
1. Sharing
• The message you
create gets passed on
2. Empowering
• People create/co-
create, remix, build
off, etc. your message
and pass it on
Third
Circle
Secon
d
Circle
First
Circle
You
7. SPREADABLE IDEA
FRAMEWORK
Exposure
• They must know about
your content.
Attention
• They must engage with
your content.
Motivation
• They must want to
share your content.
Exposure
Attention
Motivation
8. WHAT/WHY WE SHARE
• Social proof
• Reputation enhancing
• Scarce information
• Combined relevance
• Evokes emotion
• Images
9. WAYS TO GET IDEAS TO
SPREAD
• Use uncomplicated
language
• Ask people to spread
them
• Build – Measure –
Learn
• Use best practices as
starting points
• Question experts
13. HOW CAN YOU GET YOUR
CONTENT SHARED?
• What content evokes emotion from your
audience?
• How can you make your message even
more simple and shareable?
• Do you make it easy for people to share?
Do you ask them to share?
• Do you want to focus more on exposure,
attention or motivation?
15. CORE ELEMENTS OF HERO
STORY
Hero
• Primary audience you want
to reach
Adventure
• Something bigger than
ourselves
Mentor
• You and your brand
Gift
• Creative wildcard that
makes you unique
17. #KONY2012
Adventure:
• Fight against tyranny
Mentor Role:
• You have a voice. You
can actually make a
difference.
Special Gift:
• Tool kit
• Missions/coordination
18. KIVA
Adventure:
• Unlock human potential
Mentor Role:
• Technology connects
us.
Special Gift:
• Gift card
• Direct giving platform
21. DALIT FREEDOM NETWORK
Adventure:
• End slavery
Brand Role:
• It is our duty, our calling,
to fight for the oppressed.
Special Gift:
• Matching donation
• Fundraising page &
support
23. “Some of the most contagious
brands serve as boxes of crayons,
not rubber stamps” – Dan Zarella
24. WHAT ABOUT YOUR STORY
• Who is your hero?
• What is the adventure you are them to?
• How do you mentor them on their quest?
• What is your special gift to them?
25. YOUR TRAITS?
• What tools do you have to offer your heroes?
• How can you proactively encourage and
support your heroes?
• How can you improve your customer service?
Donor experience? User experience?
• How can you make your message even more
simple and clear?
• Which hero stories can you tell to provide
social proof and encourage others?
26. REACH THE THIRD CIRCLE
Create
meaningful
content for your
audience who
are the heroes of
the story but
need some help.
Third
Circle
Secon
d
Circle
First
Circle
You
Messages that inspire people to be messengers.
What I want to do today:
Framework for sharing content and empowering content
Find the common threads from some thought leaders, provide some practical tips and some language and tools you can use to start thinking about how you can create and empower content that spreads.
What I want to do today:
Framework for sharing content and empowering content
Find the common threads from some thought leaders, provide some practical tips and some language and tools you can use to start thinking about how you can create and empower content that spreads.
Your goal is to reach the third circle with your story, your content
Messenger is as important as the message
What we share: things that evoke emotion.
Why we share: because it’s awesome and we want to be associated with awesome.
Not all content is supposed to spread
Two frameworks
Options:
Increase those getting exposed to your content
Increase the amount of attention your content gets
Tap into the motivation of people engaging with your content to get them to share
Humans are crazy and we are all not the same but…
Not all content is meant to spread
Novelty: Car blow up in my neighbourhood, people wanted to be the first to “break it”
Social proof: Obama
Reputation enhancing: If you’ve tweeted anything today or will (hopefully) it’s because you want to be perceived a certain way or enhance our reputation in some way
Scarce information: tips, blog posts, insights or for you stories and information about your work
Combined relevance: Care about a cause AND area (children in Zambia)
Evokes emotion: Cain’s arcade
What we share
Pictures more than videos, videos more than text
Cain’s arcade
Simple story of one kid who started making cardboard arcade games in LA and a videographer told his story
Hero – primary audience you want to reach
Everything is created for them
They are called to the adventure
Adventure – something bigger than ourselves or your cause
What the hero can and wants to contribute to our world
Mentor – your role as brand/organization
You help the hero on their quest
Empower, equip and support
Gift – creative wildcard that makes you unique
Makes your hero believe they can succeed
Scott Harrison, their founder, and his story is the embodiment of THEIR story.
Club proomoter gone astray, searning for meaning, goes on a trip, comes back and wants to help, gives up 30th birthday.
This is woven into the very fabric of their organization and story.
We didn’t know
Matt, CEO, said “just got lucky” by getting in NY Times, people picking it up and running with it.
DFN had this story, this structure already in place but didn’t have the right story framework.
Show examples of the past (social proof, take away fear)
Gave fundraisers the tools and support
Had matching donations as a special gift
Built trigger emails to go out to champions as they signed up and went about their campaign.
Told emotionally compelling story leading to asks
“Brands that provide their users with a vocabulary and tools that allow them to play with and remix their own ideas succeed because these brands step back and let evolution do what it does best.”