152: How to make your awards submission stand out

About this episode

This episode provides practical tips for nonprofits on creating award-winning submissions, focusing on storytelling and demonstrating impact.

Storytelling is a very important part of charity work – it boosts their ability to fundraise, helps them to reach and motivate more supporters, and as we’ll see in this podcast, gain more recognition for their hard work in serving their communities. This episode gives nonprofits and mission-driven leaders practical tips on how to create award-winning submissions. We are joined by Megan Waters, Director of Community Engagement at Public Interest Registry, the organisation behind the .org domain name and the .ORG Impact Awards . Megan shares insights from reviewing thousands of .ORG Impact Awards applications — with a focus on storytelling, clarity, alignment to criteria, and demonstrating real impact. Find out more about the .ORG Impact Awards and how to enter here . Read 2024's .ORG of the Year, Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation's story .

People in this episode

Guest: Megan Waters

Topics covered

• awards submission
• storytelling
• nonprofit fundraising
• community engagement
• recognition

Keywords

• awards
• nonprofits
• storytelling
• fundraising
• impact

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Public Interest Registry, .ORG Impact Awards, Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation

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