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Video Storytelling Made Easy with Adobe Spark

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Use these questions to guide your storytelling strategies and then add your text, images, video clips, and even narration to Adobe Spark Video! That's especially true because text on screen can help make your video translate even if people are watching with the sound off. Who Am I Talking To? How Can I Captivate?

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TechSoup Global's FREE Digital Storytelling Online Event

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Mark your calendars for TechSoup Global's Digital Storytelling Online Event ! The Digital Storytelling Online Event discussions will occur in the TechSoup forums with expert hosts from the webinars. But it doesn’t have to be a bland, corporate-sounding video or canned sound bite. Your organization has a story to tell.

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The Making of "Product Demo - Mobile Beacon" Video

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Digital Storytelling is in the air around TechSoup these days, and thanks to a grant from Symantec we have been able to experiment and create some new videos. As for the sound, I had an Audio-Technica AT899 lavalier microphone attached to record my voice. We aimed to make this video informative, concise, and personable. Screen Capture.

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TSDigs: Who Do You Think Deserves an Award?

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Winners of the Digital Storytelling Challenge (TSDigs) stand to receive exciting prizes from TechSoup’s generous donor partners like Adobe, Cisco Systems, Seagate, Citrix, Flickr, and SlideRocket. We wish best of luck to all our digital storytellers and hope you will join us on March 28!

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Mobile for Good: May Edition

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Digital Storytelling Apps and Tools. I'm always on the lookout for new digital storytelling tools, especially when they're in the form of mobile apps. 's David Pogue wrote a review of Adobe Voice , a new free app for making "explainer videos." Images: Microsoft News, Wikimedia Commons, Adobe.

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Mia Hamm Delivered to Your Inbox? A New Way to Communicate in Email

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Some nonprofits are starting to deploy it to help engage their communities: The San Francisco Zoo used it in a fundraising campaign last spring, combining it with images of their new-born critters to add to their storytelling strategy. Once you click it, the online mini-slideshow (Adobe Flash) with synched audio is opened in a browser window.

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Nonprofit Radio: How to Make Podcasts That Promote Your Brand and Engage Supporters

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Podcasting is a storytelling medium; use it as the voice for your organization’s most compelling stories. This method is great for its ease of use and immediacy but will not allow you to add any sound effects, music, or cut in other voices and input. For sound effects, check out the Freesound Project. Tools and Resources.

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