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Tips for nonprofits from Candid’s year of TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts 

Candid

Make video part of your broader content workflow Consider how video script writing can fit into the broader way you create content. This can mean creating a video that gets expanded into a blog or shortening a blog into a video script. It started as a 90-second video script. We tie our videos to our blog posts.

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[Guide] Creating Video for Nonprofits

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

We shared Yash’s invaluable insights on digital storytelling and we couldn’t resist sharing his advice on creating compelling videos. Aside from music, the quality of your audio is really key. It’s okay for the footage to be blurry or black and white, as long as the audio quality is great.

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Podcasting as Digital Storytelling: Behind the Scenes Look

NTEN

Of course, in its most rudimentary form, a podcast is simply a digital audio recording delivered to listeners who can hear it at their convenience. We'll discuss the question, and we'll have a little fun, but we'll also give practical answers and advice. He did this by: Scripting a short introduction that kicks off each episode.

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Using Web Conferencing Software To Create A Screencast

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But wait a minute, what if I could create a screencast out of a screensharing session or using a web conference system like Ready/Talk that offers video/audio recording? I'd love to know: How much scripting does he do prior to the interview? Was the quality of the audio worth the extra editing/production time? What did I learn?

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NTEN and SalesForce Screencast: Learnings About the Interview/Documentary Approach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you're making a screencast, and you end up having a vertical monopoly on the process (you write the script, do the filming, operate the mouse, do the editing, and produce it), you need to become a super learner. I made a few tests to see how it might work I also got some advice from Jon Udell. I noted the start time and end time.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One piece of advice that I learned from Cliff Atkinson's book was to think about your presentation key points as tweets so people can retweet them. Be prepared to improvise more and drop the script if it isn't working with the audience. Can you add audio with slideshare? ( Any advice about using Google Wave? look here ).

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I saw a black board in the corner of the room, wheeled it over and wrote the key words of the presentation and shared my favorite advice about issues of incorporating technology into your instructional practice: "It isn't a matter of if technical glitches will happen, it's what are you going to do when they happen. " My Web2.0