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How To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Movie Production Studio In 6 Easy Steps

Global Giving

If possible, film each shot a few times just in case there is a problem. They also allow you to choose the speed of fades, which is crucial to get right, especially if you create title or caption cards to give your audience more information. News and information is what Twitter is all about, and it moves fast!

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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

Eric Jacobsen Blog

And we can all benefit from a strategic way to approach problems and decisions," he adds. They ask, "if I make this information readily available then someone might be able to formulate their own opinion about X." Jake Wood is cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon and a former Marine sniper with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Impact and Interoperability: How Technology Powers Collaboration

Saleforce Nonprofit

When the Afghanistan crisis reared its ugly head again this year, a group of veterans, active-duty service members, former government officials, civil servants, and nonprofit organizations came together to work online to help individuals and families evacuate the country.

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Social Media for Good and Evil, Strong and Weak Ties, Online/Offline,and Orgs and Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is using the web to bring back together their band of brothers and sisters. One, the key issue facing activists who wish for real social change is the mismatch between the scale of our problems (global) and the natural scale of our sociality (local). The examples are there, too.

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Collective Lens: Photography for Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Santino Livoti One face to a problem moves us, millions overwhelm us. The project's intent is to educate and inform the public on important issues around the world, and connect individuals to organizations. Another contributor to the site is Natalia who has shared some compelling photos of children beggars in from Afghanistan.

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5 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Text Messages

Tech Soup

Take advantage of the interactive and far-reaching nature of texting to raise awareness about a problem that your organization addresses. SMS is a great way to spread information and educate the people you want to reach most. Raise Awareness About an Issue. More than 30,000 students participated in the campaign.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In response to the Facebook flip, Doc Searles, in this post and a follow-up argues that we should "stop petitioning Facebook and Google to solve our problems for us." This article summarizes new research from Forrester detailing "The Seven Tenets of the Information Workplace." Zonbu has announced a laptop version.

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