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Nonprofits: Make Your Voice Heard

Care2

Make Audio a Vital Medium for Your Non-Profit. Using audio files may be more powerful than you think. However, going lo-fi with your media can actually suit your needs more directly than video, text or still photography. Jill Foster , a communications consultant in DC, recently spoke to me about the virtues of stand-alone audio.

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10 Must-Have Skills for Nonprofit New Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Too often new media managers are bogged down by a strategy or content approval process that saps them of their creativity. To effectively work with image and video content, your new media manager must be adept at using photo and video editing software. They need to be given creative freedom and trusted to act upon their instincts.

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How the World Affairs Council Broadcasts Globally with Social Media

Tech Soup

AP: Our events produce a large amount of multimedia (we livestream via YouTube and record audio for radio — It's Your World on KQED/NPR — and our podcast) so we use social media to boost the experience of attending a Council event beyond our local community. TS: How does social media support your organization's mission?

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Storymakers 2014 Winners — A Global Success

Tech Soup

In the past few years, we've seen the transformation from long to extremely short-form digital content like that on Vine and Instagram, and we've experienced the rise and fall of numerous storytelling apps never to be seen or heard of again.

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The New Culture of Storytelling

Forum One

Let's face it, this content doesn't come out of thin air. Too many groups set up a perfect web site platform for storytelling, only to find that they can't populate it because they haven't gotten senior leadership buy-in, or they haven't identified regular contributors to develop content.

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Design Series: Creating Continuous Engagement

Forum One

Ensuring that your user interface navigation is intuitive, that your content is easily accessible, and that interacting with your products are seamless will go a long way in encouraging visitors to explore more and engage with your organization. They should be balanced with the rest of your content overall.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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