I recently put together a webinar about how nonprofits can use YouTube effectively. When YouTube first started, all of 4 years ago, the quality of the video was bad, the audience wasn’t so huge and messages about changing the world just seemed totally out of place amid the poor amateur video that was appearing on the site. Right now.

A few months ago YouTube announced that organizations that are in the YouTube Nonprofit Program would be able to use the overlay advertising feature to create donation links. In addition to only appearing in a very limited way on the video, it only works on YouTube and not when you embed the video on other sites. Best, Ramya.

You’ve spent critical resources (staff time and money) creating videos for what you hope will be a lively YouTube channel. You’ve uploaded a healthy number of engaging videos, and have even customized your YouTube theme. Tags: Youtube Tips But there’s a problem. Check your titles and tags. Questions?

This year, YouTube has really increased its offerings, giving the producer more control and opening possibilities for more interactive video. If you want to get the most out of your YouTube videos, look into the following tools and functionality. Insight. Annotations.

is that it's easy to watch my YouTube subscriptions. While preparing to teach a social media webinar recently, I discovered quite a few environmental/green nonprofits that have YouTube channels. YouTube green environment nonprofitOne of my many favorite things about my new iPhone (wahoo!)

Just got a press release this morning announcing the launch of the YouTube Nonprofit Program ! YouTube’s 2007/2008 Clinton Global Initiative commitment enables nonprofit organizations (in the U.S. Through the channel, people can connect with a nonprofit via messages, subscriptions, comments and more.

YouTube’s nonprofit channel just released a cool new tool that allows nonprofits to incorporate a call-to-action functionality into the videos they post on YouTube. If you are not a YouTube nonprofit partner, you will need to sign up here first. 8220;The response from the YouTube community was overwhelming.

Nonprofits and their adoption of social media has created an interesting, albeit interdependent relationship with large companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. 2) Google/YouTube. They also created an Impact Channel. Tags: Facebook Google LinkedIn MySpace Social Media Twitter YouTube Flickr.

In keeping with our coverage of video for nonprofits, we spoke with Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits and Activism Specialist at YouTube. frogloop: what advice do you have for nonprofits using YouTube to effectively advance their mission? based nonprofit to apply to the YouTube Nonprofit Program. Everyone is on YouTube.

In addition to the United States and the United Kingdom, nonprofits in Canada and Australia can now also take advantage of  YouTube’s Nonprofit Program. Listing on the Nonprofit channels and the Nonprofit videos pages. Related Webinar: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Use YouTube, Animoto and Flickr. Good news!