Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

At TechSoup, we're all about using technology to tell your nonprofit, charity, or public library's story. Steller (free; Apple iOS) is an app that lets you build stories with your photos, videos, and text. It's also got a familiar appearance, as the main feed of other people's stories mildly resembles Instagram.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2011

Eligible nonprofits and libraries can now each request up to five bundles of MinoHD and UltraHD video cameras. About the Cameras. With Flip Video cameras, you can take up to one hour of high-quality digital, high-definition video anywhere. Bundle of six MinoHD cameras (admin fee: $55). V ideo 101 for Nonprofits.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 12, 2009

TechSoup’s Digital Storytelling Challenge offers a chance for your photos and videos to win cool prizes for your organization, ranging from a Flip video camera to Adobe software.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2011

**Update** Flip Video MinoHD camera bundles are back in stock as of the date on this blog post! Eligible nonprofits and libraries can now each request up to five bundles of MinoHD video cameras. About the Cameras. With Flip Video cameras, you can take up to one hour of high-quality digital, high-definition video anywhere.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2016

A compelling story makes a video stick with its audience, but if it looks poorly made, nobody's going to watch it. So as you're plotting out your next great digital story, make equipment-planning and budgeting part of the process. Pick Your Camera. Loud and Clear.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We heard many stories detailing the aftermath of the abrupt transition to virtual work, or the shuttering of programs entirely, beginning in spring 2020. Many of the stories we heard describe access limitations that were either introduced or exacerbated by COVID-19. Here’s what they had to say. On One Hand, Technology Promotes Access.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

ways to tell stories in just a few seconds. Free video services like Instagram and Vine that feature short videos now attract millions of users, offering nonprofits, charities, and libraries an opportunity to connect with new audiences. Help , a nonprofit dedicated to helping other nonprofits tell their stories through film and video.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

more than 200 nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs from 25 countries submitted one-minute videos and five-photo slideshows to showcase the impact they are making on their respective communities. There was an overwhelming amount of talent and stories shared through the contest! This is a “red carpet” event!

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. engage audiences can be overwhelming to nonprofit and library. Nonprofits and libraries need not worry excessively about technical quality, as chat participants were in agreement that content mattered most.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

If you haven't heard, during the month of April TechSoup is hosting our 4 th annual Digital Storytelling Challenge designed to inspire, educate, and empower nonprofits, libraries and social good organizations to tell their story through video and photos. Free Range tells great stories that inspire, educate and activate.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 27, 2008

The Times of India covered the story during my visit, Disabled in city help blind in US. I assume that this is like what Google Books uses to scan library books. You place the book in a cradle and cameras overhead take pictures of the pages, and then someone turns the page.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

inch display, Adreno 330 graphics, a 13-megapixel camera, and 2GB of RAM. So let's say you're watching a movie and the camera pans to a can of Spam on a kitchen counter. When you press and hold the camera key, Fire Phone will tell you what it is and let you buy it directly from Amazon. Sounds a bit creepy, right?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2012

over 200 nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs from 25 countries worldwide submitted one-minute videos and five-photo slideshows to showcase the impact they are making on their respective communities. We were overwhelmed with the talent and stories you all shared with us! This is a “red carpet” event!

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

a nonprofit dedicated to helping and educating cause-driven organizations use video to tell their stories. Basho Mosko rounded out the online chat by talking about Cisco’s plan to donate its remaining stock of Flip Video cameras to nonprofits , a program administered through TechSoup. The Experts. Connect with Volunteer Pros.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Over the past year, we've been doing TechSoup Impact stories about nonprofits, churches, and libraries doing great work with TechSoup product donations. " Waukesha Public Library. New Heights provides families with tutoring services , a library with more than 3,000 books, field trips, and online classes.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

What’s more, the charity has trained some of its staff members to shoot video using inexpensive cameras, with the goal of creating a library of footage that it can use to create fresh online videos for years to come. Because many digital cameras and editing software are inexpensive, that investment can be less than $1,000.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

What’s more, the charity has trained some of its staff members to shoot video using inexpensive cameras, with the goal of creating a library of footage that it can use to create fresh online videos for years to come. Because many digital cameras and editing software are inexpensive, that investment can be less than $1,000.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2009

We screened highlights from the more than 100 video, image, and GoldMail submissions and celebrated the great work nonprofits and libraries are doing to tell their unique and important stories. Second Place: Dragonfly Forest by Dragonfly Forest awarded Adobe Audition software and a Flickr Pro account.

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See3

AUGUST 31, 2009

The beauty of online video is that people are more interested in compelling content and stories than fancy camerawork. Choose the Right Camera for Your Needs. There are so many great cameras on the market today, but they’re not all going to be right for your organization. Of course, making a video doesn’t end with the camera.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

There has been some interesting mobile-related legislation news as of late that affects some nonprofits, charities, public libraries, and social sector organizations. You can read the full story behind the confusion – and controversy – here. Legislation Beat. Tablet Tales.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

They also help demonstrate the human impact of nonprofits' and libraries' work. Are photos that you take with your camera or phone yours or your organization's property to use as you wish? The following rules of thumb are abstracted from Bryan Carson's Laws for Using Photos You Take at Your Library.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

Susan Tenby , Josephine Dorado , and I camped with our laptops, video cameras, resource guides, favorite game-building sites, and a bountiful new Nonprofit Resource Library in Second Life providing a playful space for participants to get hands-on with mixed reality technologies.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. Libraries have also experimented with replacing terminals with smaller footprint Raspberry Pi computers.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2012

While our community is busy from March 6 – 12 picking their favorites for the Audience Choice Awards , our panel of expert judges will be selecting the top digital stories from among hundreds of entries. David Lee King writes about, talks about, and works around libraries, social media, and digital communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2008

If you don't have a camera or if you're not comfortable creating video content, there are other ways to raise awareness about this important issue. This is an excellent example of social media - getting others to tell your story or user generated content. (To learn more about the images mentioned in this video, click here.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

The app allows you record 6-second stop-motion videos with your phone's camera and then share them with Facebook or Twitter. Find out how to enter the challenge and get resources and tools for telling your organization's story. Vine (iOS) (Note: Vine has a 17+ rating on iTunes) is one of the latest social video apps to emerge.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

It’s also looking like relatively few charities and also libraries are getting the hang of it. I’d also modestly recommend our Cloud Basics for Nonprofits and Libraries. Another cloud story that has caught my attention this year are the welcome escalations of free cloud storage. Adobe Creative Cloud.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

This time, we're talking privacy — featuring experts and stories from individuals and organizations that have found ingenious ways to navigate the interesting paradox that is privacy in social media. Image: Man with camera hovering over office worker ( topgold). Join us on Wednesday, August 15 at 11:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

" asking readers to share their stories about how they got started in social media, first steps, and advice. You must go read the stories - they're wonderful. I read Connie Bensen's story and she encouraged me to post on my blog. In 1996, when the first digital cameras and web cams out - I got one.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Over the past week though, there have been little glimpses of happiness amid the disasters, scandals and economic bad news - stories about the CNN Heroes: Ordinary People Extraordinary Impact. She and volunteer camera crews have taped roughly 3,000 inmate messages." It's kinda depressing, but I'm trying to stay informed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2007

I had skype with a video camera and Second Life application opened (which kept crashing my computer.) Lori Bell, from information island , gave us an overivew of her impressive work -- and growth of library activities and programming. Alas, no photo as my computer just couldn't handle anymore stress at that moment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

Shortly before the Blogher July 2005 conference, I got a new digital camera that came with a video feature. These are a series of video stories by workers such as Eleanora Parada's story. Libraries are beginning to use videblogging as this list compiled by David Lee King suggests. that are built for videobloggers.)

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

If you don’t have a relationship like that, then you can send them a personalized video and email it to them, and record yourself talking to the camera like I’m doing right now, and make the ask again. Our new library capital campaign needs to reach into the community for money donation, best way to do that? ” Oh.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 5, 2006

From the technology blogosphere: Tim O'Reilly wrote an excellent commentary on the "economics of disaggregation"--basically, the idea that new technologies (digital cameras, iTunes store) are allowing users to unbundle content (like an image or song) from traditional packaging (roll of film, album) so that they get just the content they want.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

To counteract all of this somewhat negative mobile news, I'm also highlighting a very positive story on digital inclusion and public libraries. If you're not familiar with an iFixit teardown, it is essentially a test to see how repairable different devices are (everything from desktop PCs to cameras). Let's dig in!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2012

While we value each submission and every wonderful story, part of the fun was the spirit of friendly competition. First up are our awards selected by our panel of judges , hard-working digital storytelling experts who flexed their skills to pick strong stories to receive award donations from our sponsors. First Place Video.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 8, 2015

The right image can make all the difference when you're telling your story. HSB color values, RGB color values, Lab color values, CMYK color values, hexadecimal color values, Color field, Color slider, Only Web Colors option, Not Web-Safe Color alert icon, Add to Swatches button, Color Libraries button. Camera Raw tools.

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