Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2012

In this year's Third Annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights. We were overwhelmed with the talent and stories you all shared with us! We were overwhelmed with the talent and stories you all shared with us! Whether you live in San Francisco, Australia, or Romania, we’d love for you to join us!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story now, because we have $13,000 in prizes available! We have webinar recordings , tools, and resources to help you make stories that stand out. London, United Kingdom: Digital Storytelling. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Digital StoryTelling en Guatemala.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In September, the San Francisco Online Community Meetup welcomed Cara Jones , founder of Storytellers for Good , and JD Lasica , chief strategist at Socialbrite. Jones and Lasica spoke on the topic of using storytelling for community building. Principles of Storytelling. Give structure to your story.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

In this year's Third Annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights. There was an overwhelming amount of talent and stories shared through the contest! There was an overwhelming amount of talent and stories shared through the contest! WHAT: Awards and Screening Party for the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Digital storytellers! We have so many wonderful stories rolling in! But what good is a digital story if it’s not shared? In addition to our expert judges selecting top stories , we are awarding a community choice prize as voted on by YOU! tsdigs digital storytelling'

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge is underway! 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. Michael Hoffman.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Video is one of the best ways to tell your nonprofit's story. It's four times more inspiring than static content, and by 2016, online video users will likely double to 1.5 San Francisco, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Meet other nonprofit digital storytellers, and learn more about what makes an amazing video.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Nonprofit leaders, impact investors, and philanthropists from all over the world gathered in San Francisco's Fort Mason Center this week for SOCAP12. Heroic Stories Capture Nonprofit Audiences. Sachs advised organizations to look to ancient mythology when forming their stories. Learn More About Digital Storytelling.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2012

Submissions for the 2012 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge have closed, but the fun has just begun! 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. As the Dean of Story.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Digital storytellers! We have so many wonderful stories rolling in! But what good is a digital story if it's not shared? In addition to our expert judges selecting top stories , we are awarding a community choice prize as voted on by YOU! tsdigs digital storytelling'

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Ottawa, Ontario: How to Use Domain Names to Build and Protect Your Brand Online. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Raleigh, North Carolina: Nonprofit Storytelling: What You Need to Know. SF Online Community Meetup.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Looking for inspiration or hands-on help with your digital storytelling? Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Friday, April 8.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Last night, we held our Digital Storytelling Challenge Awards Party here at TechSoup headquarters in San Francisco. 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.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2016

Since our last storytelling Twitter chat , both the opportunities and challenges in producing a great digital story have increased. More stories flooding our social media airwaves mean that it's increasingly difficult to get a non-visual story heard. Topic : Storytelling in central and eastern Europe and Eurasia.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. And if you need some help with your video, you can take our short, free online course or sign up for help from one of our experts. Monday, May 16.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2009

You may have heard about TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Online Event that's been going on all month. We received over 100 submissions from nonprofits and libraries around the country (and world) who've shared their digital stories in video , photo , and GoldMail formats for the Digital Storytelling Challenge!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Note from Beth: December is a time when start to reflect on the past year and future online trends for fundraising. 5: Collaborative Storytelling Sells. In a sharing economy, your story and the way it’s told is not completely under your control. But this isn’t a bad thing, I swear! 6: Maintain a Human Connection.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Victoria, Canada: The Art of Transmedia Storytelling: Creating Story Worlds Across Platforms. San Francisco: Let’s Learn About the Future of Mobile Impact. Victoria, Canada: Online Advertising and Web Analytics. Discover their story with NetSquared Houston. Don’t be shy - come join us!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8th.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Impact Investing 101: Panel Discussion. Washington, District of Columbia: Online Advocacy Strategies — Mobilizing for Action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

Humberto Kam , Director, Online Engagement & Marketing, Monterey Bay Aquarium. James Nickerson , Social Media Strategist, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. ” Tips via @humbertokam : pre-package stories, let talent speak for itself, optimize for the channel and be authentic. ” Yes!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Troubleshooting online and in-person — pivoting conversations, interrupting, encouraging conversation, covering if the presenter doesn't show, etc. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Or No, Everyone Is NOT Online. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

If our stakeholders are looking for confirmation, not information , it seems to me we need to refocus on the fine art of storytelling. . Somewhere along the way, we became more obsessed with exactly how high Icarus was flying when he fell than with telling the story of Icarus. The result? I couldn't agree more. You can help, too !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Today, I had the pleasure of doing a little planning for March, 2012 bootcamps in country with the strategic social media adviser from Jordan, Rami Al-Karmi and Heather Ramsey at IIE in San Francisco as well as Craig Newmark and Barry Newstead from Wikimedia. Stay tuned … Video and Storytelling.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

San Francisco, California: Mobile Apps for Change Demo Day. Las Vegas, Nevada: Online Courses (Storytelling). San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Morrisville, North Carolina: Nonprofit Storytelling: What You Need to Know. San Francisco, California. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2012

TechSoup asked for digital stories and you delivered more than 200 stories! Digital stories came in from all over the globe from all types of social benefit organizations throughout the month of February. The Audience Choice Award is your chance to pick the digital story you feel made the biggest impact.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! Not in San Francisco?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! Not in San Francisco?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

As nonprofits, we have an incredible storytelling advantage — to share meaningful, mission-minded content that inspires people to react, engage and share authentically. Taryn Degnan is the Manager of Social Media and Online Community at Common Sense Media. Above all else, authenticity always wins.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

TechSoup’s Digital Storytelling Challenge tweet chat gathered nonprofit video experts and other experienced storytellers to share what works, what channels are best and more when it comes to sharing videos over social media. Learn how to use LinkedIn's new features to tell your organization's story.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Faith in Practice won an Honorable Mention in the Digital Storytelling Online Challenge for their Flickr story submission. I also work part-time, remotely doing social media for Blood Centers of the Pacific (BCP), the community blood center in the San Francisco/Bay Area.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. b) Story Submission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Maddie: And thank you for introducing us to Rob Cottingham at the 09NTC in San Francisco! And yet, for some reason (actually a lot of reasons) what we know about community isn’t always translating well to building community online. It’s a much more, well, open way of approaching online community. Lindy: Here’s the gist.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Fill out this online form , and we will take it from there. Interested?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

TechSoup’s Digital Storytelling Challenge tweet chat gathered nonprofit video experts and other experienced storytellers to share what works, what channels are best and more when it comes to sharing videos over social media. Learn how to use LinkedIn's new features to tell your organization's story. Connecting Up.

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