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Meet the 2012 Digital Storytelling Challenge Judges

Tech Soup

Submissions for the 2012 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge have closed, but the fun has just begun! So who are these hard-working digital storytelling junkies? conference on storytelling in the digital age. David's favorite cause-related video: (Please visit the site to view this video). As the Dean of Story.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. In 2008, we wore funny hats to go with the theme of our panel. No brochures: digital storytelling for nonprofits. Joe Lambert, Digital Storytelling. The final program is selected through a combination of an open submission and voting process.

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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. The art of storytelling though, and documenting an event or a slice of time is, of course, not restricted to bound pages. We scrape it together. Our stories come from our heart.

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Digital Storytelling with VoiceThread: Create a Collaborative Multi-Media Presentation

Wild Apricot

VoiceThread, named one of Webware's top 100 web apps for 2008, is an online media album tool that lets a group of people easily add their comments to a collection of images, videos, and documents.

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. If your nonprofit doesn’t, then either decide not to use Twitter or tweet minimally with low expectations. Experiment and keep in mind that those who use Twitter regularly tend to love Twitter.

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Tell More Stories to Build Your Movement

Care2

We’ ve talked about the importance of storytelling on Frogloop before. Put Video in your Storytelling Tool-Belt Video is one of the most effective means of storytelling and its a must have for online activists trying to foster movements. In one weekend, the team produced and edited 38 videos from start to finish.

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The Mother-Led Movement to Save Our Kids’ Climate

Saleforce Nonprofit

FBE: I’d say three things: Motivation — As a parent who has been involved with climate change since 2008, I know what’s at stake for our children. DT: With 58 parent groups in 23 countries, how have you built this movement? The science is frightening. She is also the author of the Swedish book, Talk To Children About Climate. . Devi Thomas.

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