Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

we are looking at the current field of social video - what is working. now for nonprofits creating videos with impact? Video production is a. In the meantime, here are answers to a few of the frequently asked questions we receive about social video: What Is Social Video? Is It Different from Digital Storytelling?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. The process has opened – so you can browse and vote for the nonprofit panels you think are worthy of being on the program until September 2, 2011. Let’s Talk Video for Social Change. No brochures: digital storytelling for nonprofits. Devon Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. To be a little meta, here’s a photo by Mark Horvath as the video was being shot.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2022

Auction websites can offer detailed descriptions of auction items and many photos. Share photos and videos from the event if you send out an email campaign, and post them on your social media and website. Share the story of the cause and progress you have made through the written word, photos, and videos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. Photos and slideshows. Powerful stats.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

So without further ado, meet our judges, a collection of storytelling experts who will be choosing our awardees. Erinn joined the GuideStar team when Philanthropedia was acquired in 2011. She founded The Storytelling Nonprofit to help nonprofits connect in more meaningful ways with donors through stories and stewardship.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Recently, we''ve been talking at our museum about techniques for capturing compelling audio/video content with visitors. It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. Why did you choose this format instead of video? Photos are fun.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Streetfootballworld supports a worldwide network of organizations in well over 50 countries.The photo above is of one of their programs in Brazil. Through Stifter-helfen.de, the organization received donations from Microsoft, SurveyMonkey, as well as 18 Flip Video Mino-HD cameras. Making More Time to Educate Youth.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

And already in 2011, “more than 50% of all ‘local’ searches were done from a mobile device.” AMOLED screen is a beauty for sure, and lends itself quite nicely for video and photo capture. You can see for yourself how clean and clear the picture quality is in the video below.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Photographs and videos create options for supporters to share your message with their networks, exponentially building your audience. With a successful photo-essay or multimedia piece, organizations can attract partners, appeal to donors and grantmakers, influence policymakers, and perhaps most importantly, drive a movement.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

When will you have the time to go back through hours of video to find and edit the interesting or meaningful parts. Photos matter. As of Febuary 2011 however, they have added a feature that goes a step beyond: streetview history. This is often referred to as life caching or lifelogging. But what’s the point? The fold matters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

Increase mentions by 20% on Twitter before, during, and after performances for 2011. Increase number of retweets and @replies on Twitter by 20% by September, 30, 2011. Utilize Facebook to increase Festival attendance and online program views by 5% by September 2011. Increase views on YouTube Channel by 50% by January, 2012.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

" Check out the 12 Trends, from Personalized Video Thanking to Ebooks to Digital Fundraising Staffing! Digital Storytelling Challenge from TechSoup – "TechSoup’s annual Digital Storytelling Challenge (TSDigs), powered by Lights. " The deadline to apply for the next learning group is February 24th!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore."

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