Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

I wasn't going to write about this on my blog but decided to take Chris's advice. In June, I had the pleasure of co-presenting a session called How To Think Like A Social Media Marketing Genius at Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp with Susan Gordon from Causes. With enough time, I could actually make a audio version on slideshare.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Healthcare website visitors search for crucial medical advice, doctors’ names and contact information, a map of your facility, or other must-have information. A professionally designed website can help establish your organization as a reputable, trustworthy institution. Optimize the user journey. Prioritize accessibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

In the past, I have presented remotely using skype audio and video. Last year I audio-skyped into a conference in the UK to present with Steve Bridger. I spoke for five minutes and then Steve served as the moderator and ask questions in the room and had me answer. (Here’s a video ). Talk about multi-tasking.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

They may be searching for crucial medical advice, doctors’ names and contact information, a map of your facility, or other must-have information. This can establish your organization as a reputable, trustworthy institution. Let’s dive in! Map and optimize the user journey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Video Blogging Learning Journal. At blogher, I attended a workshop on video blogging lead by Ryanne Hodson and Zadi Diaz. I asked a few questions: -Many video bloggers do vlog posts where they aim the camera at themselves, talk, and let the video roll. Any advice? Notes on shooting yourself. I didn't believe her.

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BoardAssist

JULY 30, 2014

Thanks for the great advice in this guest post Paul! Board members may participate in a meeting by video or audio conference. This post is being shared for general information only and should not be relied on as legal advice. Are you familiar with the requirements of the new Act? NYS Attorney General. Nixon Peabody.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector. The moderator, Patrick O'Heffernan, shared his thoughts based on his experience with The People Choose which is connected to Link TV and the first non-profit site to launch user-generated video as a community building process in a non profit environment.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Telling your organization’s story in video does not always require investing in expensive equipment. Advances in technology now mean that many nonprofits most likely have access to basic video storytelling tools. Mobile devices seem to be everywhere and are easily used to take photos and record videos.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2011

In my book, making your blog posts visually appealing is one of the eight qualities of a juicy blog , which is why I'm excited nonprofits are starting to use the micro-blogging platform, Tumblr, to share photos, slideshows, videos, links, quotes, and news. Some nonprofits' blogs can be a bit, er, boring.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

TechSoup’s Elliot Harmon has great articles on developing your first website and how websites work , full of tips, advice, and in-depth information to help you make the best choices. Audio conferencing and online collaboration solutions are important for staff and volunteers spread across the state, country, and world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2007

But wait a minute, what if I could create a screencast out of a screensharing session or using a web conference system like Ready/Talk that offers video/audio recording? So, I just plunged in with Ready/Talk and made a quick video/audio capture of me talking to myself while looking at my screen. What did I learn?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

I made a few tests to see how it might work I also got some advice from Jon Udell. So that left me with a few hours of video and audio to edit and that's too much to do in Camtasia. Because the screencast is conversational, the screen doesn't have to exactly synch the audio. I recently read a blog entry by Jon Udell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Jeremiah Owyang has a terrific post with some advice on how to do this. Twitter Training Notes and Audio File. Flip Cam Training Training Video , and Audio File. He suggests: Prepare More Than Ever. Know Your Audience’s Social Technology Adoption. Monitor the Backchannel While Speaking. Overview of Launch Meeting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2007

I posed a question on the video bloggers list about how to get good audio. He shared this advice: In some ways the sloppiness and the intimacy is part of the charm. But who knows, we're working on a feature length version and I might put out some of the interviews in a video blog in support of the longer film.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

For example, after Danielle talked about her experience working inside of a nonprofit, an audience member who worked for the State Department shared their experience. After Mark Horvath, shared some thoughts based on his experience as a free agent, I asked Craig Newmark, who was in the audience, to offer his advice as a free agent.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

JP’s top advice for a successful virtual event production? During this phase: Check audio to make sure speakers sound loud and clear. If multiple people are speaking in the same session, ensure they all wear headphones to prevent audio feedback. If they have on-camera experience, call that out and send a video, if possible.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio. Gerry did have one other piece of critical advice: change the name. My idea was completely legal!

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Steven: Hey, Kishshana, we lost your audio. The number of people who have come to me for spot coaching, so, you know, Steven, I’ve done some one-off, two-off sessions where folks who needed advice or they needed to make a career move. What’s your best advice for managing up? I’ll drop the video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2008

videos, audio guides, web projects and more. " The advice I usually give is to start small with experiments, proof of concepts. It was nice to have a quick conversation with a couple of staff members. Daniel made the comment: We launched this new blog at the beginning of this year. How do you start?"

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Nonprofits have been using videos to fundraise for a long time now. Did you know that 57% of people who watch a nonprofit video go on to give? Which is why it’s important to create Giving Tuesday videos. Get started on your Giving Tuesday videos by following the tips below. What’s the video’s purpose? Storyboard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2006

Jerry Coltin gave an excellent overview which included listening to and showing some examples of arts podcasting and video podcasting. He offered some pointers about how to think strategically about podcasting, when not to do it, and some advice to get started. See YouTube interview for more). My del.icio.us

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

Does anyone know of any other audio or video programming that has mentioned philanthropy blogs? The advice for marketers looking to embark on a Web 2.0 Gavin wrote some excellent advice not too long ago on a listserv and if we're lucky, he'll write it up as a blog post). If so, let me know. Or maybe Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

I don't know if I'm still shaking from the excitement or the hour long multi-tasking frenzy of listening to a live audio feed, seeing a blog.tv although there was a little bit lag, there was not a major crash and the audio feed was perfect - kudos! We got advice not to do that. What's your advice?" The John D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

It will be interesting to see if this advice holds true for the voters of the future based on Dannah Boyd's post " What i mean when i say "email is dead" in reference to teens. 15th including a session on using Machinima to create political and social change videos. "Do young people have email accounts?

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Maybe think about making a switch or, if you’re just curious about what we have going on, visit our website, all kinds of videos you can watch, kind of get a sense of what we’re all about. That Zoom briefing of where your organization is at becomes a video. . People like pictures, video over words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2006

The I LIKE TO WATCH tag (and feed) identifies provocative, proactive, or practical videos that feature sustainability leaders talking about solutions or what she describes as "Viral video and the bright green future." What is your interest in viral video and why did you start that feed? A girl can dream can't she?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I've been thinking about how to best incorporate the back channel or in this case Twitter. Two recent blogs, " How To Present While People Are Twittering " and " Trends in Leadership Conferences " are the most recent blog posts packed with advice. What's different is that the backchannel is being used in non-technology conferences.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So if that is of interest to you, maybe you’re thinking of switching software or you’re just kind of curious about us, check out our website, all kinds of videos and stuff you can watch and, you know, we’d love for you to learn more. Let me know if my audio becomes unclear and I can turn off my video, okay? .

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2006

My advice to the podcast's producers is to put in some success stories too, or listeners will suffer compassion fatigue after a while and stop listening). It is the direct connection that is key. Real or imagined, it's all about a sense of connection in a world where so many people feel alone, disempowered and unheard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Who has time for Video? The point made is: Some content is going to be very well suited to video -- but other. The question is "When is video a good. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. isn't as negative as it sounds.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And another great thing about WhatsApp that not other messaging apps have is that you can share audios. Audios, files. You can share PDFs, you can share presentations, you can share pictures, you can share videos, links, you can share your location and they’re all stored in your WhatsApp chat. You can send to PDFs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I saw a black board in the corner of the room, wheeled it over and wrote the key words of the presentation and shared my favorite advice about issues of incorporating technology into your instructional practice: "It isn't a matter of if technical glitches will happen, it's what are you going to do when they happen. " My Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

I'm so glad he did because I missed the video and pointer from a post by David Wilcox back in November. He gave me such a brilliant answer, although he warned that his advice will most definitely change six months done the road. including videos from children and parents [link] Christian Aid???audio and volcom sector adoption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

We created a wiki full of sample avatars, banners, widgets, videos, audio clips, etc. I think you and Kami Huyse and John Cass gave me the best advice back in September. that are easy to grab and use. We've used our online channels to keep the public updated on the campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

A key point about how difficult it is for most non-profits to shift from message delivery to conversation and advice about being patience. You'll also need some video editing software. So, do check out the Audio/Video Edition of the NGO-in-a-Box which includes a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Make your storytelling more emotional by using the following techniques: Include direct quotes or video interviews of your story’s protagonists. Including direct quotes or video clips of the protagonist speaking about their experiences can make your storytelling much more emotional and moving. Incorporate multimedia elements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

I met Boston area documentary filmmakers including Marie Agui Carter , Rhonda Moskowitz and Cheryl from Women in Film and Video New England. He gave lots of strategy advice and tips for each segment. She introduced me to a utterz , a micro audio blogging tool. David Eckoff and Chris Brogan Photos by Steve Garfield.

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