Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

In the virtual workplace, being on video conference meetings and communicating via online collaboration platforms takes more energy than working face-to-face. When we communicate through a video conference screen, there is a 1.2 When we communicate through a video conference screen, there is a 1.2 Why Remote Work Is Exhausting.

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Pecha Kucha style presentations were invented 8 years ago as 1) a fun way to showcase knowledge and products while placing presenters who are beginners or advanced professionals on a level footing and 2) an innovative and disruptive alternative to the boring PowerPoint presentations. Until then enjoy the videos.

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Candid

APRIL 26, 2021

For instance, if your website focuses heavily on images or graphics, simply not including captions or alternative text can drive away supporters or donors with a visual impairment or slow internet speed. Thus, full accessibility can: Foster a more inclusive culture for your organization.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2011

The use of video conferencing and webinars are great ways to not only teach new employees, but also it allows new information to reach the diverse staff in an effective manner. Another donated service, ReadyTalk , provides web and audio conferencing at an affordable annual subscription and low rates for callers once subscribed.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 27, 2022

Preparing a solid event alternative doesn’t have to cost time and money. Use video and sound production to plan ahead for your event. If your nonprofit already uses professional video production or audio-visual services, offer online guests the chance to watch the live event from home.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

Alternatively, there is TweetPhoto. 12seconds : 12seconds allows users to easily record videos with your laptop camera or cellphone, and then upload them to your 12 seconds video channel in order to easily post them to Twitter. BubbleTweet : BubbleTweet allows users to embed a video directly onto their Twitter profiles.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

For example, ensure your website reflects: Your mission and vision Your credentials, such as any awards and accreditations your organization has received Innovations and research that you’ve contributed to the healthcare sector Stories compel and inspire support , especially when paired with intriguing visuals like photos and videos.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 31, 2023

Delighting Taste Buds: Catering and Refreshment Logistics Select a catering company that can provide a diversity of choices for people with allergies, sensitivities, and alternative diets. Talk About Your Needs with Your Videographer Decide on your video needs early and hire a professional to produce your video.

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2020

For instance, if your website has many images, make sure to also include some sort of text or audio alternative for those who might be visually impaired. With traditional fundraising events on a pause, virtual alternatives have proven to be successful alternatives for many organizations. Virtual fundraising event.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

Additionally, expanding ways for audiences to participate in research, such as providing audio-only alternatives to participants who may feel uncomfortable or unable to share their video, also improves access and reach. Diverse research samples result in more inclusive outcomes.

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

Many non-profits have embraced features such as forums, blogs, user profiles, and photo/video sharing as a means to extend their reach. There are also CAPTCHA alternatives to consider, such as Mollom , Akismet , and Defensio. Use an accessible editor: WYSIWYG editors allow users to style and format contributed content.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 14, 2020

While lockdowns and stay at home orders are in place, virtual events are the best alternative to postponing or canceling an event altogether. Offers live streaming video. Has chat features (video and text). Technical producers: It is a good idea to have individuals on hand that have experience with audio and visual production.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

You can boost perception by using sufficient color contrast between the foreground and background, adding alternative text to images and videos, and creating audio descriptions for text when necessary. Your site must be: Perceivable: All users should be able to perceive the information on your website.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2015

Both programs are lighter editions of Photoshop, Adobe's popular photo-editing application, and Premiere Pro, its robust video-editing application. Adobe designed this bundle for users who are just getting started with photo and video editing and want a simple way to edit and share photos and videos on their computers or mobile devices.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Google Talk — An alternative to Skype, but only for 1 to 1 calls: [link]. Skype — Free VOIP calls, conference calls, and video calls: [link]. Koyote Free CD — Ripper and Free Audio Converter: [link]. But that’s why it’s free.). Glary Utilities — Another Windows registry cleaner: [link].

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

ReadyTalk Audio and Web Conferencing (from ReadyTalk ). hear the presenter, but to see the presenter using video-streaming. more information on webinar tools, check out the following pages: Training Your Staff: Online Alternatives. Social Video Questions: Answered. This tool is great for both presenting ready-made.

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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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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

FaceTime allows two iPhone -- and soon, next-generation iPad and iPod Touch -- users to have a streaming video and audio conversation while both are connected to a wireless network. Streaming audio/video and PowerPoint presentations can even be shown in the virtual environment. . FYI: it doesn't work over 3G.)

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BoardAssist

JULY 30, 2014

Requires that the audit committee consider alternative transactions and determine that the transaction is fair, reasonable, and in the best interest of the nonprofit as a prerequisite for approval. . Board members may participate in a meeting by video or audio conference. NYS Attorney General. model conflict of interest policy.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Video Making for Nonprofits. Video is a powerful way to tell a story and meaningfully get a message across to supporters. Making a video can take a lot of time and effort, so it’s important to do it right! Read on for some tips on how to structure your video-making strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Although this appears at first glance to be beyond reach in a virtual setting, consider breaking down each aspect one by one to consider online alternatives. With a virtual format, you have the advantage of offering more variety since you can easily change the video source and even use pre-recorded video content.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 5, 2020

If you don’t want to reserve an entire page for your mission statement, prominently including it on your “About Us” page, homepage, or in your header/footer is a good alternative. Due to COVID-19, you’ve likely put a pause on in-person engagements and made the pivot to virtual alternatives. About Us page. Fundraising forms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2006

The key is to let people upload their own text, photos, or video about why they care about a cause and then link to the cause. I have a post brewing about audio widget alternatives and tools to record and edit phone conversation or skype conversations.) I mean you put the widget in the hands of the community.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

social media, sermon audio, sermon video, event registration, online giving, etc.). Here are some alternatives to consider. Who is your audience? visitors, attenders, leaders). What will you share? times, locations, ministry information, etc.). What do you want to include? Prioritize Your Website Goals. Pick a Website Solution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2007

Click here to play video. Some techniques that I learned about that I want to put into practice in future work: Capturing secondary audio with an external mic and recorder and then synching them during the editing process. The Boston Media Makers meeting on Sunday was inspiring. I made a mini-documentary of what I learned. re shooting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

This is crucial if we all believe in "A Book in Every Child's Hand" and consequently, it implies the need to create alternate channels of creating and reaching books to children. The last part, a community publishing platform, is something we are working on with the Connexions Project and a brief video about it is here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2006

I got a press release this week (I feel so alternative media), announcing that Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiéres has started podcasting (yay!). The podcast, Frontline Reports will feature emergency updates from Doctors without Borders projects all over the world. I just listened to the first podcast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

Use phone line with audio clarity and stability. Turn on your video whenever possible and be camera ready. Alternately, you can use a process called Gifts and Hooks where participants share what gifts they can bring to create an engaging meeting and what they need to be engaged. Find a quiet space to participate.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

To ensure that the written content, images, audio, and video on the site contribute to an effective presentation, your content team should understand the organization's brand strategy and be able to answer the following: What content do we have? For a website, it means.

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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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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Serve Media in Multiple Formats Multimedia elements like infographics, audio recordings, and embedded videos can make your site more interactive for your audience. To ensure these visitors can gain value from your multimedia content, include the following formatting elements on your website: Alternative text for images.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Workplace flexibility creates a need for better skills in facilitating virtual meetings and hybrid meetings where some participants are in the room and others participate are using audio-only or video conferencing platform. Use phone line with audio clarity and stability. Turn on your video whenever possible and be camera ready.

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Achieve

JULY 23, 2020

Because many individuals are finding themselves with more time on their hands than usual, these alternatives are a perfect solution! Therefore, you’ll need video technology that works on all screen sizes. Video meetings. Scheduling video meetings is a great way to keep in touch with your major and mid-level supporters.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Someday we want to collect audio and video, too, but we’d need a pretty serious operating budget to do that and at least one full-time employee. We consider anything intended for public consumption to be “published,” so while our collection is very broad, we draw the line at correspondence or personal journals.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2007

Ian comments: Very few video games set out to tackle mundane applications akin to the home movie or the airplane safety video. Who would set their sights on these mundane aspects of human experience, things that recede into the background, given the glitzy alternative of commercial games? And really, is it very surprising?

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2021

These learning opportunities haven’t entirely gone away, but the cost of travel, the ease of technological alternatives, and public health concerns have substantially reduced their availability. . Online webinars began as videos of stand-up conference presentations. Galaxy Digital. professional associations. Online conferences and.

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