Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Your website should be user-friendly if visitors have lost their glasses or are in an environment where they cannot listen to audio. Add Alt Tags to Your Images Alt tags, also called alt text or alt descriptions, are snippets of copy that describe an image. Situational Limitations Some users have accessibility limitations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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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. Try to stay away from purely sensory characteristics (such as sound and images) to convey important information.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. Once you understand the basic elements of a good story and a few different ways to tell them, the rest is just practice, practice, practice. It’s what those MAKE POSSIBLE.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

A podcast is basically a coded feed of XML that lists the information about your podcast, titles, descriptions and a link to where the MP3 audio file lives. Imagine you were in the 90’s and gave out CDs with your podcast audio episodes and then tried to figure out who actually listened to them.

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Media Cause

JUNE 28, 2021

Researching which social platforms your audience uses and what types of content they consume can make a huge difference. You can test a couple of different tactics to see which one works best. Video ads are great, but they take more time and budget to produce than images. Buying Audio, Video, and Traditional Media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons.

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2011

How it differs from your traditional PowerPoint presentation is that the speaker uses 20 slides and has 20 seconds per slide to speak. You can also post them to the web if you videotape your live presentation or if you record audio of your talk to match the slides. The slides are set up to auto-run so they advance automatically.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 9, 2020

Aside from figuring out how to manage myself and my time, having the right digital tools in place to work with a remote team made a world of difference. A story bank is central place to capture any text, audio, video and photos associated with a story. One of the tools I rely most heavily on is Trello.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

For instance, you might create personas for different age groups, such as young, middle-aged, and elderly visitors. Northside Hospital, a network of hospitals in Atlanta, offers a convenient series of links on its homepage that appeal to different visitor intentions. Then, group individuals based on shared characteristics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Experts point to several reasons why we are feeling a loss of vitality, productivity, and wellbeing in our virtual workplaces: Online-mediated interaction and communications deprive us a full sensory experience as we are only limited to audio and visual experiences (when using video conferences) or just text.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Last year, I did a workshop at a conference for professionals who do audio description, a service that makes visual images of theatre, television, movies, and other art forms accessible to people are who blind or have low vision. This helps everyone be respectful that people walk or roll at different speeds.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

To effectively work with image and video content, your new media manager must be adept at using photo and video editing software. Cropping images, adding borders or text, and creating visually compelling slideshows are skills acquired only through practice. Multitasking.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

You may not see a significant difference in the features you’ll use when comparing free and paid options. You may not want to change how you currently manage donors, which means you’d like to invest as little as possible in a different solution or approach to donor management. Is it worth it to spend the money?

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

For instance, you might create profiles for different age groups, such as young, middle-aged, and elderly visitors. Northside Hospital, a network of hospitals in Atlanta, offers a convenient series of links on its homepage that appeal to different visitor intentions.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

One undeniable trend is that people are increasingly attracted to images and videos and much less interested in unadorned text. Images bring life and interest to anything. But can you get in trouble by posting images of people without their consent? How to Get Consent for Photos, Videos, and Audio. You can indeed.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2015

For meetings or chatting, we use Skype a lot, which is good for group text chat or group voice and video if everyone is in a different place and has a good Internet connection. Image 1 : AntonioDiaz / Shutterstock. Image 2: Michael Enos. Image 3 : Citrix Online / CC BY-NC-ND. Image 4 : StockLite / Shutterstock.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2015

If you're creating a video, a podcast, an online training, or any other project that might benefit from adding some sweet tunes, the Free Music Archive (FMA) offers more than 80,000 free, completely legal-to-use audio downloads. Image 1 : Will Keightley / CC BY-SA. Image 2 : Riza Nugraha / CC BY. Image 4 : alonis / CC BY-SA.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Videos, interviews, client stories, audio, emails, podcasts, social media posts—there are so many types of storytelling opportunities available to nonprofits of all missions and sizes. Show the difference. Experiment with different mediums and take note of how stories perform on each platform.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2014

Managing remote workers is quite different than managing office workers. One thing we use quite a bit at TechSoup for meetings involving our telecommuters is the ReadyTalk audio and web conferencing service. The service essentially: Enables telecommuting through scheduled and impromptu audio and web conferences.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

I had to accommodate the six-hour time difference between Rio de Janeiro and San Francisco by adjusting my workday so that I could be on call during San Francisco work hours. I mainly used TechSoup donor products: the Skype chat application; and ReadyTalk audio, web, and video conferencing services. Image 1: TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

In this "speed geeking" format, participants will rotate through presenters' tables to discuss different topics. Watchitoo — The new tool behind the TechSoup NPlive web series offers video from many sources integrated with images, YouTube and social chat, Q&A, and webinar tools including a collaborative whiteboard.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2009

My guess is that this strong first impression is making a significant difference in building their fan base. Definitely a best practice, though the Tab could be improved by adding some images and possibly a video. Greenpeace International has also set their default Landing Tab to a customized Tab called Take Action.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

” These small yet impactful design choices can make a significant difference in capturing the attention and generosity of potential donors. Optimize your page’s images and content, utilize caching techniques, and invest in a reliable hosting service.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

Sometimes, it requires taking a step back to gain perspective on all the different ways data storytelling can enhance advocacy efforts. Over the past year, many different initiatives and projects have emerged that focus on tracking people killed during interaction with law enforcement. Mix It Up: Different Mediums for More Impact.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

Museum visitors can use the in-app camera to photograph individual works of art which the app recognizes to serve up information about the piece, comments from past visitors, and for some works, audio orientations from the artist. ” button to enable an image overlay that puts the historical image over the phone's camera view.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

As charities, we tell stories all the time—it’s how we show our donors their money is making a difference! Use the first column for imagery and the second column for audio. Pixlr (for image editing, if so desired). Still wondering if you have what it takes to tell a story through video? Of course you do!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 27, 2011

OneNote allows users to create digital notebooks, each of which can be separated by multiple tabs for different topics. Taking screenshots can be a laborious task that may involve taking a screen grab, cropping the image, and then copying and pasting it into a document. This will automatically add the task to your Outlook Task list.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

Microsoft OneNote Mobile for creating notes and to-do lists using text, checklists, pictures, and audio clips. These Adobe mobile apps put the power of Adobe image editing software in the palm of your hand, including: Basic image editing with Adobe Photoshop Express, a free image editing app for Android and iOS devices.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

15 per person/minute for audio is very tough to swallow. Even the unlimited plans (which start at $50/month, or possibly discounted) have pricing for audio, which I hadn’ t realized. It was this audio pricing that drove a stake in the heart of my ReadyTalk plan. It does, apparently, do audio via VOIP. It’s $.24

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Include images of people. Multimedia elements like photos, videos, and audio break up long text blocks and allow readers to form a deeper connection with the subjects of your stories. Weave storytelling through different aspects of your website, such as your blog, donation page, about page, and community testimonials page.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Look for opportunities to test different calls-to-action and other key content that is important to your organization. Group ads by topic and create groups of ads tailored to different key pages and initiatives each month. Test 3-4 new Facebook Ads: Test different ad types (promoted post, sponsored story, etc.), Lists Post (e.g.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Taking part in Giving Tuesday can mean many different things—from participating in an organized service project to donating to a nonprofit to smiling at a stranger. Make sure you’re tailoring your messages to different groups of people by creating multiple contact lists, like a segment of new supporters and a segment of longtime supporters.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

Every live stream has five major parts in order to function properly: a video source, an audio source, a video encoder, a streaming destination, and an internet connection. These cameras have the capability of producing excellent image quality with a decent amount of internet connectivity. Audio Equipment.

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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. Your recording booth asks participants for audio stories plus photos of themselves with their objects. We came up with a system that was much more structured and is based on audio, not video. Photos are fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Click to see larger image. Media Consumption: Total photo views, audio plays, and video plays for the content you have uploaded to your Page. Right now it is limited to three different ways to analyze your Fan Page. I launched a Facebook Fan Page for my blog over the summer shortly after Facebook announced vanity urls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

Guidestar has multiple office locations, so this session was done as a virtual meeting using a platform and apps that offered features like chat, desktop sharing, polling, white board, sticky notes, and audio and video conferencing. Flickr Image by Derek Gavey. Finally, you identify next steps and follow up.

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