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Imagery and Authenticity

Non Profit Quarterly

This is our reflective moment, Devyn. And as soon as I started listening to it, it was so visual and so powerful that I thought, wouldn’t it be interesting to try to illuminate her narrative with some ambient sound, as we call it. And I didn’t add sounds to the white people’s perspective, for the most part.

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The Nonprofit Weekly Roundup: Signature Sounds, Writing It Down, and Picking Up Tabs.

Connection Cafe

Here are this week’s nonprofit highlights: What’s the sound of your nonprofit’s brand? Colleen Fahey’s article, How Audio Enhances Your Brand Content: Find Your Signature Sound , provides guidance for how your nonprofit can strengthen its voice. Have you ever thought about it? You should.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Pathfinder gave a presentation to a small group in Cambridge , while his audio (some of the time) was streamed into Second Life along with his Powerpoint Slides. Here's a few reflections from people in the room. I also turned off my audio. Both events had their share of clunkiness. that didn't last long or ruin the event.

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Open Thread: How Do You Feel About Music in Museums?

Museum 2.0

You can pick music that helps people get into a reflective, active, or social mood--whatever you are trying to achieve. A low level of sound (music and or speaking) can provide a hum that helps people feel relaxed about talking in the museum. A totally quiet, empty space can feel uncomfortable.

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Oh Yeah, and I shoved a camera in his face

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you want to get acceptable audio for video blogging on an inexpensive camera you need to control the noise/environment or get really close to your subject. His conference reflections are here. Certainly not everyone can afford to purchase expensive equipment to ensure broadcast quality audio. Photo by Kino-Eye in Flickr.

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NTEN and SalesForce Screencast: Learnings About the Interview/Documentary Approach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Now comes the reflection on the process, the craft of screencasting. However, the idea of editing a long file in Camtasia does not sound appealing to me.). So that left me with a few hours of video and audio to edit and that's too much to do in Camtasia. I also had to edit down the screencapture to match the audio length.

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Learning Journal: Experimenting With Adding Music to Web Videos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lack of technical skills or software tools in cutting, splicing, fading the audio and weaving it with the video track. I wanted something that had violin and cello, sounded classical, and an upbeat, driving tempo. Reflection: MovieMaker is limited or perhaps it is my technical skill. Tools: -Windows Movie Maker -QuickTime Pro.

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