Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2013

Digital Storytelling is in the air around TechSoup these days, and thanks to a grant from Symantec we have been able to experiment and create some new videos. As for the sound, I had an Audio-Technica AT899 lavalier microphone attached to record my voice. We aimed to make this video informative, concise, and personable.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

This may sound hard, but a clear, concise, key message is vital to creating a successful video. Use the first column for imagery and the second column for audio. Remember, smartphone imagery can easily be manipulated, but poor sound can seriously affect the perceived quality of your video. Start with your audience.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 28, 2016

Emotional Storytelling. Don’t be afraid to take multiple shots from different angles, and make sure the audio is high enough quality that you can hear the subject’s message. When it comes to video content generation, there are three main types of video content your organization should be focusing on: 1.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Podcasting is formally defined as the act of distributing syndicated audio content online via RSS to listeners who use software or a hardware device to receive updates. No reason to be afraid: the important part of this definition is that the audio content is syndicated. For sound effects, check out the Freesound Project.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

An effective nonprofit video can be as simple as a Flickr photo stream set to an audio track or a really great interview. However, one aspect of quality, sound quality, did warrant mention. Digital Storytelling Methods: Time and Resources Needed? TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge: Tips on Telling Your Story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

DSLR Audio Isn’t Good. To capture better audio get a camera with a mic-in jack (these are a bit more expensive) or get a portable recorder. Either way you’ll need to add a microphone to the mix to get the best sound. Dawn is a freelancer for BC/DC Ideas and Brian writes for the volunteer storytelling blog Amplifying Good.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

Some nonprofits are starting to deploy it to help engage their communities: The San Francisco Zoo used it in a fundraising campaign last spring, combining it with images of their new-born critters to add to their storytelling strategy. Once you click it, the online mini-slideshow (Adobe Flash) with synched audio is opened in a browser window.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Visit TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Challenge for more great resources on creating effective videos for your organization. Shoot outside, and you’ll find that even the slightest breeze can sound like a hurricane on video. An external microphone can drastically improve audio quality. Want to make editing easier?

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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. Give new sounds a chance. Here's how to get the most out of this free resource. A Little About Us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2007

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. How to make the transitions smoother without that annoying burp sound or without it abrupting stopping midstream. When is it best to ???shot

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Museum 2.0

MAY 24, 2011

The goal was to design an audio tour for people who never do audio tours. It’s a great storytelling arc, but. The lesson here is a really important one for today, and it’s this: the storytelling ego that’s so important in non-participatory media can be a liability in participatory media. And widely accessible.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

It's a worthwhile 30 minutes of discussion about the use of sound to provide an emotional context for stories--specifically, stories about science. It's This American Life meets Science Friday with a whole slew of strange audio tweaks thrown in. They have arguments about consciousness without sounding pretentious.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Read more about storytelling for nonprofits here. Facebook does not play sound automatically, and these captions can pull in a lot more viewers. When filming, pay attention to lighting and sound quality to ensure that your video is engaging and professional. Use your video as an opportunity to educate viewers. Use subtitles.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2007

Sounds great. I found myself listening to the audio pieces not so much for the information as for an excuse to keep standing there, to combat my body’s readiness to “shuffle on.” Sometimes I listened to the audio pieces meant for visitors who are blind. Tags: storytelling exhibition design. How do I start? “So,

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's no secret that we are advocates of digital storytelling at TechSoup. This April our 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge offers resources to sharpen your skills and an opportunity to enter your short video or five-image slide show by April 30 to win awesome prizes! Sounding It Out. A Jamboree of Tools.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

For most effective storytelling, consider an interview style that features one person. Check the audio quality. Because you’re likely going to record from a smartphone, it’s important to listen to the recordings you make to determine that the audio quality is both consistent and loud enough to come across crystal clear.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2007

Wandering around, exploring, collecting experiences… sounds like a museum visit to me! I read the (long) article fascinated, wondering if such a resource might exist for museum exhibitions, charting the top 10 exhibitions that use play, or storytelling, or any other core museum design tenet.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 5, 2017

Both Premiere Elements and Premiere Pro CC allow you to sequence clips, add audio (like narration and natural sound), include transitions, manipulate color, and add titles. Premiere Pro CC adds more features on top of these basics, including support for more video, audio, and image file formats and more tools and utilities.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2016

Both Premiere Elements and Premiere Pro CC allow you to sequence clips, add audio (like narration and natural sound), include transitions, manipulate color, and add titles. Premiere Pro CC adds more features on top of these basics, including support for more video, audio, and image file formats and more tools and utilities.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 8, 2015

Both Premiere Elements and Premiere Pro CC allow you to sequence clips, add audio (like narration and natural sound), include transitions, manipulate color, and add titles. Premiere Pro CC adds more features on top of these basics, including support for more video, audio, and image file formats and more tools and utilities.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

What do you sound like out in the world? You need to get better at storytelling, like strengthen those muscles and practice it and do it over and over again. And that can be written, videos, photos, audio, there’s a lot of ways to tell a story and it’s okay to take the same story and retell it in all of these ways.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As Kwala’s guide to donor communications points out , connecting emotionally with your audience through imagery and storytelling is key to getting them to take action. Keep this in mind when adding photos, infographics, audio recordings, and videos to your website, as these make a stronger emotional impact than text alone.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). What’s the sound of your nonprofit’s brand? Checklists. You should.

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