Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

That's why we’ve created a month-long global campaign built around the transformative power of storytelling, uniquely customized to the nonprofits, libraries, and social benefit organizations we serve. Have you heard of the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge ? Are You Up for the Challenge?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Last night, we held our Digital Storytelling Challenge Awards Party here at TechSoup headquarters in San Francisco. We screened highlights from the more than 100 video, image, and GoldMail submissions and celebrated the great work nonprofits and libraries are doing to tell their unique and important stories. read more.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Decades before the dawn of digital ads and social media, advertising legend David Ogilvy penned his seminal book “Ogilvy on Advertising” sharing hard-won lessons on how to effectively persuade consumers. Focus on selling – Judge ads by sales results, not awards. What motivates instant digital engagement and gifts?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

Audience Choice Award Winner — Rolling Ridge Riding. Rolling Ridge Riding from Rolling Ridge Riding is our Audience Choice Award winner. We are proud to award a free, one-year Boost subscription (where available) to these winners. This is storytelling at its most sophisticated as we see animations and voices come to life.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

As my colleague Ale noted in her post a few days ago, the 2014 digital storytelling contest and event series (now called Storymakers ) has arrived! You'll not be able to participate as a "viewer" but you can showcase the excellent storytelling you may already be doing at your organization!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

In previous years, we called it our Digital Storytelling Challenge. We thought we’d ask some past winners to tell us about how they’ve been using their videos and how important storytelling is to their organization. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. engage audiences can be overwhelming to nonprofit and library. Nonprofits and libraries need not worry excessively about technical quality, as chat participants were in agreement that content mattered most.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

Founder of the award-wining Eve’s Lime Production , Sheila Hardy , who is also founder of Eve’s Lime Production’s nonprofit arm, the Limelight Project whose mission is to create high impact cause-related media. a nonprofit dedicated to helping and educating cause-driven organizations use video to tell their stories.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s marketable, it’s ripe for good storytelling, and can ease the process of coming up with a fresh campaign concept. Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. Is storytelling a big component of the campaign?

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

Forum One has been nominated for 11 Vega Awards in 8 different categories! The Vega Awards highlight the vital role that digital pioneers play in the always-changing digital landscape. Check out the rest of this post to learn more about each of our Vega Award-winning projects.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The 2023 w3 Award winners have been announced, and we’re excited to say that we’re among the amazing roster of award winners for this year. Check out all of our w3 Award winners below! Congratulations to all of our clients and team members who worked hard to earn these high honors.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the intersection of digital and mission-driven work, 2023 was a year of significant changes, big decisions, and growth for many organizations in the nonprofit and government space. That’s a rate of over one award per week! Here are this year’s big winners in our world of digital impact. For us, it was no different!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2012

The 2012 Digital Storytelling Challenge was a great success, with more than 250 total submissions from social benefit organizations in 24 countries! Audience Choice Awards. Most Creative Storytelling: Oxfam. Best Library Video: Norton Public Library. First Place Video. View their full slideshow.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

For many at the intersection of digital and mission-driven work, 2023 was a year of significant changes, big decisions, and growth. We are proud to see this great work honored and to say that across our roster of clients, we took home 63 awards and even one Webby nomination ! That’s a rate of over one award per week!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

We believe that when you add powerful storytelling with technology , moments spent touching, kissing, and playing can transform into moments of learning and discovery with your child. events tsdigs digital storytelling tsevents early childhood education campaign baby steps' Pacific time. Pacific time. Pacific time.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

It's easy to see why Twitter wanted a foothold in the video messaging game — dynamic storytelling apps like Instagram and Cinemagram. In the end, this is the short bit I created for our annual Digital Storytelling Challenge: Hey cool cats. Here are suggested ways your nonprofit, library, or social benefit.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2012

Here at TechSoup, we’re big on empowering nonprofits and libraries to make smart do-it-yourself technology choices since we know time, staff, and money are all limited resources. This month, we're examining the landscape of DIY blogging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. TechSoup is a nonprofit with a clear focus: providing other nonprofits and libraries with technology that empowers them to fulfill their missions and serve their communities. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. Vine :: vine.co. Present.me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A winner of numerous “Best App” awards, this app will likely become your favorite new social newsreading app. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. Formstack :: formstack.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A winner of numerous “Best App” awards, this app will likely become your favorite new social newsreading app. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. Formstack :: formstack.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A winner of numerous “Best App” awards, this app will likely become your favorite new social newsreading app. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section. Present.me.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore."

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