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Video Rules: Getting Started With the New Facebook Live

Byte Technology

There was a time when live-streaming video around the globe was reserved for mega-corporations and celebrities. But now social media giant Facebook has put this exciting tool into the hands of anyone and everyone via their site, giving users the ability to broadcast videos to a worldwide audience with a couple button taps.

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HOW TO: Launch a Broadcast “TV” Channel for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofits will soon be broadcasting their own live TV programs to households around the world simply with a Ustream channel and a smartphone. The steps below will help you create a broadcast TV channel for your nonprofit on Ustream (see Stand Up To Cancer’s Channel ). Think about that for a second. for Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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6 Ideas for Using the Instagram Donation Sticker to Raise Money

Nonprofit Tech for Good

While Facebook and Twitter may be waning a bit in popularity and usage, visual storytelling platform Instagram keeps growing in engagement and daily time spent on the site. . The site shows no sign of slowing down, with 1 billion people using Instagram every month, 71% of them under the age of 35. 2) Go live on Instagram. Amirah, Inc.

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Announcing… NonProfit Times TV!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Live broadcasting via the Web has been around a couple years thanks to sites like UStream.tv , but the nonprofit sector has been slow to adopt this new technology… until recently. As social media fundamentally changed print journalism forever, so will Web TV and its impact on broadcast and cable TV programming.

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5 Ways to Use Social Media to Raise More Money at Year-end

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The popularity and ubiquity of Facebook Fundraisers represent a fundamental shift in fundraising, as well as indicate an increased trust of giving via social media sites. YouTube is building on Google findings that online video is the most influential source in driving donations. 3) Create strategic Facebook Ads.

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Social Media at the 2012 Olympics

NCE Social Media

Social media companies have forged partnerships with broadcasters bringing TV and the internet even closer. Facebook is crunching analyzing people post to Facebook about the games and they are broadcasting NBC’s video feeds. NBC, and other broadcasters, are posting live news to various social media sites.

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Video Streaming Apps — To Stream or Not to Stream

Tech Soup

Whatever form that storytelling takes, from photo essay to member video, story-driven content is dynamic, shows impact, and can attract new potential donors. Consider: Broadcasting your events — live coverage brings a certain level of excitement and intrigue to special moments like galas, parties, or organization off-sites.

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