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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 ). 5) Start broadcasting! Think about that for a second.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Once you have been accepted, and once YouTube Giving tools are rolled out to all 501c3 nonprofits (expected in the coming weeks), you can set up a Fundraiser to encourage donations when people watch your YouTube videos. YouTube is building on Google findings that online video is the most influential source in driving donations.

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Using Facebook Live as a Fundraising Tool

Volunteer Hub

Facebook live lets you stream video content directly to an audience in real time. Nonprofits can create content and see who is viewing their broadcast at the same time. Facebook has truly become a great nonprofit marketing tool. The most notable new feature is called Facebook live. Create a Personalized Experience for Donors.

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“Two Events in One”: How Celebrity Waiters Put on a Successful Hybrid Fundraiser

Greater Giving

Remember that not all in-person activities will translate well to a stream—like a live auction—if there is a delay in the broadcast. Option 2: Create a separate video stream for virtual guests. Choose technology to suit your needs, and leave ample time for training and testing. Great auctioneers make all the difference.

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7 Tips and Tricks for a Successful Hybrid Event

AccelEvents

Choppy video feeds and feeds cutting in and out on a presenter distract the user from the content. Usually, this means that the virtual portion is lacking, and virtual attendees either struggle to connect to the video feeds, can’t chat in the forums, or there are not enough options for mingling and networking. Test, Test, Test.

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5 Ways to Gain The Upper Hand in Facebook’s Newsfeed

Connection Cafe

So they test and tweak. Facebook recently announced a test in Sri Lanka, Bolivia, Slovakia, Serbia, Guatemala, and Cambodia. Facebook says they have no current plans to test this feature in other countries. Facebook says they have no current plans to test this feature in other countries. to their friends.