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How Nonprofits Can Leverage Organic Social Media to Increase Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Show real humans talking to the camera through videos and storytelling. Share financial reports, impact assessments, and breakdowns of where the funds go. Create content that resembles the feeling of someone making eye contact with you in a crowded room. Say their name. Use more “you” and less “we.” Don’t fake it.

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Celebrate Community Storytelling

Tech Soup

RSVP now for TechSoup's fourth annual Digital Storytelling Screening and Awards Party on Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m. And presenting the Lytro Camera for best photo entry is Lisa Rose, executive director at PhotoPhilanthropy. Event video community TechSoup Event tsdigs digital storytelling tstellingyourstory tsevents'

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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The art of storytelling though, and documenting an event or a slice of time is, of course, not restricted to bound pages. Some of the tools needed to do this work are obvious: a camera, microphone, headphones, tripod, laptop, and maybe a light. A Guest Post by Sam Mayfield. When I think of story telling, I think of books.

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Nonprofit Fundraising Videos Inspire More Giving

Get Fully Funded

You might want to hire a professional and create a more expensive video down the road for your website, but to start, you can speak to your audience with honesty and clarity and get your point across with the camera you already have. “I I don’t like the way I sound or look on camera.” What program are you seeking funding for?

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Prizes that Power Stories

Tech Soup

TechSoup wants you to succeed at storytelling. up a camera. We want to help further your mission through storytelling. expert tips, our generous partners work with us to create a network fueled by storytelling. Cisco Flip video camera. Cisco Flip video camera. Well, we believe that. emotional change.

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In Search of Bachelors and Philanthropy in Rural Alaska and Video Story Capture Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Society’s fundraising activities benefit the Talkeetna Bachelor Society’s Fund for Women and Children in Crisis. I couldn’t help but think – what if Joe Page or other community foundation board members had flip cameras, some video and story telling training and shared their stories on the Alaska Community Foundation Facebook page?

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5th Annual DoGooder Video Awards: Submit your video today!

Amy Sample Ward

This year, winners will again have the chance to win one of four $2500 grants generously provided by the Case Foundation , awesome video cameras from Flip Video , a free registration to next year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference provided by NTEN and more.

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