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How to Effectively Share Text-to-Donate Campaigns on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Houston Food Bank teamed up with their local ABC affiliate during the Houston power outage and food crisis in February 2021. Twenty-seven seconds of someone speaking directly into the camera. 1) Text-to-Donate on Facebook. They posted to Facebook to help raise awareness and ask for donations. The video is short and simple.

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Build Your Storymaking Skills with Free Events and Webinars

Tech Soup

We also have a contest in which we're giving away US$7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera (but don't be afraid to start with the cell phone in your pocket!). Houston, Texas: Running a Successful Social Venture: Comp-U-Dopt. Storymakers Community Events. Looking for inspiration or hands-on help with your digital storytelling?

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Spring Is Here! Get Outside and Meet Your NPTech Community

Tech Soup

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. Houston, Texas: What's Your Story? Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Wednesday, May 11. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Tuesday, May 10, 2016.

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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

Tech Soup

Portland, Oregon: Lights, Camera, Action: Making Video Easy. Houston, Texas: Geek Dinner — Guided Discussion — Navigating the Nonprofit Relationship. . --> North America. Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Naples, Florida: How to Prepare Your Organization and Your Network for #GivingTuesday. Wednesday, September 2, 2015.

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

I’m originally from Houston. If you don’t have a relationship like that, then you can send them a personalized video and email it to them, and record yourself talking to the camera like I’m doing right now, and make the ask again. I’m like, “Oh, you’re based in Houston. This is me talking.

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Alexandra Rampy, Guest Post: The Cool Factor About Mobile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In one day, more than 20 students from 6 universities and five AIDS organizations hit the streets with only cellphone video cameras to produce 8 short video messages to encourage youth to be tested for HIV. Cool Factor : Personal PSAs , 24 Hours, and Collaboration.

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[VIDEO] The 3 V’s of Virtual Communication

Bloomerang

But don’t do that right now, don’t mosey over onto our website because we are going to have a great presentation from my good buddy, Kristal Frazier, joining us from beautiful Houston. Super, you know, active in the nonprofit community, down in Houston. Kristal, how’s it going? You doing okay? So let’s begin.

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