Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

They just think of YouTube as website where the can quickly upload and host their online videos. Google has been slowly merging Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Blogger, Wallet, Photos, Location, Mobile, Videos, etc. 6) You upload multiple photos to Pinterest – one after another – on a regular basis.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

A recent post by Isaac Kiehl highlighted social media, and in particular the use of online photos, as a means by which nonprofits can improve interaction with the community. Online video takes this interaction one step further. A report by tech giant Cisco found that 51% of all consumer internet traffic in 2011 was video traffic.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 12, 2009

TechSoup’s Digital Storytelling Challenge offers a chance for your photos and videos to win cool prizes for your organization, ranging from a Flip video camera to Adobe software. Non-profit Communications images Videos YouTube. Even if you’re not 100% sure you can pull it off by the deadline, it’s still.(

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Guests for Nonprofits Live: Collaborative Video. Productions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

They voraciously consume nonprofit technology blogs and study the mobile and social media campaigns of other nonprofits for inspiration. Rather than feeling overwhelmed by the speed at which technology now moves, they are energized by it. Photo and Video Editing Ability. Leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

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? No matter the technology, the process of capturing and sharing a good story quickly is the same.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

This week in San Francisco, technologists and human rights advocates are meeting at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference (or RightsCon )to grapple with the realities of how we better manage the human rights implications of new technologies. At WITNESS, we’ve been wrestling with the promise and peril of new communications technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

In the virtual workplace, being on video conference meetings and communicating via online collaboration platforms takes more energy than working face-to-face. When we communicate through a video conference screen, there is a 1.2 Why Remote Work Is Exhausting. We also don’t have a full understanding of the context. second delay.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Guests for Nonprofits Live: Collaborative Video. Productions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2012

Flickr Photo by Nielio. Note from Beth: Innovation was the buzzword at the Nonprofit Technology Conference! Everyday Technology: Innovative Ways To Do More With Less, Guest Post by Laura Quinn and Chris Bernard. We use a lot of photos—we’re kind of obnoxious with our camera,” she said.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

We believe that you're only as good as the technology at your disposal. Our team was quite impressed with the quality of photos and videos submitted, and all the hard work that was put into each. First Place Video. Cisco Flip camera. Please visit the site to view this video). " First Place Photo.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

up a camera. First Place Video. Cisco Flip video camera. First Place Photo. Cisco Flip video camera. Second Place (Photo or Video). Third Place (Photo or Video). Acquiring Technology Donors Software causes online community community tsdigs digital storytelling'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. To be a little meta, here’s a photo by Mark Horvath as the video was being shot.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Some of my favorite causes have captured my loyalty and heart strings through amazing use of video and images. Last year, I blogged about what a hoot the AARP voting video was. Elliot blogged about a group that gives cameras to local groups around the world in order to share their stories.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

But true to NTEN’s mission, Julia really put technology to work by stretching the limits (and functionality) of video chats so that we could really understand how she felt about things. If anyone is close to making teleportation happen, it’s Julia. #2 2 Herding cats? She taught all of us that one extra deep breath can never hurt.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

If you haven't heard, during the month of April TechSoup is hosting our 4 th annual Digital Storytelling Challenge designed to inspire, educate, and empower nonprofits, libraries and social good organizations to tell their story through video and photos. Here's a little more about this year's esteemed cohort of judges!

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2013

But nonprofits should still keep tabs on movement in mobile as it is shaping workplace technology. If you're not active on the technology your community is using, how can you reach them? Video-Sharing Apps and Super Smartphone Cameras. For reference, most professional DSLR cameras don't have that megapixel count.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut. The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology. The E-Mediat team in Jordan created this wonderful thank you video to Cisco as part of mastering their video storytelling skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

When he was almost 80, he and my mother accompanied my husband and I to Cambodia to adopt our first child, Harry. He gave Harry his first bath and soothed him by holding him and dancing around singing “ I’m Just Wild About Harry ” that I captured my first digital camera. My father was an OB-GYN in Margate, NJ for many years.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. To be a little meta, here's a photo by Mark Horvath as the video was being shot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

One of the ideas I've been exploring is the whole notion of video blogging from Cambodia by Cambodians. I'm going to bring over video blogging kits - inexpensive cameras, rechargeable batteries, SD cards, and Ryanne's book. I put out a call for a session "Mobile Blogging and Video Blogging: I know nothing, educate me."

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Why This Fundraising App Made Our List OneCause’s fundraising technology made our list because it is completely built for mobile. With both nonprofit-facing and donor-facing technology, they make it easy to manage all aspects of your next event right from your phone. Now, your winners can just grab their prizes and go!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2014

Secure Digital (SD) cards are removable flash storage memory cards that most smartphones and digital cameras use to increase the storage capacity. They hold our photos, music, videos and apps. Additional TechSoup Resources: Donated and Discounted Mobile Technology. What if you need to erase one? No problem.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

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!). Topics include the latest storytelling tools, fundraising strategies, and a video 101 seminar. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Video and Photography 101. Friday, April 8.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

Take advantage of ChatGPT and AI With the rise of AI like ChatGPT , you can utilize these new technologies to increase your organization’s efficiency. Either keep a camera on your digital thermometer or set up a physical thermometer your organization can fill in on screen.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Telling your organization’s story in video does not always require investing in expensive equipment. Advances in technology now mean that many nonprofits most likely have access to basic video storytelling tools. Mobile devices seem to be everywhere and are easily used to take photos and record videos.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Presenting the $400 Best Buy gift certificate for the community-choice award for best video is Toan Lam, founder of GoInspireGo. And presenting the Lytro Camera for best photo entry is Lisa Rose, executive director at PhotoPhilanthropy. Follow the action on Twitter with the hashtag #TSDIGS.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2011

He observes that smartphones have already effectively converged with digital cameras, GPS navigators, and MP3 players, making the ownership of those separate devices superfluous for most casual users of them. The near future is looking to be even more mobile with more fully integrated technologies. Photo: Lexinatrix.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

At TechSoup, we're all about using technology to tell your nonprofit, charity, or public library's story. Steller (free; Apple iOS) is an app that lets you build stories with your photos, videos, and text. You can pick whether you want to open your story with text, a photo, or video (see screenshot).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

One of the main causes is the advancement of smartphones and their camera technology. THS posts frequently feature photos and descriptions of adoptable animals, receiving sometimes hundreds of likes and shares. It's purely emotional content that adds value to people's lives. What kind of content resonates most with them?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

Nonprofits and Mobile Technology. More nonprofits and libraries are using mobile technologies to educate, activate, and engage audiences and constituencies of all shapes and sizes. AMOLED screen is a beauty for sure, and lends itself quite nicely for video and photo capture. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

Photo by WhiteAfrican. We often hear the term “digital native” used to describe young people who don’t remember a time when phones were attached to the wall, but just because kids have only ever known a technology-rich world doesn’t mean they know how to engage with and through technology responsibly.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2017

And among those possibilities is the opportunity to create a video library that can really increase the profile of a site and help engage visitors on different levels. This essentially means that it’s easy to insert single video into a post, but not so easy to show multiple videos on one page.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

We'll do our part in joining the effort by talking about -- what else? -- technology! The Climate Change movement has embraced technology for all the good it can do. . Here's a few highlights: Social Media and Climate Change : #4Change, the Twitter-based chat, recently tweet-chatted about social media in the climate movement.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Please visit the site to view this video). "In this short film, Hope House honored us by allowing our cameras into a maximum security prison to document their camp program reconnecting children with their incarcerated fathers. Please visit the site to view this video). Please visit the site to view this video).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector. The moderator, Patrick O'Heffernan, shared his thoughts based on his experience with The People Choose which is connected to Link TV and the first non-profit site to launch user-generated video as a community building process in a non profit environment.

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