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Selfies for Good?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. I asked this question on my Facebook brand page, and here’s what I learned: The New York Public Library Photo Booth. Photography Visual'

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Social Video Questions, Answered: Join TechSoup July 20

Tech Soup

leaders to answer nonprofit questions for the next NPLive. Sign up today to participate in the event to have these and many more of your questions answered. In the meantime, here are answers to a few of the frequently asked questions we receive about social video: What Is Social Video? Video production is a. Collaboration.

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The Making of "Product Demo - Mobile Beacon" Video

Tech Soup

As somebody who is more of a textual learner with a mostly still photography background, there was a steep learning curve for me in making this video. Camera and Lighting. Do you have additional questions we can answer? As for the sound, I had an Audio-Technica AT899 lavalier microphone attached to record my voice.

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A Reflection on Networked Professional Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many years ago before the digital cameras and children, my husband used to spend many hours combining two past times: birding and photography. Debra has posed a very good question frame in the comments: Does the blog offer consistent insight and education about an area I want to learn about? Black-Crowned Night Heron.

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10 Must-Have Skills for Nonprofit New Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The foundation of effective photo and video editing is a creative eye and an appreciation of digital photography and video. Being behind the camera takes confidence and a familiarity with digital equipment. If the photos and videos are poorly shot, it will be impossible to create a finished product worthy of publication.

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Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits: A Detailed Guide

Neon CRM

Define Goals and Objectives In storytelling for nonprofits, one of the most important questions you can ask is “why?” Consider allowing them to tell their own story on camera. Whenever possible, gather or create other materials—like, photography, video, or designed graphics—to support the story.

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Visitors in Focus

Museum 2.0

Selfies aren’t the reason they are pulling out their cameras. Alli Burness, Meagen Eastep, Jenny Kidd, and Chad Weinard gave a great talk ages ago about cell phone photography/ social photography. They discussed how personal photography wasn’t just about selfies (and in fact often wasn’t). With cell phones, they are.

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