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The Making of "Product Demo - Mobile Beacon" Video

Tech Soup

Digital Storytelling is in the air around TechSoup these days, and thanks to a grant from Symantec we have been able to experiment and create some new videos. We aimed to make this video informative, concise, and personable. Just as important, lighting in your set can make or break our video. What did you think about our video?

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Need Some Inspiration To Video Blog? Look no further.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Screen capture of video blog I was an early adopter of video blogging and screencasting. I really miss making videos and screencasts. For inspiration, I had to look no further than the " On the Road: Tanzania ," a video blog from the UN World Food Programme. Video Guides for Nonprofits. FLIP Camera.

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Camtasia and the Chipmunks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Christine was using some of the wonderful how-to videos on the TechSmith site (and I also think my screencasting primer too). She comments: The are limitations of e-learning that focus on telling me how things should work rather than how to think it through when they don??? It got in her way until she found the software update.

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Converting GoToMeeting recording to something you can actually use

Judi Sohn

You can't post the file to any web service or play it back on a Mac.unless you specifically go to in to preferences before the recording begins and toggle a little button which converts the final file into a more standard video file. So on to the second application, Any Video Converter. Leave a comment » What to do?

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Using Web Conferencing Software To Create A Screencast

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But wait a minute, what if I could create a screencast out of a screensharing session or using a web conference system like Ready/Talk that offers video/audio recording? maybe he'll leave a comment here! Does he edit in Camtasia? Ready/Talk outputs the file into.swf format which can't be brought into Camtasia for editing.

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Resources to Sharpen Your Technology Training Skills

Tech Soup

Access short how-tos, microlearning videos, online resources, live events featuring training experts, training plan samples, and more on TechSoup's new Learning Management System (LMS). JourneyEd (find discounts on hundreds of products, including screen-sharing software such as Snagit and video-editing software such as Camtasia).

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Screencast of the Week: Foxy Tunes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The screencast is done MTV style - that is it is like a music video - visuals and music - no narration. So, the screencast is like a promotional video for the musicians. They also removed the Camtasia flash loading animation with their own. (I Leave a comment. Editing is done to the music and works well. Instructional.