Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2012

Submissions for the 2012 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge have closed, but the fun has just begun! All winners will be announced on March 28 at an awards ceremony and screening party in San Francisco and on streamed to the web. So who are these hard-working digital storytelling junkies? committed to social change.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

This special digital storytelling episode of Nonprofits Live will include secrets from the pros for nonprofits submitting photo and video stories to the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge in February. Please spread the word about the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge and enter your photo stories or videos in February!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

and the leaves are starting to change color. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Raleigh, North Carolina: Nonprofit Storytelling: What You Need to Know. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. Lasica , a consultant and author of four books about emerging technologies.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

TechSoup’s digital storytelling challenge is open between now and September 26, 2014. They are holding digital storytelling events all month! Join our global tweet chat on September 4 for the best examples of nonprofit storytelling. Naples, FL: Digital Storytelling Workshop. Toronto, Canada: Digital Storytelling.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

One of my biggest takeaways from last year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco was this oft-repeated advice on social networking, specifically Facebook and Twitter: you can't make them come to you. For Mercy Corps, that meant storytelling. Roger Burks, Mercy Corps. You have to play in their space.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. London, United Kingdom: Digital Storytelling. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Digital StoryTelling en Guatemala. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Youth and Social Change.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Victoria, Canada: The Art of Transmedia Storytelling: Creating Story Worlds Across Platforms. San Francisco: Let’s Learn About the Future of Mobile Impact. Baltimore, MD: March Tech & Social Change Meetup. This is just a taste of the events being held this month by NetSquared chapters. Upcoming Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The internet and 24/7 connectivity to the world around us have changed our relationships with people, businesses, and nonprofits in ways we couldn’t have imagined just a few years ago. Naturally, our buying behaviors have radically changed as a result of this trend. 5: Collaborative Storytelling Sells.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2016

Since our last storytelling Twitter chat , both the opportunities and challenges in producing a great digital story have increased. As organizations begin wading into this cluttered storytelling landscape, and begin picking platforms, tools, and narratives, excitement can quickly evaporate. Host: @techsoupnz , @mathan_a. AUSTRALIA.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night (Weekly). San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night (Weekly). San Francisco, California: Social Impact in Tech: Panel Discussion with LinkedIn, Lyft, and Salesforce. Kampala, Uganda: Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits Workshop.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

San Francisco, CA: Let’s Go to the BSR Sustainability Hackathon 2013! Philadelphia, PA: Crowdsourcing Change: Applying the Social Web to Some Philly Nonprofits. San Francisco: Let’s Learn About Project Homeless Connect SF: Discussion and Brainstorming. Vancouver, Canada: Digital Storytelling Workshop.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

This special Digital Storytelling episode of Nonprofits Live will include secrets from the pros for nonprofits submitting photo and video stories to the TSDigs challenge in February. Productions in 2006 to produce dramatic, engaging, life-changing documentaries, films and media in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Our **San Francisco** group curates a list of [tech for good experiences each month]([link] --> Upcoming Tech4Good Events. Tuesday, May 10, 2016.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change. Activists and community leaders will see and be given the opportunity to present on successful uses of technology for social change. Washington, DC: DC Action Data Sprint.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

So without further ado, meet our judges, a collection of storytelling experts who will be choosing our awardees. Awards will be announced at our gala on October 22, 2014 at SOMArts in San Francisco (you can RSVP and get your invitation here ). Joaquin Alvarado. Vanessa Chase. Mikey Leung. Bailey Rosser.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

San Francisco, California: Mobile Apps for Change Demo Day. Las Vegas, Nevada: Online Courses (Storytelling). San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Cause Camp will leave you inspired, enlightened and give you the action items you need to make a change in your organization immediately. Storytelling. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. From everything we heard, it was truly game-changing. Storytelling tracks include: The fundamentals of nonprofit storytelling.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Starting on August 26th NetSquared organizers are holding digital storytelling events as part of the Storymakers campaign. Naples, FL: Digital Storytelling Workshop. Melbourne, Australia: The art of storytelling: how to create content that connects with your audience. Toronto, Canada: Digital Storytelling. September 2.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference is coming to TechSoup’s hometown of San Francisco in April and we couldn’t be more excited! See you in San Francisco! Digital Storytelling Blender: Web, Video, Games, Events & Live! Content Curation Across Teams & Organizations.

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MAY 28, 2014

James Nickerson , Social Media Strategist, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Humberto Kam from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and Cindy Johanson from Edutopia shared some case studies about storytelling and what inspires people to share your organization’s content. SMOP14 panel sharing their fave.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Creating Change Conference. Creating Change Conference. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2018 Creating Change Conference convenes in Washington, DC, January 24-28, 2018. The Value Proposition - Purposeful Action in a Changing World. The Value Proposition - Purposeful Action in a Changing World. Finance / @nysscpa.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Philadelphia, PA: Crowdsourcing Change: Applying the Social Web to Some Philly Nonprofits. Portland, OR: Visual Storytelling & Growing Your Digital Media and Protecting It. Baltimore, MD: February Tech & Social Change - Social Media Analytics. Vancouver, Canada: Social Media Success with HootSuite. Wednesday, February 5.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Hello digital storytellers! Your home page, your cover, is the most important page in your digital storytelling journey and getting it right can make the difference between success and failure. The International Poetry Library of San Francisco. They sat down to write a little bit more about the ways nonprofits are.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2012

But how exactly can nonprofits use it and other platforms to raise money, grow their base of supporters, change policy, and recruit volunteers and board members? San Francisco, CA – September TBA. Facebook now boasts over 901 million active users, making it, by population, the world’s third largest country.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

As courageous citizens connected with each other to express dissent and organize public actions, social media tools spurred activism and social change in unprecedented ways. The Levi Strauss Foundation launched the “Pioneers in Justice” initiative to tackle the “social media for social change” zeitgeist head-on.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! Not in San Francisco? There are even a few international reports.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! Not in San Francisco? There are even a few international reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

But with recent changes to Facebook Pages and the newsfeed algorithm that now prevents parts of your audience from seeing everything you share, nonprofits big and small are turning to Facebook ads for as little as $1 per day to ensure eyeballs and engagement. 08 CPC, and $.002 5. Knowledge is power.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 9, 2007

As I mentioned last week, I'll be speaking about blogging at the Writing for Change Conference in San Francisco this month. In the interview transcript below, Elizabeth talks about the conference and offers tips for writers who want to write for change. Elizabeth Pomada: Hi, I'm Elizabeth Pomada. It's been very fast.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2012

Nonprofit storytelling tips from the pros , Debra Askanase. Why Fundraisers are Failing at Storytelling -- and What They Need to Change , Lori Jacobwith. Why Fundraisers are Failing at Storytelling -- and What They Need to Change , Lori Jacobwith. Reflections from 12NTC Panel on Data Visualization , Beth Kanter.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Creating Change Conference. Creating Change Conference. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2019 Creating Change Conference convenes in Detroit, Michigan January 23-27, 2019. The Value Proposition - Purposeful Action in a Changing World. The Value Proposition - Purposeful Action in a Changing World. Finance / @nysscpa.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

So when a new digital storytelling tool comes along, we jump at the chance to test it out. I put it to the test during an unusually warm January weekend in San Francisco. The first one (a bunch of rectangles) lets you change the layout if you're dissatisfied. Or any other storytelling mobile apps? spanhidden.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 8, 2009

I started volunteering at a San Francisco based arts education organization, Streetside Stories. The program teaches autobiographical writing in Bay Area public schools using storytelling (oral, written, digital). I believe that it can bring magical changes into your life. My boyfriend had broken up with me.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

This roundup compiles a few thoughts, fundraising ideas , and instructions to keep you doing, growing, changing, and saving for good. In Pamela Grow’s Nonprofit Storytelling- How to hook your reader from the first sentence she draws on the importance of using emotional hooks to draw your readers in. And we talked.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

“Changing the world is like eating an elephant.” In the coming months Net2Local will also be participating in the Digital Storytelling Challenge and more social media surgeries. We’d love to bring them all to San Francisco, but that would be too expensive!) …and here’s the joke I prommised.

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NTEN

MAY 25, 2011

Data and storytelling are, to quote the great American sage, Forrest Gump, “like peas in a pod”. It's also fun to manipulate, looking at how crime changes with times of day and other features. By Larry Orman, Executive Director, GreenInfo Network. Data is vital for powerful analysis, but at the end of the day, we're swimming in it.

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