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New on SSIR: A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

Amy Sample Ward

I think there’s huge potential for organizations to use multiple mediums, content, and locations to help document and advocate for the change they want in their communities and around the world. It’s been a few weeks now; I’ve used it to share photos from a work trip to Portland, Maine, and to explore my neighborhood in New York.

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How to Send Engaging Follow-Up Emails to Auction Guests

Nonprofits Source

Whenever possible, include photos or video content to show supporters, or suggest recipients share their photos from the day using a dedicated hashtag on their social media. For example, elementary school fundraisers might share how total funds raised impacted technology updates or furthered classroom improvements.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For webinars, the platform is your classroom setup, so it important to understand how the Q/A and chat features, whether everyone can see everyone else’s chats or just the presenter. Your design is not just about content. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 10-20 minutes.

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What’s Your Calling?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by SMEXbeirut. At SXSW and facilitating a panel called A Global Discussion About Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents , I introduced myself with this photo of me and Lena, the master trainer from Yemen for the E-Mediat Project. The photo shows us modeling “shoulder to shoulder&# learning.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. Photo credit: Katy Steinmetz, TIME Magazine. Built on our Martus technology, Mobile Martus is designed to bring secure data collection, storage, and backup closer to activists working in the field.

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ForLoveofLiberty.net Extends Story of African-American Contributions to U.S. Military

Forum One

Designed specifically for students, educators, and veterans, the site and its content enable users to experience the history of African-American soldiers in an extremely personal manner. • Intuitive information architecture that enables users to easily discover and interact with site content. Engaging Multimedia Content.

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Remix This Power Point!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" I'm trying to walk the walk and talk the talk of Remixing Content for nonprofits. It also incorporates cc licensed materials from others, including videos and flickr photos. The above slides are from yesterday's Extension presentation and focus on Step 8: User-Generated Content and Remixing. site that has photos, etc.,

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