The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Her goal is to see more nonprofits become true “sustainable social benefit organizations”– those that help people be the change they want to see in their communities and the world. THE AGITATOR / DONOR VOICE. The authors aren’t just fundraising experts, but also literary and playful in their writing. BETH’S BLOG.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

I had phoned my friend (let’s call her Maya) because I wanted to see how the indie crowd at the Sundance Film Festival would respond to my question: “You know your film is making a difference when…” I first attended Sundance in the late-80s when I was a script reader in Hollywood, and participated during the decade I was at the PBS series POV.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

These ebooks can quickly be turned into Braille, large print or be read aloud by a synthetic voice synthesizer. The first is developing strong local partners , such as disability NGOs, libraries or educational institutions that help us customize our services to the specific needs of their communities.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Using these keywords in your automated closed captions is also a great idea and writing video scripts that incorporate the keywords you want to target. Use the text overlay to achieve this tactic. Say that main keyword loud and proud! Facebook Include a main keyword in your Facebook Page name, but make sure it sounds natural.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 17, 2021

We decided to take matters into our own hands, and flip the script ourselves: . Loud voices, insults, condescension simply is unacceptable behavior. By embracing a view of empathy and compassion towards those on the community playground–we find those chalk lines are a little more negotiable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Streaming from events is an obvious fit for Periscope, but site visits and interviews with communities served, that’s where the real power of Periscope will unfold. Don’t be too scripted and embrace the unexpected. Show the Periscoper. Take a second or two and flip the screen and introduce the person behind the camera.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

They can be the first thing a person sees about your nonprofit; allowing its voice and message to come through with unique combinations of visual styles, music, and narrative. For that, you can use meaningful animation, unexpected script turns ( narrative ), and adequate characterization. But that message is all about you!

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. Whose voices are you choosing to elevate?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

By Deborah Elizabeth Finn , on behalf of Community TechKnowledge. Recently, I had a conversation with Annaliese of NTEN , and a couple of Community TechKnowledge (CTK) staff members. But the back story wasn't sufficient in itself, and Community TechKnowledge's media manager was crucial in providing a frame for the narrative.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

You need to encourage your constituents to talk to their state representatives and voice support for the bill. This example is a bit more complex, and might involve writing a custom standalone script in a programming language like Python to take advantage of the two APIs. In part 2, we'll walk you through some basic data formats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

It was actually quite liberating not to be carefully scripted and staged. right now two reasons: Sometimes pictures and people's voices are a better way to tell a story than text alone. You need to add Cambodia's voice to the global conversation happening on video blogs. There is an active Cambodian community/groups there.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. You can send them voice memos, if you have their cell phone. So sample scripts here could be, “Hey, I’m following up on our previous conversation. Ideally, this can be done over Zoom.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2011

Give each board member a handful of phone numbers to call and a thank you script if you like. Even if they get voice mail the donor will appreciate the personal thanks from a board member. Write award nominations for them to recognize them for their community service. Have a mini thank-a-thon at your monthly board meetings.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Podcasting is a storytelling medium; use it as the voice for your organization’s most compelling stories. There are several services that allow you to create a podcast directly by leaving a voice message recording. It will take time to script, record, and edit the audio, engage with listeners, and collaborate with contributors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

The very calm Preetamrai , the Southeast Asian Editor for Global Voices who is also attending and leading a workshop at the Cambodia Bloggers Summit told me about his very cool new app from Techsmith, JingProject. It was very liberating for me to create a screencast like this -- no storyboard, script, no retakes. I am number 28!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

The idea for the kits came from the video blogging community when I blogged about wanting to see more video blogging in Cambodia and through the generosity of Coffee with Doug video blog, I sent over 3 camera kits with Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson to the Sharing Foundation's computer school.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Post, Post It Passion Exercise from Youth Noise, Youth Summit Blogging and New (to me) Blogs Blogging 101 Community Blogging describes how to avoid the slow hard agonizing death of a blog: Make it a team effort. There's an interesting post on the roles and behavior of online communities of practice. Edge4Dev blog aims to help.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. It’s not your script. There’s a new normal. Well, that depends. Shutterstock.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods. I learned about game design, theme park design, video production, script-writing, show programming, and air compressors, working with cranks and fire marshals and brilliant folks of all kinds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The exhibition will coincide with programs about art theory, online communities, and crowd theory, providing a forum for public evaluation and discussion about the process. Nina observes that the following makes this project really special: It is 100% community-based. The internal team is led by a non-curator. In this post, I???m

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. It’s not your script. There’s a new normal. Well, that depends. Shutterstock.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 23, 2019

Explainer videos are usually 30-90 seconds long, which translates into a script of around 150 to 200 words. It’s one thing to write a thousand words about your nonprofit’s impact on your community. It’s another thing entirely to let some of those community members tell their own story.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 11, 2019

local community event. Pay close attention to the language and the tone of voice you choose to use in your script and make sure it aligns with your copy elsewhere. Instead of focusing on the people behind your nonprofit, you’re focusing on the cultural aspects that drive it. Try bringing a camera along to a meeting or a.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

They also started small and low-cost with the automated phone call system: instead of taking the time and money to build out interactive voice response technology, a Fasal team member recorded the “automated” voice behind the phone by reading call scripts. Experimentation Failure Lean Impact'

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Super, you know, active in the nonprofit community, down in Houston. So we’re going to talk about how to communicate with authenticity, how to use your voice to convey your message, that’s one V. I want to talk about how you can inspire your audience using imagery and creative communication. So expression.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

” Write your phone ask scripts and plan your list of who you’re going to call and what you’re going to ask for. Nancy says, “We do a gratitude month in November with video shares from our community that listen to a grateful give Tuesday.” We may feel like, “That’s not my voice.”

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Neon CRM

JULY 5, 2023

Harnessing the power of AI to generate or enhance content can help you create compelling posts while maintaining your unique voice and style. It doesn’t have to be fancy, scripted, or complicated. That can help you guide the future of your organization and give your users a voice. The key is authenticity.

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