Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Charity How To is an online collection of videos to help nonprofits learn how to use the Internet more effectively. The site offers videos and recorded webinars from many luminaries in the sector (including our content partners at Idealware ), and now it features several of our recorded TechSoup Talks! What Is RSS Anyway?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

At the beginning of 2020, a video app called TikTok exploded in popularity because it provided a way for people to connect during the pandemic. After amassing 800 million active users worldwide, TikTok is now used for much more than dance challenges and quick recipe videos. . TikTok is all about short videos.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Effective Blogging. Video Sharing with YouTube. Aside from producing the month long series, the Case Foundation has compiled a comprehensive list of links to articles and presentations on all things social media such as: Social Media Strategy. Microblogging with Twitter. Social Networking with Facebook. Causes on Facebook.

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Achieve

MAY 18, 2021

For nonprofits, social media is one of the most effective methods of raising funds and awareness. After you get all settled in with their tutorial, you’ll want to start creating your graphics! Next, you’ll want to upload all of your organization’s logos as well as photos and videos you know you will use often.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 5, 2013

You can be extremely search engine friendly without putting limitations on video, audio, or depth of social media reach. When it comes to internet marketing, blogs, social media, gifting, videos, forums, how-to documentation, product discovery, industry research, and even newsletters and idea banks, Luminate Online can deliver.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Google Calendar has many rivals in the marketplace, but for meeting the scheduling needs of a busy nonprofit, I can’t imagine a more effective tool. Teams also has video conferencing, as an alternative to Zoom , as well as file storage. Contact customer support or look up YouTube tutorials if you get stuck.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

That training was either expensive or a hodge podge of low cost webinars and free video tutorials available on the web. Guidance on how to build an effective measurement plan. Micro lessons on video, exercises, coaching, measure progress and put it online for free. Best practices for collecting actionable data.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2012

Lately TechSoup has been making a significant effort to create video tutorials and screen captures for a variety of topics relevant to our audience. These videos have included tutorials on the Microsoft Software Donation Program and TechSoup eligibility and registration processes.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

we are looking at the current field of social video - what is working. now for nonprofits creating videos with impact? Video production is a. In the meantime, here are answers to a few of the frequently asked questions we receive about social video: What Is Social Video? Is It Different from Digital Storytelling?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Each video is only 1-4 minutes long, so you can even watch a few videos while eating lunch. Check out these videos about pivot tables.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

From Dummies guides to video tutorials, it’s all out there. The aim of the toolkit is to equip the charity sector’s already brilliant professionals with the right foundations, tactics and inspirational case studies to use social media effectively. I’m thrilled to have contributed a chapter.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Atomic Training is a website that provides step-by-step, professionally-done video tutorials for today’s most powerful software tools, including tools for your nonprofit. See the full list of Atomic Training tutorials here.). Are you familiar with how the software you have can help you serve your mission? of contacts.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The Case Foundation is in the middle of a month-long series called “Gear Up for Giving” to provide social media tutorials to help nonprofits and their supporters understand how to use key tools and techniques to create awareness, catalyze civic action and cultivate new supporters and donors for their causes. Effective Blogging.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

Still wondering if you have what it takes to tell a story through video? By the end of this post and with a bit of practice, you’ll understand and have the skills to turn your story into a great video, from planning to shooting to editing to publishing to sharing, all on the smartphone you carry in your pocket! Of course you do!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

You can look up how to do a task, such as an Microsoft Excel formula or an effect in Adobe Photoshop instantly via instructional sites or tutorial videos on YouTube. You can download the full report here or watch a summary video of the report. "Just-in-time learning" is now a reality.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

Virtual conferences are cost-effective. Even if attendees are familiar with video conferencing tools, it does not mean that they won’t have questions or difficulty figuring out how to access a particular webinar or virtual meeting. . All that is required is an internet connection and a connected device. .

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2013

If you're going to work more effectively with images and don't already have an image-editing tool, you might consider Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 and Premiere Elements 12. Elemental Effects. Plus, it requires a fairly robust computer with at least 2 GB of RAM and a decent video card. Other TechSoup Resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

But first steps first… 11 New Year’s resolutions for nonprofit social media managers: 1) Create a “Thank You” video(s) for your 2012 fundraising campaigns. VIDEO: HTML All Writers Need to Know. Enter The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart : VIDEO: 2011: A Look Back. Learn basic HTML.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

.   The guide incorporates some tutorials and how-to information social media strategy, most notably a Blogging guide for activists and campaigners for using blogs for grassroots organizing and citizen journalism written by Sokari Ekine who blogs at www.blacklooks.org. 

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Tech Soup

APRIL 11, 2013

If you're going to work more effectively with images and don't already have an image-editing tool, you might consider Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 11. Elemental Effects. Plus, it requires a fairly robust computer with at least 1 GB of RAM and a decent video card. Other TechSoup Resources.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

We also know that training is one of the most effective ways to support successful adoption and use of technology in your organization. Short video tutorials. What type of video would you like to view on TechSoup.org? How to Excel at Everything (short Excel video tips and tricks). ", the top responses were.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Your best bet is to review creative ideas that other nonprofits have already tried and found effective. Take Advantage Of Video Conferencing And Streaming Tools. While we mentioned that calling donors is a great way to start your virtual engagement, you should also explore making use of video conferencing and streaming tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In today’s world of content abundance, the skill of how to find, make sense, and share content that we need to be effective in our work is critical. Simply put, being a content curator is a method to help you stay informed about your field and be more effective at your job. ” A quick tutorial on how to use it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

By answering the public’s questions in a video Udi became an accessible, humorous, and more personal face for the ACLU-NJ.” What did the trick was a “How To Tweet” cheat sheet that not only included the simple mechanics, but also sample tweets from other ACLU leaders around the country, subtle form of peer pressure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

I taught a section on developing and implementing an effective content strategy after some exercises to help participants identify target audiences, create personas, measurable objectives, and channels. It struck me that an effective nonprofit content strategy is a process of continuous improvement.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

All of us at Benetech felt that it was absolutely essential to once again rely on our user community as we plan how to utilize these limited resources most effectively. When Benetech first began designing Martus, we began by incorporating input from human rights partners on the frontline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Get Training : Data for Good is an association for people who work in nonprofit and data and offers the “ Do Good Data University “ where you find excellent webinars on a variety topics. NTEN is offering regular webinars on the topic of how nonprofits can effectively use data. Leap of Reason Books (Free download).

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Meetings: If we could work efficiently and effectively without holding meetings, we would all do it! Google Meet is part of Google Workplace and includes video meetings. Ring Central is a commonly used app that bundles video meetings and phone capabilities. A paid account is about $150 a year.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

Develop cost-effective marketing strategies, learn to acquire new donors, and get a handle on your planning process with the Learning Institute program from the Society for Nonprofit Organizations (SNPO). Plus: Check out Atomic Training's top-12 training series of the past year. Train Nonprofit Managers.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

While it is a feature of many social sharing sites, often times those very sites do not provide beginner-friendly instructions on how to use tags effectively. Adding tags to content, whether blog post; video; photo; and so on, helps content creators organize content and, more importantly, helps your intended audience find it on the Internet.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

And if you need help navigating Foundation Directory Online, their handy Features Guide offers tips, best practices, and video tutorials. Word of Mouth Never dismiss the effectiveness of spreading the word to help find grants! They offer free webinars to learn more too. Grant Gopher is for U.S. based organizations only.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

You can share photos and videos, interact with your audience and expand your network of supporters. The more specific you can get, the more effective the boost will be. Video on Facebook is making a quick rise, so be sure to utilize it when you can. There’s a YouTube tutorial for everything. 79% of all internet users.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2012

It’s also effective to get your employees involved. At Software Advice , for example, Marketing employees recorded video tutorials for various tools we use. HR should focus on internal communications to promote adoption of the new tools and best practices around their usage.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Check out this video to learn more: The Boys and Girls Club of Indianapolis reached 101% of their fundraising goal on Giving Tuesday 2020 by using Qgiv’s platform. Ask local performers to appear on your livestream or send in a video performance recorded ahead of time. Use videos to keep your donors engaged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Get Training : NTEN is offering regular webinars on the topic of how nonprofits can effectively use data. Or if you are good self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2016

TechSoup organizes an annual event called Storymakers ; organizations from around the globe participate in a multimedia contest for a chance to win exciting prizes and learn how to effectively tell their story. We provide tutorials on video production processes and photo editing so you can tell your story like a pro.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

According to Proliteracy , low literacy's effects cost the U.S. For more details on using SpeakQ + WordQ check the many video tutorials available on the goQ website. The National Commission on writing stated that 80 percent of grade school students are not proficient at writing.

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