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The Jing Project: Embed Screencasts Into Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The jing project is their first experiment in the Mac platform. Here's the description: The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video???from You can upload to their host or you can download a.swf file. TechSmith is the maker of my favorite apps, Camtasia and SnagIt.

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Video Blogging in Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It took me a long time because I also made a series of screencasts using jing. It was actually quite liberating not to be carefully scripted and staged. I've included some tips for getting good clips in small video files. I decided to show how to use moviemaker because I think it will be important to compress the files.

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NTEN and SalesForce Screencast: Learnings About the Interview/Documentary Approach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you're making a screencast, and you end up having a vertical monopoly on the process (you write the script, do the filming, operate the mouse, do the editing, and produce it), you need to become a super learner. However, the idea of editing a long file in Camtasia does not sound appealing to me.).