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Video Marketing on Social Media: Best Practices & Inspiration for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Videos with Mobile In Mind. For example, Project Chimps made a square video with Animoto that included thumb-stopping imagery at the jump, and then promptly lets the viewer know the organization needs their help. When Hurricane Harvey hit last year, ShelterBox USA wanted to act fast. Get their attention with a “hook” (i.e.

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

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This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). There's one woman who -- I think it was in Austin, Texas -- she collected an entire container load full of things for an orphanage in Haiti, using Freecycle.

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

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This was an initiative that began in the city of Austin, Texas with the municipally owned utility company, Austin Energy. We're also working with those cities on generating some demonstration projects. Jodie Van Horn: Plug-In Bay Area is a national grassroots effort to try to commercialize plug-in hybrid vehicles.