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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Becky Brooks , Director of Communications at Animoto , an online video maker that makes it easy to create marketing videos for social media and beyond. Facebook has, for a couple years now, committed to making their platforms “video first.” Consumers ranked video as their favorite form of content from brands.

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Guest Post: Facebook Video Tips from Non-Profit Marketers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Is Facebook Live or posting videos part of your nonprofit’s strategy for 2018? Using a tool like Animato can make it easy for your nonprofit to create DYI videos, but to be successful you need to develop a strategy and use compelling storytelling. Video is a medium uniquely suited to do just that.”.

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How to Help After Hurricane Sandy

Have Fun - Do Good

Growing up in Mystic, CT, I lived through two hurricanes: Gloria in 1985 and Bob (on my birthday!) Gloria and Bob were "regular" hurricanes. News) Hurricane Sandy: How to Help & What You Need to Know (Huffington Post) Helping the Survivors of Hurricane Sandy Victims (Marie Claire) Shocked by Photos of Hurricane Sandy?

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How to Help: 3 Nonprofits Contributing to the 2021 Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts

Classy

Video owned by and featured on the ABC News Youtube channel. Photo provided directly by the CORE team. Photo featured on the Hope for Haiti website. With six earthquakes, 132 floods, 56 hurricanes, and 96 tornadoes under their belt, the organization is actively planning their relief efforts in Haiti. Hope for Haiti.

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Make Your Videos Better

Tech Soup

He authored a newly-published article comparing A Few Good Tools for Video Editing , as well as this blog post with tips on making video better. Visit TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Challenge for more great resources on creating effective videos for your organization. Start out with better video footage.

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Interview: SXSW4Japan Raises over $120,000 #sxswcares

Amy Sample Ward

That morning, I saw the jaw-dropping photos and videos from the Japan tsunami disaster. Media – The campaign featured compelling video footage of the disaster and testimonies from Japanese attendees. This included SXSW organizers, the Red Cross, Hurricane Party, the Hanson Brothers, and many more to promote the campaign.

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Five Steps to Successful Crisis Communications

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” If you’re accepting donations, show how the money is being spent with photos and videos.