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. Micro lessons on video, exercises, coaching, measure progress and put it online for free. But applying it on your own – unless you are an analytics genius – can be difficult.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

The Case Foundation isn't new to video; they've got interviews, reports, and in-the-field footage from industry events and their own grantees. They recently relaunched their video portal and dedicated content, called CaseSoup , reaffirming their commitment to leverage video to report on the things that matter to the community.

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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Once Facebook conquered colleges the now web-giant with more than 900 million active monthly users moved on to support high schools. You’ll have real web metrics to back up your work. 5) Monitor the Social Web. Then, follow these instructions on how to set up a social media monitoring dashboard. Keep Posts Short.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector. The moderator, Patrick O'Heffernan, shared his thoughts based on his experience with The People Choose which is connected to Link TV and the first non-profit site to launch user-generated video as a community building process in a non profit environment.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Note: This is the seventh in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Content for your website includes your headlines, body copy, photos, captions, graphics, videos, audio clips, etc. Quote from Kristina Halvorson) It’s an essential step in the Web Design process that’s often overlooked or skimped upon.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

PowerMyLearning is a new, free online resource that has educational games, videos, and other activities for elementary, middle-school, and high school-aged students. Some of the videos, however, I found to be a bit sleepy. It is designed not only to enhance instruction in the classroom, but also to extend learning beyond the classroom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Why add KB or MB to the file size when my content instructional. Lack of technical skills or software tools in cutting, splicing, fading the audio and weaving it with the video track. Here I found phosphor by Francesco Stablum and decided to incorporate it into the video I created to practice my music skills.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 23, 2022

Some social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook are primarily geared towards visual storytelling, so make sure you have impactful, attention-grabbing photos and videos to share with. Registration instructions. And with web and app-based bidding, your website may also be where auction attendees need to go to place their bids.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

Web-based and app-based bidding can also be far more efficient and easier to use than paper bidding. Qgiv also offers web-based bidding for people who are participating from their laptops and mobile bidding for those who prefer to place bids from an app on their smartphones. Use photos and videos. How does virtual bidding work?

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See3

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

[This piece was originally posted as part of “Video Week” on Care2’s Frogloop blog. If you’ve ever made an online video before, you know the level of work that goes into it. But creating a compelling video is just the beginning of the process. Getting your video seen—and by the right people—takes just as much work, if not more.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

You could create blog posts that incorporate social media posts and TikTok videos to appeal to younger audiences’ interests. Accessible content , with alternative text for images, captions for videos and audio elements, sufficient color contrast , and other usability must-haves. Simple language free of jargon.

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Forum One

MAY 7, 2009

A lot of organizations we work with are increasingly using web conferencing to have more productive meetings with staff in the field, share knowledge across projects and programs, and conduct training. Don't forget clear instructions about audio, whether using teleconference or VOIP. The presenter(s) should practice beforehand ?

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

At Web Courseworks, we provide professional services to help associations like yours build their ideal learning business. To give you insight into what this might look like in action, let’s walk through the three steps that a Web Courseworks consultant would complete when consulting with your team about your learning business in general.

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Everyaction

JUNE 11, 2018

To set your email images to automatically be sized to fit the screen that they are displayed on, insert this code into your html editor to define the image’s size by relation to the screen rather than pixels: For more instructions on using this code and other helpful tips for mobile optimizing your emails, read more here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

I took this video so I could show it to the kids. You can read more about the program over at the Sharing Foundation's web site ). Mam Sary also received several of the video cameras that Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson brought over. and is very interested incorporating some of the ideas into his instruction.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

With schools partially or fully remote in parts of 2020 and 2021, families and educators scrambled to find educational material to use at home or in virtual instruction. The Pacific Science Center in Seattle realized they had material that could be repurposed online, but that was just a start. Build community first, then tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I had to learn how to create web pages, manage email, modem escape codes, navigate the Internet, and whatever came along. And then immediately create instructional materials and trainings for the community. For almost six years, she has been integrating social media tools and tricks into her instructional practice.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2023

Once your template is created, add photos, videos, and links to make your emails more visual for your donors. Make the process easier by having ChatGPT write your web page copy. Write instructions for volunteers explaining [Your Organization’s Mission], [Volunteer Duties], and [What to Bring].”

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See3

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

But as the story behind Tweetsgiving demonstrates, the real focus is not to raise money but to share gratitude all across the web. Over the next few days, we’re encouraging folks to create a short video of themselves expressing what they’re thankful for this year. Any questions? Write in the comments below.

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Qgiv

MAY 14, 2021

A crisis communication plan’s purpose isn’t to provide employees with a fire escape route or instruct your web team on how to fix your website if it goes down. For instance, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank used a video recording of their CEO to address how the organization would be handling the effects of COVID-19.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Their data erase tool is a web page where you can find short videos on how to reset several different phones, the main models mostly. Or you can fill out a short form with your name, phone number, email, make and model of your phone and they’ll email you instructions for your specific phone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Today, I had the pleasure of doing a little planning for March, 2012 bootcamps in country with the strategic social media adviser from Jordan, Rami Al-Karmi and Heather Ramsey at IIE in San Francisco as well as Craig Newmark and Barry Newstead from Wikimedia. Stay tuned … Video and Storytelling. View more documents from E-Mediat.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

For organizations using both apps and websites, there were challenges in seeing how the data interacts—are web visitors the same people using the app? In our webinar, we provide step-by-step instructions! Did they watch a video, or read a blog post? Which visits lead to engagement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

This past month I’ve done several workshops where I experimented with different audience online interaction tools to engage people in the room as well as a remote audience tuning in through a live video stream. My instructional needs were simple: Question/Answer back channel where participants in the room or faraway could post questions.

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Forj

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Although I don’t expect instructional designers to leap from their desk chairs and start dancing in glee, the Department of Defense’s statement is an important symbol of change in the industry. For example, you may want to send a statement for each five seconds of video a learner watches (or, at the very least, has playing on the screen.)

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

It’s best to find a platform that supports both mobile and web-based bidding. For your virtual guests, place your auction livestream link in a place that’s easy to find and provide them with any instructions they’ll need about how to participate in your auction online.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

With schools partially or fully remote in parts of 2020 and 2021, families and educators scrambled to find educational material to use at home or in virtual instruction. The Pacific Science Center in Seattle realized they had material that could be repurposed online, but that was just a start. Build community first, then tools.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Last week, I became completely intoxicated with the online videos of Vi Hart , self-described mathemusician. Her nerdy, entertaining videos about math evoke the power of free choice learning while poking gentle fun at the drudgery of how math is often taught in school. How to solve a quadratic equation. How to titrate an acid.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

For end users, Windows 10 introduces a new Start menu, web browser, personal digital assistant, and more. See our instructions for downloading software from the VLSC. The Windows 10 beginners guide video tutorial is a 38-minute plain language video tutorial that covers how to use the primary new features of Windows 10.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

One of the ideas I've been exploring is the whole notion of video blogging from Cambodia by Cambodians. I'm going to bring over video blogging kits - inexpensive cameras, rechargeable batteries, SD cards, and Ryanne's book. I put out a call for a session "Mobile Blogging and Video Blogging: I know nothing, educate me."

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr: Endlessstudio You and your cause have been using video to capture and share stories about the work you do and the change you're making, right? the nonprofit film festival, wants your organization to tell its story through its films and videos. Tags: Advocacy event nonprofit technology NPTech video. Check out Lights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

One of the things that is essential to good instruction (or presentation) is knowing your audience. Every time I present or facilitate a workshop, I review the web sites and social media ant trails (social media properties) of participants. . It's a shift from sage on the stage instruction to honoring the learners for what they know.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Watch the instructional video that demonstrates how it works. Tags: Accessible Technology Digital Divide Online Seminar Using the Web and Internet Volunteers. No previous transcription experience necessary and you can simply follow these directions to get started: We are using the website dotSUB to manage the process.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

The solution is mobile optimization or responsive web design. The simple answer is to check your web analytics to see how many people visit your site from a mobile device. No tech knowledge, no web-development experience, no knowledge of HTML is ever needed — the website builder is simple and user-friendly.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2009

We received over 100 submissions from nonprofits and libraries around the country (and world) who've shared their digital stories in video , photo , and GoldMail formats for the Digital Storytelling Challenge! Tags: Marketing Multimedia & Graphics Social Networking Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

They are co-producing video spots, which air on television and on the Web. They also engage directly with weather casters, a group uniquely positioned to inform the general public, by instructing them about how to incorporate the science of climate change into their daily broadcasts.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 31, 2014

Here’s a quick recap of how they handled our group: We had clear instructions and expectations prior to arriving at their facility. We were given detailed instructions on what would happen over the next four hours. The Bloomerang team recently spent a half-day volunteering at Gleaners Food Bank, a nonprofit based in Indianapolis.

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