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Quick Tips for Improving Screencasts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In her post, she reflects on some technical/production questions. While I'm on the topic of screencasts, I was so pleased to discover that the Jing Project has a blog loaded with lots of good tips. There's always seems to be a point (for me at least) in my own learning where I loose this sense of discovery a little bit.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, I arranged for an interview over Ready/Talk and asked a specific question and did a screencapture locally on Camtasia while Ready/Talk captured the audio. One my failures was an attempt to get the interviewees to use Jing to answer my interview questions. It didn't work for both technical and human reasons.

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Crazy for the Tools

NTEN

It also includes related information, such as your password reminder questions, and general secure notes. TechSmith also makes cool free/paid video capture Jing as well more complex Camtasia – all good. It will pop up choices if you have multiple accounts for the same website (such as multiple Gmail or Salesforce log-ins).

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NpTech Summary: Advocacy 2.0, Sketchcastes, and NpTech in Different Languages

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Michelle Murrain is curbing her time on "walled gardens " like LinkedIn and Facebook while pondering the question, " How Open Is Facebook, Really? The Nonprofit Tech Blog is asking a question via LinkedIn - "As a donor, if you had one wish for the nonprofit sector, what would it be?

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Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud

NTEN

If someone sends me an email asking a question, I create a Screen Steps document with the answer. I experimented with video, using Jing to produce screencasts. " and show colleagues how to perform specific tasks they need to be more productive. That way, it's now available for everyone to learn from.

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Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud

NTEN

If someone sends me an email asking a question, I create a Screen Steps document with the answer. I experimented with video, using Jing to produce screencasts. " and show colleagues how to perform specific tasks they need to be more productive. That way, it's now available for everyone to learn from.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jon Stahl points to Steve Anderson's exploration of Jing for a screencast which he discovered over the summer. " I agree Jing is the thing for doing micro screencasting. Jon notes, "Both substance-wise, and the idea of doing ultra-short "casual" screencasts like this as a training/demonstration technique."

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