Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2015

Good, this is important: Photos and other images should never be used just as decoration. For starters, this is a stock photo, which automatically feels staged and inorganic. As my colleague Wes Holing observed, "It's the photo equivalent of a saltine." How much does the size of the photo affect this?

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

Microsoft released its Surface Pro 3 this week, a tablet poised to "replace your laptop." Digital Storytelling Apps and Tools. I'm always on the lookout for new digital storytelling tools, especially when they're in the form of mobile apps. Tablet Tales.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Using Storytelling in Your Appeal . The dodo’s popularity brings up another excellent point: the importance of video in storytelling. Do you think they’ll go grab their laptop or switch to their desktop? You’re doing amazing work for animals, and you want to raise as much as you can to support your mission. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. The Digital Diner has an excellent post on photo management tools and the limits of consumer projects in an enterprise setting. Digital Storytelling, Media, and Communications. Andy Carvin: Participate in Stopy Cyerbullying Day. New (to me) Blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. I also like to practice my storytelling skills. I should have thought more about using my laptop and the projector. Can you use the number of photos tagged as a metric for something on say, flickr.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Eileen Smith of Spokesmith, on empathy: “A great way to demonstrate you have values in common is through storytelling. That’s because the cameras on our laptops and desktops are not nearly as sophisticated as the broadcast equipment we are used to seeing on TV, nor is the lighting in your home or office.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 20, 2017

Billed as an awesome theme for “storytellers, authors and photographers,” Candid comes with a two-column design that uses large images and a seamless mobile responsiveness. It works well as a multi-author or single author site and comes with prebuilt portfolio pages and photo galleries that work with smooth-operating sliders.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Eileen Smith of Spokesmith, on empathy: “A great way to demonstrate you have values in common is through storytelling. That’s because the cameras on our laptops and desktops are not nearly as sophisticated as the broadcast equipment we are used to seeing on TV, nor is the lighting in your home or office.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report, "Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers" from July 2006: 8% of Internet users, or about 12 million American adults, keep a blog. Ask them to blog during conference sessions and post photos.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The device's hardware includes components not currently found in a traditional desktop computer or laptop. 2) Storytelling: The iPad offers a new format for one-on-one sharing of compelling interactive stories. It's promised battery life is ten hours -- longer than any laptop to date.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. Storify is a new tool that allows you easily search multiple social networks by subject or theme and then through drag and drop functionality, you can organize the results (tweets, status updates, videos, photos, etc.) Vine :: vine.co. Present.me.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I’m also a girl dad and I can’t miss an opportunity to show photos of my three daughters. I was flying into DFW and I had my laptop out and I was preparing a presentation and I was wondering, you know, “Do I know what I’m getting into?” I really just literally can’t pass up an opportunity.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore."

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Museum 2.0

MAY 13, 2010

We called upon our personal networks of trusted San Francisco-based editors to come in and read onsite during the weekend (with everyone working on their own laptops using the CMS). For example, we received a photo essay that featured images taken months ago in French Guyana. The photos were old but the text was new.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2012

"In May, one youth will win a new laptop with other cool prizes. Photo: Br3nda. This time around, they've partnered with Gamestar Mechanic and AMD to bring together the Playing 4 Peace Challenge. "Over March and April, youth can go to Gamestar Mechanic, design your own game, and submit it," explained Joseph.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Another big trend in the IT press forecasts is the much heralded decline of the traditional PC – laptops and desktop computers. Data visualization, or presenting a picture of complex information, has been called the new storytelling for nonprofits. The Decline of PCs. The Internet of Things. Some Final Bold Predictions.

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