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7 Video Conferencing Tips To Get You Through Social Distancing—And Beyond

Global Giving

I have a confession: I have a crush on Zoom, the video conferencing platform. If you are suddenly tasked with turning an event into a webinar, these nonprofit video conferencing tips are for you. Here are my top six tips for Zoom (or your favorite video conferencing platform): 1. Practice and prepare. Best of luck!

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Teaching Online Safety: Building Curriculum

Tech Soup

Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. The presenters, Austin Stroud of the Monroe County Public Library and Crystal Schimpf of TechSoup for Libraries, shared resources for teaching online safety and security. Assessments/Quizzes.

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TechSoup for Libraries Spotlight: Amber Slaven of Bellevue Library

Tech Soup

We've got a new spotlight up at TechSoup for Libraries that nonprofits might learn from, as well. This one's about Amber Slaven, a librarian who got her start at Bellevue Library with a pretty great gig: driving a Winnebago outfitted as a mobile computer classroom. Read the whole spotlight at TechSoup for Libraries.

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

There’s all kinds of videos you can watch. I got plenty of videos on my YouTube that they can watch about how to build more courage. You teach people how to relate to you. And if you are interested in that, maybe you’re thinking about making a switch before the end of the year, check us out. Visit our website.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. When librarian Dianne Connery came to the library a few years ago, she found a classic small town library situated in a converted post office building with the requisite institutional green paint job.

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Uncorking the Success to Fundraising with Wine

Greater Giving

Learn their craft and teach them about your mission. Packaged by winery – Showcase a specific winery’s current releases or library wines. Another way to tell the story is through photos or videos posted on your online auction, on posters or a screen at your event, or printed in the catalog. Timing is everything!

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. My kids have become more and more interested in playing video games. They created the Popcorn For Kids Campaign.