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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

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Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! What Makes a Good Story? What is happening in your hero’s life?

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How Trickle Up Animated Their Nonprofit Story

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story-telling animation called: " She's the Solution." stages, setting it to music and using a format converter to turn the. PowerPoint file and accompanying music into a video. The international organization received donated licenses of the Microsoft Office suite through our partner TechSoup.

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Bring a Question: Creative Commons Hosts TechSoup Social Channels on September 17, 2014

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That's why Creative Commons offers a handy standardized list of licenses for creative works. These licenses allow you to give permission for others to share your work, and also to define how your work can be shared. In fact, that's exactly the kind of license TechSoup uses for most of our content! Your Questions.

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Learning Journal: Experimenting With Adding Music to Web Videos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The next technique that I am exploring in my screencasting/videocasting skill set is the addition of music. I've resisted adding music for three stupid reasons: 1. My (incorrect) perception that non-copyrighted music is crap. Finding Good Quality Music Sources Isn't Impossible. Trade Off: What value does music add?

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TSDigs: Before You Hit Record Webinar Recap

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Vázquez, who has a background in screenwriting, guided the audience through some of the basic concepts of developing stories for production. What Drives a Great Nonprofit Story? The basic elements of a story are style, setting, theme, plot, and character. The style covers what sort of tone is used to tell the story.

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Literacy for a billion: PlanetRead

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Planet Read added subtitles to Bollywood music videos. They first created original visual story content, and then added different languages. I also watched them use licensed characters from top Asian media properties to create a fresh set of content. They are already well past doing just Indian languages.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Video

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Videos should be clear to understand if employing dialogue or music. Music is great for enhancing the mood of a video and nonprofits and libraries interested in low-cost music licensing can check out Magnatune 's music library or Frog Music Licensing. Digital Savant Podcast #3: David J.