Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Our winners represent a little glamour from the Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, plus some creativity from Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and Literacy Services of Wisconsin. Plus, we wanted to share all the winners in one video, created with Adobe Voice, a free tool from Adobe. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Neon CRM

MAY 3, 2023

For example, if someone gave $50 to a literacy group, the email could say, “Your donation of $50 helped us give 100 books to 50 children.” You could feature short videos or written testimonials from individuals or communities that have benefited from your programs. You should also try to tie that figure to organizational impact.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

Still wondering if you have what it takes to tell a story through video? By the end of this post and with a bit of practice, you’ll understand and have the skills to turn your story into a great video, from planning to shooting to editing to publishing to sharing, all on the smartphone you carry in your pocket! Of course you do!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Facebook users had uploaded more than 100 billion photos by mid-2011. • YouTube users upload 60 hours of video per minute and they triggered more than 1 trillion playbacks in 2011 – roughly 140 video views per person on earth. What will the future 2020 be like? Being strategically future-minded. The ability to concentrate.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

After my colleagues and I figured that out (it took us a few years), we adopted a number of practices designed to bring our work online: posting photos and videos on social media, sending out a series of emails, and so on. Because people are busy.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. The photo or video taken on a phone and then posted to the web can change the conversation, alert news media to issues or new developments, and change the course of response.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Please visit the site to view this video). A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text. Please visit the site to view this video). Recruiting in Reverse. TechSoup Sweat Equity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

I provide about half dozen examples of nonprofits using community tagging and publishing, flickr and video. My article, Using Participatory Media Tools in Nonprofit Campaigns. And, if you want to digg deeper into the whole concept of participatory media, I recommend that you check out these thinkers/resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

My kids emptied out their piggy banks to helped and cooperated in making a birthday campaign video. I never realized this before, but one of the photos I took at the Khmer Literacy School has someone's butt in the background. I was relieved that she didn't use the naked photo of me. family latrine??? shown above.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

As the chief listener for the organization, Wendy honed her listening literacy skills using free tools like google alerts, technorati, RSS reader, and delicious. If we get 1,000 video views that is good. This particular photo campaign had many technical glitches and ultimately the number of submissions was less than impressive.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list. Include 1 – 3 photos and a short video, if you have one. Provide cutlines with the first and last names of everyone in the photo as well as the photographer. Embed your photos in the email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Both projects are engaging examples of virtual advocacy, with one creating a virtual representation of the detention center in the virtual world Second Life and the other, a flash-based web site that has a video game quality to it. Visitors to Web site can eliminate one pixel from a photo of Guant??namo government???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr. Watch live streaming video from wisdom2conf at livestream.com. I couldn’t help but think about how important content curation skills, information literacy, and encouraging a movement around this as Clay Johnson suggests in his book, the Information Diet.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

goQ Software 's writing assistance and speech recognition software, WordQ + SpeakQ (admin fees: $10-$15) can help nonprofits and libraries that work with individuals who need general writing assistance, English language learners, and even those learning literacy and spelling. Photo: phonakins.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

During the last several years, TechSoup's Storymakers project has been focused on highlighting the most compelling nonprofit videos. In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet. If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

It also incorporates cc licensed materials from others, including videos and flickr photos. site that has photos, etc., While browsing RSS reader today, I noticed someone had favorited my recursive mashup photo that I have on the cover the presentation. I remixed it from an earlier prsentation called Associations 2.0

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 10, 2021

I thought about it and … a Book Fair for Grownups has potential, especially if your organization has a literacy or education focus. Instead of movie trailers, start the night off with a video about your organization’s work. A Valentine’s Day Party with a raffle of boxed chocolates and a photo booth can be a big hit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Photo by Peacemaker. According to Wikipedia, a griefer is "a slang term used to describe a player in an multiplayer video game who plays the game simply to cause grief to other players through harassment. Griefing could be considered a malignant form of emergent gameplay."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Photo by Marcopolos I'm a few weeks away from SXSW where I'll be leading a session called " Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam " which will incorporate a lot of audience interaction. Kristiansen captured the drama on this video clip of Mena Trott's Keynote calling for more civility in blog commenting.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

Let’s say your nonprofit focuses on promoting literacy and discovers that many of your donors are older teachers and parents in your community. Simply adding a high-quality image or video can enhance your nonprofit’s content, whether it be a website page , flyer, or annual report. Video clips from past auctions. Social media.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Photo Contest Photo costs are incredibly diverse. This is an excellent option for getting young people involved in their community while encouraging literacy. For a digital twist, nonprofits can add video games to the mix and allow people to play remotely.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

These are: Event Registration Bidding Software Text Fundraising Livestreaming Platforms Volunteer and Staff Management Online Shop Video Editing Software Graphics Software Event Day Solution Liability Waivers. This is an example of a peer-to-peer event page by BEACON for Adult Literacy.]. Livestreaming Platforms.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

You can see or download my slides and you can watch the video of the talk. There is a preponderance of reports about the value of new media literacies towards educating productive citizens of the 21st century. For this reason, I spoke specifically about how to make dream projects possible at real institutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2012

But how will you know the answer if you don’t set up a test and use measurement and data to help you answer it. This is called “data literacy” — setting up a hypothesis and a way to measure it – and analyzing the results and deciding how to improve. Have you experimented yet with Promoted Posts?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2012

Photo by Sean MacEntee. We’re streaming video, posting photos, sharing personal information and listening to music, not to mention “checking in” wherever we go. We guide parents through raising kids in this digital age, and provide digital literacy curriculum to educators at no cost.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

We saw the potential in this story and dispatched a reporter and photojournalist to interview the town's residents, write up a feature for our online newspaper, and create a photo essay. Take the time to package the story as best you can: add photos, video, audio, pull quotes, infographics.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

7th Empire is a full-scale production company committed to creating original high-quality film, video, and interactive media that raise social awareness, stimulate critical dialogue, and celebrate the diverse voices of an ever-changing world." Full disclosure: The number of ways these examples are biased is too many to list.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2012

" Joseph's initiative, the Online Leadership Program , integrates a "youth development approach when tackling international and public policy issues with youth media programs that build digital literacy, foster substantive online dialogues, develop resources for educators, and promote civic participation." Photo: Br3nda.

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