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The post 6 Things We’ve Learned from Horror Movies (and Your NPO Should Know) [INFOGRAPHIC] appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. We’ve all seen it play out in a horror flick—blood curdling screams and people being picked out one-by-one wondering…what’s next? MORE
Here are 4 key reasons why your organization should have a blog, as well as a Movie Monday video that offers a look at how one organization "built excitement and community engagement" with a blog. Blogging blog membership-communications MORE
Place your bids on this fine movie poster, 90% of the proceeds go to Beaconfire client and (generally fine folks) the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation ! Skip to content Clients Services Portfolio About Us Contact Blog Home > Blog Recent Posts 07/16/2010: The Wisdom of the Old Spice Man 07/12/2010: Is your online campaign going to succeed? MORE
Ben loves his beautiful wife, gripping movies, everything about football and all things social media. Have you ever seen a movie or eaten a meal that was so good, so amazing, that you felt like you needed to share it with the world? Nope, not a movie. MORE
Kutcher: Media Turning Back Over to Consumers | The Wrap: "The focus moved to Twitter at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference as Ashton Kutcher, who has nearly 3 million followers on the social network, extolled the many uses of the site -- from philanthropic projects to political campaigns to promoting a movie MORE
On World Oceans Day, I pledged to highlight the ocean on Water Wednesdays for the next three weeks, so today I'm sharing the trailer from the Disneynature movie, Oceans. It's available on Netflix , Amazon Instant Video , and of course, you should check and see if your local video store has it. It's rated G so *hopefully* it will be fun and appropriate for little ones too. Let me know if you watch the film, and what you think of it. MORE
Are you using video and movies to share your story? Are you combining still photos together with music or a voice over on MS Movie Maker ? Is it on YouTube or Vimeo ? Are you using Miro or Ustream or any other of the multitude of sites that allow you to share videos online? This video from FilmAid briefly explains how you can use film (and video) to educate and move people to action. You can learn more here and here. MORE
There’s a broad spectrum of savvy among nonprofits in social media – organizations of all sizes, some just starting out, some with programs under way but still making the case to stakeholders, and many with years of planning and successful execution under their belts. Last week was a potential goldmine for those of you looking for resources, advice, and inspiration that will help you develop or improve your nonprofit’s social media presence. MORE
I couldn't resist a remix of that old Mae West quip. Well, I was very happy to see Rupert captured on video by David Wilcox offering up some great tips on using the N95. David and Rupert are lucky of course to be in the UK and didn't have the brick experience that Amy Gahran had. MORE
By Scott Gilman : Louisville Cardinals, horse racing, nonprofits, music, movies, various rants. Think Speed-Dating, Not Dinner and A Movie. Movie lover & Tech geek. Due to the incredible response we received the last time we brought together leading nonprofit experts to share their best fundraising insights, we decided to do it again! MORE
MoveOn: The Movie. MoveOn: The Movie is a feature-length documentary focusing on the revolutionary history of the biggest progressive grass-roots movement seen in the United States since the 1960s. September 25th, 8:00pm. Southwest Key Community Center. Discussion. MORE
Activists around the world are using social media tools to make change. A new 50- minute documentary film called " 10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action " is a guide to how best to use take advantage of the power of these tools and avoid hidden dangers. MORE
An expensive, lavish 20 minute epic mini-movie that crams in every single historical fact and statistics about your nonprofit? 12 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Instagram and Vine Video : When someone says “video marketing” to you, what comes to mind? A large, unwieldy budget and a big-time production studio? Do you simply throw up your hands and declare: “My nonprofit is too small – we can’t use video in our marketing strategy MORE
I don't usually review movies on my blog, but here's a second in a row. I think if I'd seen a more balanced set of views on this movie before I saw it, I'd not bother to write this (then again, I probably would not have bothered to see the film.) If that was all that I was going to judge the movie on, it definitely deserves all of the accolades and awards it has gotten. Perhaps that is what most people judge the movie on. . MORE
What would you rather do: Watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in a movie theater, or flip through the storyboards? I know the storyboards seem pretty cool, but if you have to choose just one, you’d probably watch the movie. The movie conveys the action, the emotion, and the narrative much more powerfully than just pictures and words. Why we love video. MORE
Movie screenings. Freeform is streaming Christmas movies 24/7 throughout all of December, so check the schedule online and choose a good night to show one on the big screen. MORE
To add to this spirit of giving and sharing, how about watching Christmas movies with your family, friends, and volunteer groups The best time of the year is here again- CHRISTMAS! MORE
Chris Davenport and I recently had an opportunity to make this video for Movie Mondays. And if you’re not already a Movie Mondays subscriber, you can fix that right here. Facebook howto video MORE
Where Kickstarter is known for raising money for movies and products, Rally is one of a growing number of sites such as Indiegogo and GoFundMe where individuals make their pitch for everything from sending local kids to camp to rebuilding a destroyed barn MORE
it seems so soon, but just as we’ve all started planning for 2011 in the nonprofit world folks like the SXSW organizers have set out to get a jump start on their yearly event - one that attracts thousands of internet enthusiasts as well as movie and music lovers South by South West 2011 is in the works! I know I know. MORE
There’s one company now you can sign up and you can get a movie delivered to your house daily by delivery service. But this service isn’t going to go through the interent and what you do is you just go to a place on the internet and you order your movie and guess what you can order ten of them delivered to you and the delivery charge is free. MORE
Last fall I wrote a post, "Know Where Your Coffee Comes From" about, Black Gold , a documentary about Fair Trade and the coffee industry. You can watch the film this week, starting tonight, on PBS. If you'd like to learn more about why Fair Trade makes a difference, and the relationship between Starbucks and Fair Trade coffee, check out my interview with Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , on the Big Vision Podcast. MORE
For the last year Participant, an activist entertainment company that delivers movies with a message, has been quietly working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Knight Foundation and the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism to answer a question vexing those who would use media to change the world MORE
Save the dinner, movie, and walk on the beach for after they’re committed to you. If you’re like most nonprofits, you reflect at the end of each year. You talk about the goals you had, whether you hit them or not, and how you’re going to improve going forward. MORE
I don''t usually review movies on my blog, but here''s a second in a row. I think if I''d seen a more balanced set of views on this movie before I saw it, I''d not bother to write this (then again, I probably would not have bothered to see the film.) If that was all that I was going to judge the movie on, it definitely deserves all of the accolades and awards it has gotten. Perhaps that is what most people judge the movie on. . MORE
It is unarguably one of the funniest movies ever made. If you grew up in the 80s, you probably saw Caddyshack. Even if you find golf boring. MORE
Here’s a video from Movie Mondays , a free weekly video on fundraising, that addresses this issue. Google Plus, or Google+, can be a great tool. But how do you use it to help drive website hits to your organizations webpage? If you odn’t use it, did you know than more than 100,000,000 do? Specifically, Marc Pittman , noted author and speaker on nonprofits and technology, shares how Google Plus can benefit your organization. Marc wrote the book, Google Plus for Nonprofits. MORE
This issue happens with all sorts of files like image, movie, or music file. Computer files are available in different formats and they have to be converted from one format to another in order to view them. MORE
3D movies have been around since the 1950s. There was a period of time last year when every single movie action or kids movie was in 3D. And that trend has continued into this year’s summer movie season. I’ve noticed a common thread happening: A bad movie in 3D is still a bad movie. A good 3D movie starts with having a good movie and then adds the 3D to enhance things. MORE
What would you rather do: Watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in a movie theater, or flip through the storyboards? I know the storyboards seem pretty cool, but if you have to choose just one, you’d probably watch the movie. MORE
CharityVillage® Research: Communications: Content is king online : "Content is king online Pattie LaCroixBy Pattie LaCroix August 28, 2006 You remember the days when flash movies on a web site were all the rage? Remember having to wait through long loading times just to view the same flash movie over and over again every time you came to the same web site? MORE
We had an all-company movie, The Reckoning during lunch this last week. The movie is excellent: it does a good job of covering the issues around the establishment of the court and its early years including its earliest cases. The ICC is still in its infancy: one of the challenges the movie brings up is the inability to get most of its indictees into the court. MORE
Users can share movies, videos, music, and game files. We live in an era of scientific advancements and in the field of information and technology science is developing in leaps and bounds. Nowadays, more and more people are using the internet for all their day to day transactions. MORE
Movie Mondays is a free weekly series of video interviews with fundraising professionals – a mix of practical tips, in-the-trenches experience, and creative ideas to help you meet all kinds of fundraising challenges.( read more ). MORE
I would love feedback… Here’s a short movie about moving Opportunities from one Campaign to another in Bulk: And another about moving Opportunities to Campaigns in Bulk from a list view. MORE
For scientists, global warming is a disaster movie, its opening scenes set at the poles of Earth. For scientists, global warming is a disaster movie, its opening scenes set at the poles of Earth. NetCentric Advocacy Advocacy Strategy for the Age of Connectivity. Home Green Media Toolshed Profile Twitter Shared Links Subscribe Archives « The Machine is US. MORE
3D movies have been around since the 1950s. There was a period of time last year when every single movie action or kids movie was in 3D. And that trend has continued into this year’s summer movie season. I’ve noticed a common thread happening: A bad movie in 3D is still a bad movie. A good 3D movie starts with having a good movie and then adds the 3D to enhance things. MORE
Many of us have seen the movie Field of Dreams. It’s a great (well not sure you can really call any movie with Kevin Costner great, but bear with me) movie about an Iowa farmer who hears a voice saying, “If you build it, he will come,” and decides to build a baseball field. MORE
Temple Grandin has been in the news recently because of the HBO movie about her life. She recently gave a talk as part of the TED series discussing how her mind and the mind of people with autism spectrum disorder works and what makes them tick. MORE
Being able to do a screen movie, load it up to my webserver, and have the embed code with no effort has changed the way I work. Can I have longer movies now that I can host them anywhere? At work we have a need for longer, edited screen movies, and if Camtasia can have any of the Jing mojo rub off on it, we’ll probably switch. MORE
Williams character was sucked into the world of Jumanji much like the characters in the new movie. The theater Pam and I were in was filled with laughs and gasps from the other movie attendees. However, as the movie progressed, Bethany became less air-headed and more intellectual. MORE
We''re making a movie and it''s all about you - we want to help you find a solution to your largest organizational challenge for 2015! That''s right folks! But - we can''t do that until we know what that is!! MORE
Here’s a short movie explaining how we’re doing multi-payment Opportunities and dealing with complex nonprofit accounting. Watch it here. MORE
My son was playing with his latest Lego set the other night and I had to do a double take (see the photo below): He was building a Lego set… from a movie about building Lego sets. (I Content from the movie was repurposed into smaller chunks and distributed as unique sets (content). MORE
Movie Related Topics VolunteerMark
DECEMBER 25, 2016
To add to this spirit of giving and sharing, how about watching Christmas movies with your family, friends, and volunteer groups The best time of the year is here again- CHRISTMAS!
VolunteerMark
DECEMBER 9, 2014
We''re making a movie and it''s all about you - we want to help you find a solution to your largest organizational challenge for 2015! That''s right folks! But - we can''t do that until we know what that is!!
Connection Cafe
JUNE 10, 2014
Save the dinner, movie, and walk on the beach for after they’re committed to you. If you’re like most nonprofits, you reflect at the end of each year. You talk about the goals you had, whether you hit them or not, and how you’re going to improve going forward.
NetWits
JUNE 29, 2011
3D movies have been around since the 1950s. There was a period of time last year when every single movie action or kids movie was in 3D. And that trend has continued into this year’s summer movie season. I’ve noticed a common thread happening: A bad movie in 3D is still a bad movie. A good 3D movie starts with having a good movie and then adds the 3D to enhance things.
NonProfit Hub
OCTOBER 30, 2014
The post 6 Things We’ve Learned from Horror Movies (and Your NPO Should Know) [INFOGRAPHIC] appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. We’ve all seen it play out in a horror flick—blood curdling screams and people being picked out one-by-one wondering…what’s next?
Wild Apricot
JULY 19, 2010
Movie Mondays is a free weekly series of video interviews with fundraising professionals – a mix of practical tips, in-the-trenches experience, and creative ideas to help you meet all kinds of fundraising challenges.( read more ).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 24, 2009
Activists around the world are using social media tools to make change. A new 50- minute documentary film called " 10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action " is a guide to how best to use take advantage of the power of these tools and avoid hidden dangers.
Have Fun - Do Good
JUNE 20, 2012
On World Oceans Day, I pledged to highlight the ocean on Water Wednesdays for the next three weeks, so today I'm sharing the trailer from the Disneynature movie, Oceans. It's available on Netflix , Amazon Instant Video , and of course, you should check and see if your local video store has it. It's rated G so *hopefully* it will be fun and appropriate for little ones too. Let me know if you watch the film, and what you think of it.
NonProfit Trends
JUNE 28, 2011
3D movies have been around since the 1950s. There was a period of time last year when every single movie action or kids movie was in 3D. And that trend has continued into this year’s summer movie season. I’ve noticed a common thread happening: A bad movie in 3D is still a bad movie. A good 3D movie starts with having a good movie and then adds the 3D to enhance things.
FI Space
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
MoveOn: The Movie. MoveOn: The Movie is a feature-length documentary focusing on the revolutionary history of the biggest progressive grass-roots movement seen in the United States since the 1960s. September 25th, 8:00pm. Southwest Key Community Center. Discussion.
Frogloop
OCTOBER 12, 2010
There’s a broad spectrum of savvy among nonprofits in social media – organizations of all sizes, some just starting out, some with programs under way but still making the case to stakeholders, and many with years of planning and successful execution under their belts. Last week was a potential goldmine for those of you looking for resources, advice, and inspiration that will help you develop or improve your nonprofit’s social media presence.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 28, 2008
I couldn't resist a remix of that old Mae West quip. Well, I was very happy to see Rupert captured on video by David Wilcox offering up some great tips on using the N95. David and Rupert are lucky of course to be in the UK and didn't have the brick experience that Amy Gahran had.
Have Fun - Do Good
APRIL 10, 2007
Last fall I wrote a post, "Know Where Your Coffee Comes From" about, Black Gold , a documentary about Fair Trade and the coffee industry. You can watch the film this week, starting tonight, on PBS. If you'd like to learn more about why Fair Trade makes a difference, and the relationship between Starbucks and Fair Trade coffee, check out my interview with Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , on the Big Vision Podcast.
John Haydon
MAY 19, 2017
What would you rather do: Watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in a movie theater, or flip through the storyboards? I know the storyboards seem pretty cool, but if you have to choose just one, you’d probably watch the movie.
gokubi.com
DECEMBER 18, 2007
Being able to do a screen movie, load it up to my webserver, and have the embed code with no effort has changed the way I work. Can I have longer movies now that I can host them anywhere? At work we have a need for longer, edited screen movies, and if Camtasia can have any of the Jing mojo rub off on it, we’ll probably switch.
gokubi.com
DECEMBER 26, 2007
I would love feedback… Here’s a short movie about moving Opportunities from one Campaign to another in Bulk: And another about moving Opportunities to Campaigns in Bulk from a list view.
NetWits
AUGUST 9, 2010
Many of us have seen the movie Field of Dreams. It’s a great (well not sure you can really call any movie with Kevin Costner great, but bear with me) movie about an Iowa farmer who hears a voice saying, “If you build it, he will come,” and decides to build a baseball field.
gokubi.com
JULY 3, 2006
There’s one company now you can sign up and you can get a movie delivered to your house daily by delivery service. But this service isn’t going to go through the interent and what you do is you just go to a place on the internet and you order your movie and guess what you can order ten of them delivered to you and the delivery charge is free.
John Haydon
APRIL 29, 2013
Chris Davenport and I recently had an opportunity to make this video for Movie Mondays. And if you’re not already a Movie Mondays subscriber, you can fix that right here. Facebook howto video
Network-Centric Advocacy
OCTOBER 22, 2007
For scientists, global warming is a disaster movie, its opening scenes set at the poles of Earth. For scientists, global warming is a disaster movie, its opening scenes set at the poles of Earth. NetCentric Advocacy Advocacy Strategy for the Age of Connectivity. Home Green Media Toolshed Profile Twitter Shared Links Subscribe Archives « The Machine is US.
Beaconfire Wire
MAY 1, 2007
Place your bids on this fine movie poster, 90% of the proceeds go to Beaconfire client and (generally fine folks) the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation ! Skip to content Clients Services Portfolio About Us Contact Blog Home > Blog Recent Posts 07/16/2010: The Wisdom of the Old Spice Man 07/12/2010: Is your online campaign going to succeed?
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 17, 2013
An expensive, lavish 20 minute epic mini-movie that crams in every single historical fact and statistics about your nonprofit? 12 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Instagram and Vine Video : When someone says “video marketing” to you, what comes to mind? A large, unwieldy budget and a big-time production studio? Do you simply throw up your hands and declare: “My nonprofit is too small – we can’t use video in our marketing strategy
NCE Social Media
SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
Are you using video and movies to share your story? Are you combining still photos together with music or a voice over on MS Movie Maker ? Is it on YouTube or Vimeo ? Are you using Miro or Ustream or any other of the multitude of sites that allow you to share videos online? This video from FilmAid briefly explains how you can use film (and video) to educate and move people to action. You can learn more here and here.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 25, 2009
We had an all-company movie, The Reckoning during lunch this last week. The movie is excellent: it does a good job of covering the issues around the establishment of the court and its early years including its earliest cases. The ICC is still in its infancy: one of the challenges the movie brings up is the inability to get most of its indictees into the court.
NetWits
AUGUST 26, 2010
it seems so soon, but just as we’ve all started planning for 2011 in the nonprofit world folks like the SXSW organizers have set out to get a jump start on their yearly event - one that attracts thousands of internet enthusiasts as well as movie and music lovers South by South West 2011 is in the works! I know I know.
Connection Cafe
JANUARY 29, 2014
Ben loves his beautiful wife, gripping movies, everything about football and all things social media. Have you ever seen a movie or eaten a meal that was so good, so amazing, that you felt like you needed to share it with the world? Nope, not a movie.
Wild Apricot
JULY 22, 2013
Here are 4 key reasons why your organization should have a blog, as well as a Movie Monday video that offers a look at how one organization "built excitement and community engagement" with a blog. Blogging blog membership-communications
AFP Blog
JULY 9, 2014
For the last year Participant, an activist entertainment company that delivers movies with a message, has been quietly working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Knight Foundation and the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism to answer a question vexing those who would use media to change the world
NCE Social Media
MARCH 1, 2010
Temple Grandin has been in the news recently because of the HBO movie about her life. She recently gave a talk as part of the TED series discussing how her mind and the mind of people with autism spectrum disorder works and what makes them tick.
John Haydon
MAY 9, 2017
It is unarguably one of the funniest movies ever made. If you grew up in the 80s, you probably saw Caddyshack. Even if you find golf boring.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JULY 28, 2012
I don't usually review movies on my blog, but here's a second in a row. I think if I'd seen a more balanced set of views on this movie before I saw it, I'd not bother to write this (then again, I probably would not have bothered to see the film.) If that was all that I was going to judge the movie on, it definitely deserves all of the accolades and awards it has gotten. Perhaps that is what most people judge the movie on. .
NCE Social Media
OCTOBER 29, 2012
Here’s a video from Movie Mondays , a free weekly video on fundraising, that addresses this issue. Google Plus, or Google+, can be a great tool. But how do you use it to help drive website hits to your organizations webpage? If you odn’t use it, did you know than more than 100,000,000 do? Specifically, Marc Pittman , noted author and speaker on nonprofits and technology, shares how Google Plus can benefit your organization. Marc wrote the book, Google Plus for Nonprofits.
AFP Blog
JULY 1, 2013
Where Kickstarter is known for raising money for movies and products, Rally is one of a growing number of sites such as Indiegogo and GoFundMe where individuals make their pitch for everything from sending local kids to camp to rebuilding a destroyed barn
AFP Blog
JULY 27, 2009
Kutcher: Media Turning Back Over to Consumers | The Wrap: "The focus moved to Twitter at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference as Ashton Kutcher, who has nearly 3 million followers on the social network, extolled the many uses of the site -- from philanthropic projects to political campaigns to promoting a movie
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JULY 28, 2012
I don''t usually review movies on my blog, but here''s a second in a row. I think if I''d seen a more balanced set of views on this movie before I saw it, I''d not bother to write this (then again, I probably would not have bothered to see the film.) If that was all that I was going to judge the movie on, it definitely deserves all of the accolades and awards it has gotten. Perhaps that is what most people judge the movie on. .
Connection Cafe
AUGUST 19, 2016
What would you rather do: Watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in a movie theater, or flip through the storyboards? I know the storyboards seem pretty cool, but if you have to choose just one, you’d probably watch the movie. The movie conveys the action, the emotion, and the narrative much more powerfully than just pictures and words. Why we love video.
Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director
MARCH 13, 2019
This issue happens with all sorts of files like image, movie, or music file. Computer files are available in different formats and they have to be converted from one format to another in order to view them.
Connection Cafe
APRIL 23, 2014
By Scott Gilman : Louisville Cardinals, horse racing, nonprofits, music, movies, various rants. Think Speed-Dating, Not Dinner and A Movie. Movie lover & Tech geek. Due to the incredible response we received the last time we brought together leading nonprofit experts to share their best fundraising insights, we decided to do it again!
gokubi.com
MARCH 19, 2009
Here’s a short movie explaining how we’re doing multi-payment Opportunities and dealing with complex nonprofit accounting. Watch it here.
SocialFish
APRIL 21, 2015
My son was playing with his latest Lego set the other night and I had to do a double take (see the photo below): He was building a Lego set… from a movie about building Lego sets. (I Content from the movie was repurposed into smaller chunks and distributed as unique sets (content).
Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director
APRIL 3, 2019
Users can share movies, videos, music, and game files. We live in an era of scientific advancements and in the field of information and technology science is developing in leaps and bounds. Nowadays, more and more people are using the internet for all their day to day transactions.
NonProfit Hub
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
Movie screenings. Freeform is streaming Christmas movies 24/7 throughout all of December, so check the schedule online and choose a good night to show one on the big screen.
AFP Blog
AUGUST 28, 2006
CharityVillage® Research: Communications: Content is king online : "Content is king online Pattie LaCroixBy Pattie LaCroix August 28, 2006 You remember the days when flash movies on a web site were all the rage? Remember having to wait through long loading times just to view the same flash movie over and over again every time you came to the same web site?
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