Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. A topic covered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , video can be a powerful tool for. While video is an effective medium, the perceived costs of equipment and editing tools coupled with the question of what will.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2016

A compelling story makes a video stick with its audience, but if it looks poorly made, nobody's going to watch it. No matter your budget or movie-making skills, you can find the right combination of equipment for your nonprofit or public library. Most of the modern smartphones' cameras can shoot high-resolution video.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 18, 2013

Feel confident being able to effect change in your organization with video. These 5 tips from Atomic Training can help you get on your way to producing effective videos. 1) Plan ahead: Coming up with an engaging video from being to end might be a bit overwhelming - planning ahead can save you a lot of time in the end.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2012

Submissions for the 2012 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge have closed, but the fun has just begun! So who are these hard-working digital storytelling junkies? Let's meet the folks who will decide which one-minute videos and five-photo slide shows take home these excellent award donations from our generous partners.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Mark your calendars for TechSoup Global's Digital Storytelling Online Event ! The Digital Storytelling Online Event discussions will occur in the TechSoup forums with expert hosts from the webinars. But it doesn’t have to be a bland, corporate-sounding video or canned sound bite. 10/1: Digital Storytelling Challenge kickoff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Note from Beth: After you read this guest post, you’ll have lots of great tips for your nonprofit’s video. And don’t forget, The 5th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards is now open for submissions from members of the YouTube Nonprofit Program until March 2nd. The HD DSLR video revolution is here.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Flip Video has partnered with TechSoup to make its pocket-sized digital camcorders available to 501(c)(3) libraries and nonprofits in the United States. Flip Video's simple camcorders can be used by people with any level of video experience to create, edit, and share movies. Go to TechSoup Stock to check it out!

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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. Why we love video. 80% of people remember a video ad they viewed in the past 30 days.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The final installment of TechSoup’s Digital Storytelling Challenge webinar series covered video post-production and editing. Arguably, one of the more challenging aspects of digital storytelling required a slight departure from past webinars. Many storytellers begin the video post-production process on their computers.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

TechSoup’s digital storytelling challenge is open between now and September 26, 2014. Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story. They are holding digital storytelling events all month! Join our global tweet chat on September 4 for the best examples of nonprofit storytelling. No local group?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

The art of storytelling though, and documenting an event or a slice of time is, of course, not restricted to bound pages. Stories surround us on the radio, in newspapers, in our music boxes, in short web videos and on large screens in movie theatres. We scrape it together. Our stories come from our heart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

” A wink and nod to a famous novel and movie in Brasil about a women with two husbands named Marcleo. Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. The audience laughed. Content is king.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The second webinar of the TSDigs event series focused on video production. Capture Video the Way the Pros Do. Neff began by advising organizations to approach capturing video much as a professional director would. The same principles that make a good movie also make a good nonprofit video. Think in frames.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The second webinar of the TSDigs event series focused on video production. Neff began by advising organizations to approach capturing video much as a professional director would. The same principles that make a good movie also make a good nonprofit video. Like sound, light is very important to your video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2009

I've been away from making media for a little bit and so it is nice to come back to it with a little perspective on how cameras and video editing have gotten so much easier. I made a movie about another interesting piece of technology that is on my desk called The Watt Stopper. For example, storytelling. FLIP Camera.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2016

For example, check out this amazing video that tells the story of a volunteer at The Salvation Army by documentary filmmaker Vladimir Pcholkin. And with this video, he connects you directly with this volunteer's powerful story. And with this video, he connects you directly with this volunteer's powerful story.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Nonprofits have been using videos to fundraise for a long time now. Did you know that 57% of people who watch a nonprofit video go on to give? Which is why it’s important to create Giving Tuesday videos. Get started on your Giving Tuesday videos by following the tips below. What’s the video’s purpose? Storyboard.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 4, 2007

Two of the articles that most influenced me were written by Don Carson, Disney imagineer turned video game designer, about "environmental storytelling." (You But incorporating good environmental storytelling techniques from the game world doesn't mean you have to put on mouse ears (or a trenchcoat).

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Concentrating on your storytelling skills and getting the word out to your donors is the best way to guarantee your campaign’s success! Book entertainment like a live band and add in videos of your emcee showing off various auction items to drive bids and give your participants a better idea of what they’re bidding on. Game-a-thon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2007

Click here to play video. Because there are only two audio tracks and the volume control adjusts the audio on both for the entire movie, this was hard to do. (I With moviemaker, it is a pain to move around the little bits of audio, pictures and video in the timeline without the program crashing or completely messing things up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

I just love this video introduction from the good folks from Freedom for IP. Marnie Webb tagged " Stories for Change ," an online community of digital storytellers. Here's YouTube video about Ruby on Rails vs Java (in the style of an apple ad). The NpTech Summary.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Newspapers, magazines, and blogs focus on storytelling. When you work with local media, make sure your messaging and branding are consistent, whether your story or advertisement appears in print, via video , or on the local radio station. Invest in paid online advertising. Set expectations about flexibility.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the past, nonprofit infographics were long and dense with data, but moving forward mini-infographics designed for social media and short-form video format could provide a much-needed boost in organic reach and engagement on social media. In 2024, infographics are primed to make a comeback.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

They’ve been mentioned in television shows and movies since their conception. 6 billion nonprofit videos viewed in 2016. 68% of nonprofit video watchers view similar videos within 30 days. Among millennials, YouTube accounts for 2/3rds of the premium online video watched across devices.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 31, 2007

Similarly, in a video game, you are controlled by the time of the game—the time you have until your energy bar goes to zero or all the aliens are killed. If a video game tells you a bomb will go off in 30 minutes unless you pass the level, it energizes you. Tags: storytelling game. Where do you cast your vote?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

With more than 250 million blogs in existence and countless online news outlets worldwide, your new media manager must excel at writing and have the ability to expand their storytelling, marketing, and fundraising content beyond traditional blog writing. Record a video of your office or facilities. Write Book and Movie Reviews.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Consider the example posed in the Peter Sellers movie Being There. Some video games have taken advantage of this by pairing the player with a weaker, needy partner whom the player must protect and take care of. Tags: storytelling game visitors. If you treat someone like an expert, they'll start believing in their own expertise.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

If you're thinking about trying out TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge by making a 90 second video about your charitable work, uploading it to YouTube, and sending the link to us, you might find Adobe Story Free useful. Adobe Story Free is a solid free tool to help with that part of video preproduction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2018

The conversation with Yeshi is “smart,” meaning that she asks and answers questions with a variety of images, maps, text, and videos. Amazon and Netflix use algorithms to manipulate our choices of books and movies. Emotions have always had an appropriate place in storytelling for fundraising, we give because we are empathetic beings.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

2) Storytelling: The iPad offers a new format for one-on-one sharing of compelling interactive stories. Showing a lawmaker a photo slideshow, short video, animation, or visualization will feel more natural on a panel than on a laptop. For books, Apple is using ePub - a free, open standard for delivering electronic publications.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Branding themselves as the “Play” button for the Web, Wibbitz automatically converts text-based posts and articles into engaging, interactive videos so your supporters “never have to read again.” Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. Wibbitz :: wibbitz.com.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Art in Action provides a supportive, positive place for young leaders to cultivate leadership through dance, theater, music, spoken word/poetry, painting, storytelling, and media arts." Free Range is known for being the most successful cause-based viral movie makers ever. Sure, we created The Meatrix and Grocery Store Wars.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2023

They can be presented as PDFs, videos, interactive web pages, online booklets, or in other unique formats. Include photos or videos to show what your efforts looked like. Follow these steps to create an effective video: Be picky about your videographer. As you review your top options, carefully examine their past videos.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2006

If you need a laugh over your coffee or lunch break today, here are links to two Internet movies that are good for a chuckle. Ickes, to post the Fund's video "Vote for Change." He told me about their recent Internet movie, "Petrolius: The Oil Habit," a spoof oil commercial. video internet movie politics nonprofit net2

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