Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. London, United Kingdom: Digital Storytelling. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Digital StoryTelling en Guatemala. Portland, Oregon: Secret Knowledge of Open Source.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 16, 2011

Open Source Zanby Announcement | Zanby.com – I'm so very excited to see this group/community platform go open source! To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Kitchener, Ontario: Promoting Open Source. Raleigh, North Carolina: Nonprofit Storytelling: What You Need to Know. Birmingham, United Kingdom: November Meetup: Open-Source Tools. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Getting the Most Mileage from Annual Reports. Monday, October 17, 2016. Tuesday, October 18, 2016.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

Our annual Storymakers digital storytelling challenge. Three Affordable Solutions: Using Open Data and Open-Source Data Science to Reach Your Goals — Friday, March 25 — 10:30 a.m. Are you curious about how to use open-source tools and free open datasets to better deliver on your mission?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2009

When I asked her what did you think would be most useful, she urged me to "open source my creative process." I thought it would be a great oppotunity to reflect on process and help others. Andy is a master at storytelling. I use a variety of techniques to do this, but one of my favorites is to create a story.

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2011

Penguin Days are designed to let nonprofits and social justice activists learn about free and open source software that can support their work and potentially save them money, including tools for web publishing, fundraising, blogging, and campaigning. We’d love to see you there!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 2, 2015

As part of the success services team, I have the fortune of working with the very best and brightest online fundraising, web design, social media, open source development and digital marketing professionals in the world—all rolled up under one amazing team called Blackbaud Interactive @BBinteractive.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Socialbrite.org is built in WordPress, the popular open source blogging platform. Services include conducting in-depth workshops, working with senior staff to develop a social media strategy, and crafting campaigns to reach contributors and supporters through Twitter, Facebook and digital storytelling, among other modern approaches.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Toronto, Ontario: Storytelling. Austin, Texas: CiviCRM: Free, Open-Source CRM for Nonprofits and Startups. Burlington, Vermont: Join Us for "The Internet of Things" Monday, February 8, 2016. Kitchener, Ontario: Organizational Databases. Tuesday, February 9, 2016. Houston, Texas: Pizza, Beer, and Bitcoin.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

I picked it up by happenstance, I think because I had NOSI on my mind, and I was thinking about how to talk to people about open source and nonprofits. It basically only focuses on the last “S&# part of the first book: storytelling. The first book, called “ Made to Stick:Why Some Ideas Survive, and Others Die.&#

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See3

MAY 4, 2009

We unveiled our partnership with Kaltura, the first open-source video platform, to provide exceptional video solutions to nonprofits. Participants learned the ins-and-outs of pre-production, storytelling, and shooting. You Made a Video, Now What? View more presentations from See3. New Video Platforms for Nonprofits.

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2021

You might even use “World Storytelling Day” (March 20 th ) to tell the stories of those your organization has been able to help! You’ll get more control with this open-source software, but you’ll also benefit from having the backing of those larger companies behind you. The big reveal. Facebook and YouTube represent 3.4%

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Those familiar with Michelle's work in the nptech sphere understand that this non-open-source tool review is rare, so go take a gander and join the discussion in the comments! I had the honor of co-hosting the last session in the Social Media and Storytelling webinar series with TechSoup 's Kami Griffiths this week.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

We are an open source project, to pioneer 'community funded reporting.'” blog Streetside Stories Mission: "Through the power of storytelling, Streetside values and cultivates young people’s voices, fostering educational equity and building community, literacy and arts skills." People's Grocery blog, Brahm's Blog.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Podcasting is a storytelling medium; use it as the voice for your organization’s most compelling stories. Audacity (open source software for Windows, Linux, or Mac) and Garage Band (Mac only) are two of the most common tools podcasters use. Always focus on compelling storytelling first. Tools and Resources.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Morrisville, North Carolina: Nonprofit Storytelling: What You Need to Know. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Open-Source Software for Charities. Vancouver, British Columbia: Hands on with Google Analytics. Berkeley, CA: Apps4Change Demo Breakfast. Wednesday, November 16, 2016. San Francisco, California. Thursday, November 17, 2016.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 1, 2017

How to Respond to the Rise of the Open-Source Activism. From where I stand as a CSR professional, effectively working with open source activists looks like transforming from a Corporate Social Responsibility mindset to a Human Social Responsibility mindset. Three Action Steps. They demand authenticity and transparency.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2012

In conjunction with the third annual TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge , we are offering three free webinars to ensure you know the nuts and bolts of all the stages of production — and get your questions answered by the experts. storytelling, translating that story into a script or production. really make your story shine.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. It’s also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your website’s content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well. Email is a critical channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! Video The AFP Nonprofit Technology blog points to a story by Jennifer Gilomen from BAVC about digital storytelling techniques and tools for nonprofits in the NPTimes.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Thanks to the Internet, open data efforts, and open source software projects, a variety of free and low-cost tools are now available that allow NPO/community group staff to dive into mapping. Better Online Storytelling Designed by Roger O. April 27 , 2009 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 5.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Its also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your websites content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well. Email is a critical channel.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

My web developer colleague and enthusiastic blogger, Bob McDiarmid , told me that a majority of the charity nonprofit websites that he has seen are on either the Drupal or WordPress nonprofit open source platforms. Digital Storytelling 101: Blogs (TechSoup Canada). WordPress is the most commonly used blog platform.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Doctors Without Borders blog has plenty of examples of this type of captivating storytelling, including a gripping story about people fleeing violence in Sudan. The CARE blog also has many examples of multimedia storytelling. Anne is an advocate for open source and co-organizes the Bay Area Drupal Camp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

These were (as captured by blogger Marcia Stephanek ): Open Green Map , offered up by Holly Ross, helps communities map their eco-friendly spots, whether it's a bike rack or a solar-heated apartment complex or a public herb garden. Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. for awareness campaigns, staff and volunteer training, and creative storytelling and reporting. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Vine :: vine.co. Present.me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. for awareness campaigns, staff and volunteer training, and creative storytelling and reporting. Vinepeek gives you a glimpse of Vine’s potential for visual storytelling. Present.me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. for awareness campaigns, staff and volunteer training, and creative storytelling and reporting. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. Present.me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. for awareness campaigns, staff and volunteer training, and creative storytelling and reporting. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. Present.me.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

is a free open source application. Inkscape is another free open-source program that does much of what Adobe Illustrator. TechSoup Canada: Digital Storytelling 101: Photos & Graphics. It is not a cloud application. It’s an application you can download. It’s also a nonprofit project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Definitely a must-read, particularly the post by Steve Bridger on the power of storytelling. Personal Fundraising and Open Source Deductions Article in the Seattle Times about personal fundraising, Hoping To Help Darfur $1 at a Time that focuses on Darfurwall.org that has successfully raiased $30,000 in very small donations - $1 per person.

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Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Harassmap is a project that utilizes open-source mapping technology to allow women to report incidents of sexual harassment by sending a text message, an email or employing the Twitter hashtag, #harassmap. "It Will these women be tracked down? Can social media actually save lives and create a voice?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

My TechSoup Global colleague in Warsaw, Anka Kuliberda, reports that the biggest nonprofit tech story in Europe this past year were the anti-ACTA riots in several countries and also the Open Knowledge Festival. Data visualization, or presenting a picture of complex information, has been called the new storytelling for nonprofits.

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