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Video Marketing on Social Media: Best Practices & Inspiration for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Animoto even offers special pricing and Storyboard templates for non-profits. Square videos provide 78% more space in social feeds than landscape and they don’t require that the user tilt their phone to view it in full-screen. Thousands of non-profits have used Animoto , an online video maker, to market themselves.

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6 Video Marketing Tips For Nonprofits

NonProfit Hub

Storyboard It Out. Conducting research will help you develop an idea, after which it’s important to sketch it out in a storyboard. It helps to be detailed in this section, but you may want to leave some room for flexibility if you find that one part doesn’t work so well during shooting. Don’t Forget Audio. Be Genuine.

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Even More Ways to Tell Your Story with Your Smartphone

Tech Soup

These apps can give your volunteers, donors, and constituents an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the important work that you do. Vine has arrived on Windows Phone , which is excellent news as many of the Nokia Windows Phones are equipped with high-end cameras. What's New. More Apps to Consider. Montaj (iOS).

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How Nonprofit Staff Training Is Evolving Due to COVID-19

Top Nonprofits

How do we complete work, training, and more on one strained WiFi connection? The mass migration to working from home, new terms like “social distancing” and “N95/KN95 masks,” and Zoom-based schooling are all buzzwords. You’ve had to adjust to this pandemic-era lifestyle in both your personal and working life— and do so quickly.

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In Search of Bachelors and Philanthropy in Rural Alaska and Video Story Capture Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After walking around town, we discovered that one of the bachelors, Todd Basilone, owner of Mountain High Pizza Pie, was at work. If the latter, I have a storyboard in my head and edit as I go. It’s much easier now with smart phones and the flip cameras. Some Tips. Sharing the Story.

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Flickr As Presentation Tool: Screencast #2

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After a few phone calls back and forth between my video host tech support and the cable company and a visit by the cable man with a new modem, I was finally able to get this sreencast uploaded today. My work flow. I created a storyboard with small scenes. I'm wondering if it took a frustratingly long time for you to download?

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NTEN and SalesForce Screencast: Learnings About the Interview/Documentary Approach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I made a few tests to see how it might work I also got some advice from Jon Udell. One thing I learned just two weeks ago from a phone call to the TechSmith tech support guy is that the.wmv files from Ready/Talk can be run through microsoft media encoder - so they could be pulled into Camtasia and edited.