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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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Kyle Henri Andrei is a research assistant at Idealware and is a recent graduate of communications at Indiana State University. He authored a newly-published article comparing A Few Good Tools for Video Editing , as well as this blog post with tips on making video better. Start out with better video footage.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

In the past few years, we've seen the transformation from long to extremely short-form digital content like that on Vine and Instagram, and we've experienced the rise and fall of numerous storytelling apps never to be seen or heard of again. Please visit the site to view this video). Please visit the site to view this video).

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

volunteer fundraisers to brush up on your storytelling abilities. . Add a visual element with images and videos. Communicate with your audience by showing engaging photos of your work or a testimonial. Stick to one photo or image, and keep the text appeal short. . Millennial Impact Report. As of 2019, 90.4%

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

So without further ado, meet our judges, a collection of storytelling experts who will be choosing our awardees. Joaquin was the founding director of the Institute for Next Generation Internet, which launched in 2005 from San Francisco State University. We’ve been inspired and moved by your stories. Vanessa Chase. Mikey Leung.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The campaign rebuked and said they had no ill intent with this design, that they’d simply dropped the photo down to black and white to show contrast between the candidates and that the point of the flyer is to contrast them. There’s a lot of videos out there that exist of a lot of these encounters. Amy Costello: Thank you.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Lots of organizations now use Creative Commons licensing, including the World Bank , Wikipedia , and MIT plus many other universities. Take advantage of all of TechSoup's best digital storytelling resources. image images graphics photo digital storytelling visualization visual' We are in pretty good company.

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Steve Bridger

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Redesigning Charity for the Digital Age Skip to content Home More about Steve Bridger UK Charities Twitter 100 Colalife: make it real This neat little video is part of Colalife’s submission to Google’s Project 10 to the 100th - a call for ideas to change the world. Filed under ideas , video. Tagged colalife , video , water.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

Storytelling Isn't Enough – You Have to Tell Good Stories. The most surprising thing Steve Daigneault shared was M+R Strategic Service's tests on the effectiveness of storytelling. Use images and humor in storytelling. Making everyone at your organization a better storyteller. Photo: gfpeck.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

For example, if you always want to save photos that you take with Instagram to your Dropbox folder, IFTTT will automatically do that for you. Pinterest is a content sharing service that allows users to virtually “pin” photos, videos and other content onto virtual “boards.” Snapchat is an instant messaging app for photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2012

They wanted to share their stories on my blog and through video and photos. Here is their stories. These two young people both has personal stories to tell, having been about 5 years old at the time of the genocide and orphaned. They both are inspiring, hopeful, and determined to make the future of their country a better place.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 20, 2023

However, one effective way to break through the noise is to incorporate nonprofit video content into your digital marketing strategy. Video is a powerful medium that can maximize engagement across your marketing channels and inspire meaningful support on behalf of your cause. Let’s get started! Educate and inform audiences.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

There are universal best practices that can be applied to all social networks. To avoid being repetitive by listing these best practices in each of the chapters dedicated to social networks, those universal best practices are: 1. Prioritize storytelling over marketing. Visuals inspire higher interaction and engagement rates.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Gretchen graduated from the University of Nevada with a degree in English literature. Making a donation is a personal and emotional decision, and powerful storytelling is the best way to help a prospect form a connection with your cause. Your nonprofit should already be well-practiced at the art of compelling storytelling.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2019

We would love to see a representative of [insert respective Employer or University] at our upcoming conference”. A “hype” or “sizzle” video embedded into your email can help build anticipation for your event and encourage new attendees to get in on the fun. Their employer or school. —“We PROVIDE VISUAL INTEREST.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Nicholas Kristof brought out a few tears (at least from me) in his keynote session that covered everything from the value of storytelling, the struggle of partisan politics, Random Controlled Trials (RCT’s), the role of media for causes, demining rats, deworming children and teenage pregnancy rates in the Us compared to Europe. Take a Risk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

They are posting their introductions and photos here. Eduardo Bejar, of Fundapi , representing Yankana , one of the featured projects, says " Hola Mundo " with a photo of himself with his right foot on the southern hemisphere and left foot on the northern hemisphere. If you're on Facebook , search for the n2y2 group!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

When will you have the time to go back through hours of video to find and edit the interesting or meaningful parts. Photos matter. It’s the news of Beyonce’s pregnancy announced during the MTV Video Awards that takes the honor of #1. The Whale Hunt: A Storytelling Experiment by Jonathan Harris. But what’s the point?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

And when we are off the clock, we take virtual trips to foreign countries, cook on live-demo video calls, and shimmy around our living rooms with fellow Zumba dancers who could be anywhere in the world. Eileen Smith of Spokesmith, on empathy: “A great way to demonstrate you have values in common is through storytelling. Crank it up!

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Up your storytelling game. Provide engaging content that your supporters want to interact with and share with others— blog posts with human stories, striking images, videos that explain your mission, information on your volunteer program, event invitations, etc. Users create and share short videos overlaid with music and audio.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

They aren’t afraid to retweet relevant posts, or share photos. Go to their Twitter account and you will find some fantastic photos, not only taken by them but also those that have been shared by other relevant accounts. 6 billion nonprofit videos viewed in 2016. 68% of nonprofit video watchers view similar videos within 30 days.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

And when we are off the clock, we take virtual trips to foreign countries, cook on live-demo video calls, and shimmy around our living rooms with fellow Zumba dancers who could be anywhere in the world. Eileen Smith of Spokesmith, on empathy: “A great way to demonstrate you have values in common is through storytelling. Crank it up!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week, I was honored to deliver the lunch keynote at the 2014 TechNow Conference in Pittsburgh, PA organized by The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. (My Successful crowd funding depends on great storytelling. My trick for helping participants avoid a food coma is to get the audience moving ).

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

You can get a demo, you can watch videos, all kinds of cool things on our website. I don’t know how you find the time to do this, Elizabeth, in addition to your full-time job which is a lot, but you’re also an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. They are natural storytellers and advocates for your organization.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2017

There are many excellent online resources to help your nonprofit with creating graphics, infographics, videos, photo essays, and other types of digital storytelling. John is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco and Sonoma State University.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 10, 2022

The video landscape is evolving, and the pandemic prompted nonprofits to consider how video is planned, produced, presented and consumed. Video is predicted to account for 82% of all consumer internet traffic by 2022. The primary goal should always be high video engagement. Identify the type of video and production.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

A well-written story, image, video, or even statistic can do wonders in inspiring and engaging a potential donor. In fact, a study by Yale University found that data doesn't necessarily result in donations, but stories do! Brush up on your nonprofit storytelling skills. Image 1 : Startup Stock Photos / CC0.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2021

These are a few of the most common or universal metrics for measuring engagement, but also consider specific ways to measure engagement with your site’s unique features or offerings. Write blog posts, share image galleries, or even upload recorded videos from your last live-streamed event. Create new multimedia content.

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Achieve

AUGUST 6, 2019

As most fundraisers know, the key to getting people to care about a cause is through storytelling that conveys not only the issues, but demonstrates the real-world impact an organization is making to solve problems. What better way for a nonprofit to show their tangible impact than through strategically placed photos/videos on Instagram? .

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore."

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