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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Graphics and Video

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There are some very interesting comparisons to make in this realm, and, I’d say first off, that the proprietary tools are in the lead, for sure. I’ll start with basic graphics – graphic manipulation tools. And, honestly, they are very good tools, and considered industry standards. It plays everything.

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Excellent Use of Video in A Personal Fundraising Campaign

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He documented it on film several versions are available, including a higher quality quicktime - The Water Buffalo Movie. It is a terrific example of story telling and use of video as tool to support a personal fundraising campaign.

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Learning Journal: Experimenting With Adding Music to Web Videos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lack of technical skills or software tools in cutting, splicing, fading the audio and weaving it with the video track. Here I found phosphor by Francesco Stablum and decided to incorporate it into the video I created to practice my music skills. They also suggested picking the music first if making a music video.

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Connect with TechSoup at NCVS!

Tech Soup

Elliot will be talking with participants about technology planning for nonprofits, and Evonne and Susan will be talking about interactive online events and social media tools. Check this chart for a comparison of web conferencing tools. Crossplatform and Multichannel Integration: Tools, People, and Information.

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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. I originaly produced this at 800x600 as a SWF with highest quality audio/video and the resulting file was a whooping 72,000 KB.

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Guest Post by Alan Levine: Social Media Recap from NMC 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

However I wanted to record, primarily for my own sake, while fresh in my mind a recap of the social media tools we used (and other related factors) for our conference. Most of this follows what we provided for attendees as our “conference tech tools”. I resisted using the title of “report card”. Previously, On NMC….

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Two Short Films for a Laugh

Have Fun - Do Good

Ickes, to post the Fund's video "Vote for Change." You can watch it with Quicktime or Windows Media here , or watch it on YouTube. It is pretty amazing how viral videos have become an integral part of outreach for political and social change organizations. video internet movie politics nonprofit net2