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Third Anniversary of Screencasting: Micro Screencasting? Jing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Reading Jon Udell's blog and discovered that today is the third anniversary of the term screencast! Here's a screencast to mark the date. He reflects on the genre and how people are using it and the significance of jing from Tech Smith, a screencasting application that makes it very easy for anyone to do a screencast.

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Quick Tips for Improving Screencasts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am so thrilled that Michele Martin has started screencasting because I'm sure I'll learn something. This tip caught my eye: Use fixed width to capture and auto pan Ideally, for most situations, when creating a screencast it is best to use a fixed region (640 wide by 480 high) and set the screen recording to autopan. Very sparingly.

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Screencasting Primer Published on Idealware and TechSmith Screencast of the Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am delighted that I have an article, An Introduction To Screencasting published over at Idealware. Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm not blogging to this for self-promotion. I'm screaming it from the rooftops to thank Laura Quinn for her editorial insights and for publishing it! And you know what? She didn't pay me.

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Giveaway: A License for Techsmith's Screencasting Tools - Camtasia and Snagit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Two years ago, I got little obsessed with screencasting hoping that more nonprofits would use the tools for training materials or maybe even fundraising. The good folks at TechSmith have given me a free license for Snagit (screencapture tool) and Camtasia (the screencasting editing and capture suite) to give away to a nonprofit.

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New Screencast: Google AdWords and SalesForce Integration

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NTEN and SalesForce.Com Foundation sponsored my latest screencast called "Leveraging New Audiences for Nonprofits" (using GoogleAdWords and SalesForce Integration). And, now for some reflections on the screencasting process. I haven't seen many screencasts. I've add some of those to the screencasting primer.

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Jon Udell Answers My Screencast Question!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" A long-delayed response to Beth Kanter's Screencasting Question " let alone get a detailed and informative answer to a screencasting question.! About a month ago, I started to experiment with how to do the "conversational" screencast that is Jon's signature. So, I blogged it. Unfortunately, I can???t

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Screencasting of Tacit Knowledge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

John Udell articulates a reason why screencasting is really cool: In my talk I suggested that this kind of unconscious transmission of tacit knowledge may be a key rationale for the practice of pair programming. To translate into nonprofit tech language - screencasting creates shoulder-to-shoulder training in a social networking way.