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

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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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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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Another Nonprofit Screencaster Spotted: ClickTools Screencast at Gokubi

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Here's a screencast from Gokubi Blog that demos a data analysis tool called Clicktools.

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New Screencast: Google AdWords and SalesForce Integration

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

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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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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.

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Stephen Downes' First Screencast: It's On Web2.0 and Personal Learning

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I was delighted to discover Stephen Downes screencast created with Camtasia for several reasons. I'm interested because it is what I attempt to do with my blog, screencasting, and all the other web 2.0 Second, I'm always happy to see another screencaster, particularly one with great content, take the step of learning Camtasia.

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Screencast of the Week: Foxy Tunes

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I'm obsessing about screencasts - I'm learning, creating, making mistakes, and even beginning to like this rabbit I jumped down. I need to do the same for screencasts. So, I've decided to start a weekly post "Screencast of the Week" using the tag "scotw" This screencast comes from FoxyTunes.

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Excellent Collection of Social Media How To Screencasts

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VideoJug - Life Explained on Film is an excellent site for instructional videos and screencasts on a wide range of topics, including some fantastic how-to content for social networks and other tools. How To Download YouTube Videos. The example above is one that plucked from the socialnetworking tagged videos.

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New Screencast: Web Analytics Demystified: A Primer for Nonprofits

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I'm pleased to announce that I have completed the screencast, sponsored by NTEN , on Google Analytics! Holly Ross for suggesting the topic and understood that it takes more than a week or two to make a screencast! I was a little scared to make a screencast about something that I knew nothing about. (I Else sometimes you???ll

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The Jing Project: Embed Screencasts Into Conversation

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It was very liberating for me to create a screencast like this -- no storyboard, script, no retakes. I'm working on a screencast and it might be excellent way to do research or share implicit geek shoudlder-to-shoulder knowledge across the Internet. The content that I cover in the screencast, btw, is a quick peek at two Facebook apps.

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My Slides from the Screencasting Session and Please Vote.

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These are my powerpoint slides from the Screencasting Session at NTC. My favorite quote about the session was from Jason Zannon at Democracy in Action: Beth Kanter delivers herself of a tour de force on screencasting. I've heard that there will be more screencasting or at least one as this blogger notes. no more than 3.5

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Using Web Conferencing Software To Create A Screencast

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I'm working on a screencast (Google Analytics) and I'm not an expert in using the software. Do you stick to your comfort zone and only make screencasts on the topics that you know like the back of your hand or do you stretch and venture into a topic or software that is not only new territory but may be difficult to learn?

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

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Add Beth's Blog: Screencasts to your page. High bandwidth version on screencast.com Screencast Wiki. I'm pleased to announce that the second screencast is now available. Now comes the reflection on the process, the craft of screencasting. about his editing process for a screencast that uses this interview technique.

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Screencast: Call for Blog Actors!

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I'm researching for a screencast that I will shoot over the next few weeks on the topic of widgets that can be used for your blog to enable conversation or support nonprofit programs. I'm looking for widgets that can easily add any of the following features: Integrating calendar or events info on your blog.

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Filtering Your Feeds: Marshall's Yahoo Pipes Screencast

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Go no further than this excellent screencast from Marshall Kirkpatrick. Are you using RSS to listen, but want to know how to fine tune your listening skills? Why would you ever want to use Yahoo Pipes you might be wondering? Let's say that you have mastered using an RSS reader like bloglines or google reader or event NetVibes to read feeds.

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Flickr As Presentation Tool: Screencast #2

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View the Screencast here. As a follow up to last week's screencast on how to use flickr as a visual resource, here is a post about how to share your wonderfully visual powerpoints with others via your blog or flickr. Since I already invested a bit of time, I figured what the hell, I'll make a screencast.

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Technorati Tag Bookmarklet: The Screencast

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I thought this might be a good experiment for my screencasting sandbox. So, here's my first incredibly sloppy and choppy screencast of how to use this neat little bookmarklet. understanding screencasting software and creative process, like vlogging, is a time sink. I've been researching screencasting software.

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

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Photo from my flickr stream View the Tagging Screencast Presented by NTEN. I'm pleased to announce that my screencast about tagging has been released and showcased by NTEN ! I hope to share some simple and fun ways to create "shoulder-to-shoulder" instructional media for the panel on Screencasting at NTC I'm doing.

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10 Twitter Apps for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Screenr : Instant screencasts for Twitter. Now you can create screencasts for your followers as easily as you tweet. Your screencasts play everywhere, even on iPhones. For an example, see a BubbleTweet by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. With Screenr’s web-based recorder, there’s nothing to download.

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How To Make Your Content More Shareable: Screencast

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I decided to make a quick screencast. These options might be called " Social Media Optimization " (more here ). Nick asked the question. I replied by email with a cc to Michele. I saw this on her blog. She responded with the instructions (I posted here ). Now, I have some questions.

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Attention Trust Extension: The Screencast

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I made my second screencast of the experience while I still had a few days left on the free trial of the expensive software. It's now time to learn more about the concept, by following the blog and wiki as well as connect with community. Technorati Tags: attention , nptech , net2. I was able to dig deeper into the editing functions.

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Screencast: Using Widgets to Build Community on Blogs Featured on NTEN Blog

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Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." I'm so excited!

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Screencast Treatment: Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission

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I have been knee deep researching and thinking about Web Analytics in general and Google Analytics in particular for a third screencast in a series I'm doing for NTEN. The other two included my tagging and widgets screencasts). The screencast will include a companion wiki with resources to aid further explanation.

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Beth's Blog: Screencasting Primer: For NTC Screencasting Panel

AFP Blog

A great primer on screencasting from Beth Kanter's blog.Beth's Blog: Screencasting Primer: For NTC Screencasting Panel: "Screencasting Primer: For NTC Screencasting PanelI'm presenting on a panel about ccreencasting at the NTC on April 5th at 1:30 PM. Here's the primer:".

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Idealware: Introduction to Screencasting

AFP Blog

Beth Kanter on Screencasting via IdealwareIdealware: Introduction to Screencasting: "An Introduction to ScreencastingBy Beth Kanter, March 2007Screencasts – movies that capture tasks performed on a computer – can be powerful communication and training tools, and you don’t need to be a Hollywood filmmaker to create them.

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Nonprofit explainer videos: 4 tips to inspire supporters

Candid

Screencast: Record a demonstration of your social impact-focused product or service in action, using zooming and scaling to highlight specific capabilities. Consider the following styles of explainer videos: Animation: Use graphics and animations to communicate abstract or intangible ideas.

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Fundraising CRM vs. Fundraising Platform: What’s the difference?

Qgiv

Reach and engage more donors with outbound messaging Raise more with automated reminders that encourage gift completion Send personalized campaign messages to the right people at the right time Create an engaging experience during events with live screencasts. Final thoughts.

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Need Some Inspiration To Video Blog? Look no further.

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Screen capture of video blog I was an early adopter of video blogging and screencasting. I really miss making videos and screencasts. Then when I heard that the WFP was using Camtasia Suite to edit, the video software I used for many years to create screencasts, I'm going to give Camtasia and FLIP HD video shots a try.

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How to convert your Facebook Profile into a Facebook Page

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It’s where I found the above really useful screencast. That’s about when I also started following folks who were doing social media for animal welfare organizations, like colleagues Carie Lewis and Jon Dunn – and when I discovered ASPCAPRO. Many nonprofits have set up individual profiles instead of pages by accident.

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Embedding A YouTube Video in Power Point

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It isn't that hard to do and the above screencast will show you how. I've always had an elegant solution - include a hyper link to the YouTube Page. I just discovered a way to embed the video directly in a slide. You need Powerpoint 2007 and a live Internet connection in order to make it work.

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Vote for Sean Power for Web Analytics Association Board: Give Nonprofits A Voice

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A couple years ago, I made a screencast about Google Analytics for Nonprofits. Dave Amos from Idealist , Laura Whitehead , Jonathon Colman , Laura Lee Dooley , Avinash Kaushik (who let me get away with misprouncing his name), Jeremiah Owyang , Eric Peterson (who liked the title of the screencast), and Jim Sterne.

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Camtasia and the Chipmunks

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Christine Martell has been teaching herself how to screencast and completed her first screencast. What's really impressive is that it made Screencast of the Week over at TechSmith , the makers of the software. Maybe that would be an interesting add-on to a screencast after you've shown them the right way.

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I added the Google Analytics Screencast to my FaceBook Profile!

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What you see above is my Facebook profile. I don't know why, but when I got my first invitation to Facebook back in September, I just ignored it. I thought I was too old. In February, I started to get more and more invitations from people I knew, so I decided to flesh out my profile.

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What A Second Grader Knows About Creative Commons Licensing.

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Here's the screencast. Screencasting turned three years old over the weekend and I wanted to acknowledge Michael Pick's post and also thank Betsy Weber for the screencast of the week. So, here's another application -- as a digital scrapbook to document what your kids learn!

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Will this video editing software also do my laundry?

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I'm in the process of preparing material for the Screencasting Session at NTC (BTW, I'm presenting with Ian Miller from C3 who is sponsoring the NTC Video Contest last call). You can create screencasts using both approaches. I think that is where the power of screencasting for nonprofits lies. Is there a way?

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Create Dynamic Online Trainings: Webinar Recap

Tech Soup Blog

She also shared some recommended tools for online training delivery, including email, screencasting , and online meeting software. She discussed how to determine the type of online training for your audience, how to get organized, and tips for recording. Links to these tools can be found on the webinar archive page.

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Showing YouTube Videos Offline

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I'm glad I went to the trouble of having a backup plan, particularly for the Screencasting Session at NTC which include showing some screencast. Michael Stein (East Coast), who attended the session, emailed me today and asked how I managed to download the screencasts on YouTube. What I did was download local copies.

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