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Tips for nonprofits from Candid’s year of TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts 

Candid

Today, we are celebrating our first anniversary of short-form video on TikTok , Instagram Reels , and YouTube Shorts. What began as a three-month experiment has now blossomed into a consistent social media video production program. Here is a snapshot of what happened and our tips for creating short-form videos at your nonprofit.

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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

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Note – Photos or a video of your characters are HIGHLY recommended. Pictures and Videos Can be Worth a Thousand Dollars They can also be worth a thousand words. Photos and videos are crucial to the success of your story. Some of the most compelling images and videos are snapped in an instant on a smartphone.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. Thanks to the generosity of these funders, we were able to identify 13 groups where duplicative questions are present using several human-guided machine learning techniques. You can find Robinson's scripts used in this analysis here.

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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

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Okay, here’s one more technique that can work. It’s a great idea to prepare an outline to follow, or a script to rehearse, so that you’ll be confident, clear, and determined! In person or video chat , you can talk about the weather, ask them about hobbies or interests, or catch up with them if you know them personally.

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Jonny Goldstein's Shooting Techniques

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm pleased to present my fourth installment in my interview series with famous video bloggers about video blogging techniques that nonprofits or others might use. In this segment I interview Jonny Goldstein about how to shoot video without shooting yourself in the foot in the editing room. Jonny's tips include: 1.

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TSDigs: Creating Impact & Effective Storytelling Tweet Chat Recap

Tech Soup

It’s the goal of every nonprofit that creates a video – creating a video that has impact. Examining what makes video have an impact was the topic of TechSoup’s recent Digital Storytelling Challenge tweet chat. Creating a short video that has meaningful impact might seem daunting but isn’t impossible.

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What Video Style is Ideal for Your Hybrid Event?

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Because a hybrid event can be so engaging and the video elements of that event can be used as a lead generation tool and future webinar, you want to make sure that you consider using high-quality equipment and hiring a professional event videographer. Ways a Hybrid Event Will Use Video. Why Does Video Style Matter? .

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