Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

I have spent almost all day today testing different ways to compress and host video posts that might work where the Internet access is slow or if you are video blogging from an Internet cafe and the computer does not have windows movie maker on it. It was actually quite liberating not to be carefully scripted and staged.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

He did this by: Scripting a short introduction that kicks off each episode. Can we use free and inexpensive social media tools to create and test a beta version of our podcast? Who will serve as the voice of our nonprofit organization in our podcast?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

The very calm Preetamrai , the Southeast Asian Editor for Global Voices who is also attending and leading a workshop at the Cambodia Bloggers Summit told me about his very cool new app from Techsmith, JingProject. It was very liberating for me to create a screencast like this -- no storyboard, script, no retakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

If you're making a screencast, and you end up having a vertical monopoly on the process (you write the script, do the filming, operate the mouse, do the editing, and produce it), you need to become a super learner. I made a few tests to see how it might work I also got some advice from Jon Udell. This became the case study in Act 3.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Before your presentation, take the time to record some video tests on the platform you are using with a few parts of your presentation. Eileen on energy levels: “You want to change up the sound of your voice and the visual variety of the slides, so people stay with you. It’s not your script. A slightly elevated energy level.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I’ve tested it. Test, test, test. Test everything in your email. Test every link in your donation form. Test every link on your path to your donation form on your website. You’re going to start writing everything and testing it and scheduling it in October. . So humor me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Before your presentation, take the time to record some video tests on the platform you are using with a few parts of your presentation. Eileen on energy levels: “You want to change up the sound of your voice and the visual variety of the slides, so people stay with you. It’s not your script. A slightly elevated energy level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

When the IDEO team was working on a new financial tool for a project in Mexico, they used Lean Startup’s focus on Customer Development to test it with real potential customers. During the 2012 Obama Campaign, the online team continually tested and refined their communications efforts. In the following test we had two photos.

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Neon CRM

JULY 5, 2023

Harnessing the power of AI to generate or enhance content can help you create compelling posts while maintaining your unique voice and style. It doesn’t have to be fancy, scripted, or complicated. That can help you guide the future of your organization and give your users a voice. The key is authenticity.

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