Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2013

TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge is here! All April long, we're putting on events to sharpen your digital storytelling skills. Then, you submit your own short video (up to 90-seconds) or five-image slide show to our challenge to win prizes! San Francisco, CA, United States 11:00 a.m.

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APRIL 9, 2020

I remember that being a challenging transition for me when I started working from home in 2013. In addition to using Trello for The Storytelling Non-Profit, I use it personally for meal planning and household management. A story bank is central place to capture any text, audio, video and photos associated with a story.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2013

So, whether you are a social wallflower or a busy bee, visual storytelling allows your audience to see and engage with what you want them to. You are the storyteller. Storytelling is about inspired imagination, and there's nothing that inspires action more completely than a photo or video. You are the adventurer.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge kicks off this April combining a month of learning and friendly competition into a media-making challenge. Challenge participants create a short video (up to 90 seconds) or a five-image slideshow to enter for the chance to win prizes. Register for all three today.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

Stories are the currency of community. Here at TechSoup, we know that successful storytelling does not happen in a blink of an eye, out of thin air, or by pressing a magic button. first installment of our 2013 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge webinar series, Creating a Culture of Storytelling.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In September, the San Francisco Online Community Meetup welcomed Cara Jones , founder of Storytellers for Good , and JD Lasica , chief strategist at Socialbrite. Jones and Lasica spoke on the topic of using storytelling for community building. Principles of Storytelling. Give structure to your story. Aim for the heart.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is back and there are some great prizes in store for organizations with the most creative, compelling, and entertaining stories. However, before we can talk about prizes or even sending submissions, we need to cover how to create those digital stories.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

See3, YouTube, NTEN, and Cisco came together to award storytellers for their awesome work, celebrate the many organizations and individuals who submitted great video, and highlight the nonprofit community who participates. So, without further adieu, the 2013 Annual DoGooder Awards Go To. Winner of Best of Nonprofit Video Award.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

Although storytelling has become quite the buzzword, do you understand how it fits into your narrative? He gave a talk at the recent SXSW conference on "Moving from Story to Narrative." Hagel characterizes stories as having a clear beginning, middle, and end. Your Narrative and Digital Storytelling.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

TechSoup kicked off its 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge with the webinar Creating a Culture of Storytelling. The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. on how to get your organization started telling stories digitally.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2014

2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Participant - KI EcoCenter. Nonprofits can change the world through storytelling. But to do that, their stories need to stand out and be noticed. Super-short stories (sign-up link coming soon!) - 8/27. Get your story noticed (sign-up link coming soon!) - 9/10.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

In previous years, we called it our Digital Storytelling Challenge. We thought we’d ask some past winners to tell us about how they’ve been using their videos and how important storytelling is to their organization. Our story challenges get lots of attention. The Winners in Their Own Words.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. Thus, for 2013, please: 1) Ask for a raise. In 2013, I am focused on changing that. Good luck.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2016

It was a warm September day in 2013 and I was about an hour outside of Austin, TX on a bus heading to the airport. I remember telling him that I was ready to write a book on storytelling. Writing The Storytelling Non-Profit has been an intense, stressful, joyful, rewarding, challenging, and incredible experience.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

More than any other time of the year it's time for charities to tell their compelling story. Storytelling with Mobile Video. Tell Your Story. There are a ton of great nonprofit and library stories out there well worth a video or a million words. Watch for more details to come for the 2013 TSDigs soon.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Free registration to the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference , provided by NTEN. This year’s contest features a special category for all orgs, regardless of size: “Best Video Storytelling” will celebrate videos that employ narrative and tell the real, human stories of people, organizations, and issues.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. Self-starter who thrives on challenges.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. Self-starter who thrives on challenges.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 20, 2013

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. If you don''t market your business, you won''t have one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2013

If you are wondering about the different between these two platforms, here’s a good comparison from TechCrunch , but either platform your nonprofit needs to share compelling videos, that use good storytelling , and support your goals. Guest Post Storytelling Video' Charity Water. Watch Video: [link]. v/b5PTVUYQpXU.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has almost reached the end of 2013. In the coming months Net2Local will also be participating in the Digital Storytelling Challenge and more social media surgeries. August 2013. September 2013. October 2013. November 2013.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

To kick off TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge , we have compiled apps to help you showcase your organization in action. Also, make sure to follow TechSoup's Online Community Coordinator, Alexandra Bezdikian, as she tests the digital storytelling tools of the trade. More Resources.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

TechSoup Digital Storytelling. The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Contest is here! All April long, we’ll provide your organization with training and resources to tell its story digitally. Join in on the conversation and participate in our tweet chats and webinars around digital storytelling. TechSoup for Libraries.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Digital Storytelling Challenge. NetSquared organizers were jazzed by the Digital Storytelling Challenge. Ten Net2 groups held Digital Storytelling events in their community, with an estimated 360 attendees. Eight of the eleven cities in the digital storytelling global tweet chat were led by Net2 local organizers.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

There are ample opportunities for nonprofits to help inform, shape, and create stories for the media. According to the 2013 Foundation Center report , U.S. Readers experience the media through a more customized lens, underscoring the possibility of vertical news coverage and deeper storytelling. and James L. “As

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Mary Cahalane challenges organizations to do more asking. You know that in order to catch and keep the attention of new donors and current donors, you have to tell stories. Marc Pitman brings Master Storyteller, Lori Jacobwith, onto his blog to give 7 tips for sharing stories about your nonprofit work.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

The best fundraising strategic plan tells a complete, organized, and analytics-based story that your team can actually use to help your campaign be more successful. Don’t forget - despite the structured, sometimes mechanical feel a fundraising plan can have, storytelling does have a place in the planning process. Choosing your team.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Per Forbes, as of 2013 it’s a $5B worldwide industry. Long story short: The practice of crowdfunding is the practice of fundraising. Marketing matters and storytelling sells. We saw this with the ALS Ice Bucket challenge. The stories of inspiration and funny videos drove this phenomenon. Passion is key.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In my new series Designing for Good , we’ll chat with these innovators about their inspirations, challenges, and favorite tools. Even if we don’t go in those directions, the challenge of figuring out how to push something new whilst staying true to our voice is enjoyable. WHAT DO BOTH OF YOU DO AT MALARIA NO MORE?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

If you're thinking about trying out TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge by making a 90 second video about your charitable work, uploading it to YouTube, and sending the link to us, you might find Adobe Story Free useful. Once inside the Adobe Story Free online application I found it easy to use.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's no secret that we are advocates of digital storytelling at TechSoup. This April our 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge offers resources to sharpen your skills and an opportunity to enter your short video or five-image slide show by April 30 to win awesome prizes! A Jamboree of Tools. Sounding It Out.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice. Checklists.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. Gmail’s new inbox with its multiple inboxes is a useful new feature for users, but presents a challenge for charity newsletters.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

We saw the potential in this story and dispatched a reporter and photojournalist to interview the town's residents, write up a feature for our online newspaper, and create a photo essay. A month after the story was published, an email arrived from a writer at the New York Times who had discovered our feature and wanted to write it up.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

It's easy to see why Twitter wanted a foothold in the video messaging game — dynamic storytelling apps like Instagram and Cinemagram. less to tell your story. — Tenovus (@tenovuscancer) January 29, 2013. — Dogs Trust (@DogsTrust) January 25, 2013. — Diabetes UK (@DiabetesUK) March 1, 2013.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing. Coming immediately after the doGooder Video Awards is TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge (TSDIGS) coming April 1.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here’s what the buzz seems to be for 2013 from a nonprofit technology viewpoint. TechSoup's online community manager, Michael DeLong, also predicts that nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs will increasingly integrate an overall mobile strategy into their work in 2013. Mobile chip sales will overtake PC revenues in 2013.

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