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[Guide] Creating Video for Nonprofits

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

You don't even have to go to a store to buy a camera, you can just shoot film on your phone. How do you think about sound when you’re creating a video? Sound inspires me. Aside from music, the quality of your audio is really key. What are the biggest challenges when you’re creating video? Now, anybody can do it.

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Smart Canes: Bringing High Tech to a Common Assistive Tool

Tech Soup

Researchers are trying to make these canes "smarter" by adding a GPS, facial recognition software, and a camera. The XploR's camera and facial recognition software work together, and the researchers claim that it can recognize a face from 30 feet away. If it finds one, it will alert the user via a Bluetooth earpiece.

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Make Your Videos Better

Tech Soup

Visit TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Challenge for more great resources on creating effective videos for your organization. A good camera is easily the most expensive item you’ll need, and the most essential, but you don’t have to break the bank on professional-level equipment. Want to make editing easier?

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Video

Tech Soup

An effective nonprofit video can be as simple as a Flickr photo stream set to an audio track or a really great interview. However, one aspect of quality, sound quality, did warrant mention. Today's smartphones have fairly sophisticated built-in video cameras and editing tools that, if used wisely, can create great movies.

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My Learnings from the Boston Media Makers Meeting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some techniques that I learned about that I want to put into practice in future work: Capturing secondary audio with an external mic and recorder and then synching them during the editing process. How to make the transitions smoother without that annoying burp sound or without it abrupting stopping midstream. When is it best to ???shot

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Video Making for Nonprofits

The Modern Nonprofit

But producing a great video is a real challenge: you must create compelling content, shoot and edit your footage so that it comes across as professional and engaging, and then promote your video so it can make the most impact. Facebook does not play sound automatically, and these captions can pull in a lot more viewers. Use subtitles.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

isn't as negative as it sounds. He notes they were all taken with a Sony Picturebook mini-laptop with built-in camera. " Nancy White's slides from TALO and some audio from Nothern s about the new rules for online communities. Other sectors, like philanthropy, have vocabularly challenges as well.

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