Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Telling your organization’s story in video does not always require investing in expensive equipment. Advances in technology now mean that many nonprofits most likely have access to basic video storytelling tools. Mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, can be really powerful storytelling tools.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Tell your organization’s story. Tell your organization’s story. Kanopi’s healthcare website design guide recommends unifying your site’s design and branding decisions around a core message or story. If you feel your website could serve visitors more effectively, you might contemplate revamping it or even building a new one.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Recently, we''ve been talking at our museum about techniques for capturing compelling audio/video content with visitors. It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. How and why did Object Stories come to be?

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

Clubhouse—the invite-only, audio-based social application that’s been drawing in celebrities and expert thought leaders—facilitates widespread collaboration on global topics by allowing users to participate in different conversations on different topics in real-time. A reprieve from video fatigue. Key benefits.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A mobile-friendly design When building a nonprofit website, it’s easy to get caught up in the aesthetics and design of the web pages. One key aspect of this optimization is ensuring that your website is mobile-friendly. One key aspect of this optimization is ensuring that your website is mobile-friendly.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Client success story: We’ve seen plenty of examples of organizations that have switched from free fundraising solutions to Bloomerang and experienced a boost to their fundraising and donor management strategies. View Bloomerang’s customer results page for more success stories from organizations that have made the switch to Bloomerang.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2015

Both programs are lighter editions of Photoshop, Adobe's popular photo-editing application, and Premiere Pro, its robust video-editing application. The Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements bundle is ideal for organizations that want to quickly enhance photos and create movies to communicate their stories and their mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

Google PageSpeed Insights :: pagespeed.web.dev PageSpeed Insights is a free tool provided by Google that analyzes how fast your website loads and displays on mobile and desktop devices. The tools include a Donate button for pages, posts, and live videos as well as peer-to-peer Fundraisers. Video & Video Editing 1.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Have a strategy in place in case your internet goes out, such as a mobile hotspot or another host who can take over from a different location. During this phase: Check audio to make sure speakers sound loud and clear. If multiple people are speaking in the same session, ensure they all wear headphones to prevent audio feedback.

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

Many non-profits have embraced features such as forums, blogs, user profiles, and photo/video sharing as a means to extend their reach. These needs may relate to accessibility and the user-friendliness of your site for those with auditory, visual, cognitive or mobility impairments.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

Other tools you’ll likely invest in include an event registration tool, a livestreaming platform, eCommerce tool, and online/mobile auction tool— but the specifics will depend on the unique idea you decide to host. To give all donors an at-home virtual screening, consider livestreaming the video online. Social fundraisers.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 30, 2016

Although Facebook Live is simple to use (just tap the live broadcast icon while publishing an update from your mobile device), many nonprofits are understandably hesitant about this new form of unscripted content marketing. You will feel nervous – everyone feels nervous the first time they’re on video. You will survive.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

One major step to improving security of sensitive information was the recent development and release of Mobile Martus. Built on our Martus technology, Mobile Martus is designed to bring secure data collection, storage, and backup closer to activists working in the field. I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

So even when you're offline, you can still tell your nonprofit or library's story with SlideRocket. You can add flash animation, audio narration, YouTube videos, and polls to your presentations. They're more portable than a laptop, and they have larger display screens than mobile phones.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Test 3-4 new Facebook Ads: Test different ad types (promoted post, sponsored story, etc.), Media – Photos, Video, Audio. What are the short-term and long-term goals and objectives? Who are the target audiences? Commentary or Editorial.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

It's not enough to just share stories about your impact — how do you mobilize and engage people who are passionate about issues you're working on? Put People at the Forefront of Your Stories. Your audience will respond to stories that immediately grab their attention. Share their stories with your audience.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2012

Kelley Jarrett is market manager for Guide Creative , a design agency that serves nonprofits in creative design from strategy and branding to web and print design, social and mobile strategy to analyzing results for success. Allow users to consume information in multiple ways – video, imagery, text, interactivity, and audio.

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2022

Preview copy – This is the text on the line after the subject line of an email notification on your mobile device and even some desktops. Using powerful statistics and stories can demonstrate your mission impact and bring your mission to life. Example subject line: This is the year to [mission]. Demonstrate how they can participate.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) 3) Tailor the message for a mobile world.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 5, 2020

This is usually done with a clearly displayed menu with access to the most popular content and through appealing but unobtrusive media elements like images and video. Make sure your own site is: Mobile-optimized. of all web traffic came from mobile phones. Cater to the needs of your various audiences. In 2019, 52.2%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Twitter : A space where we can engage with the community, share ideas, ask for help, get feedback, listen to complaints, participate and mobilize people to help us with our vision of ‘a book in every child’s hand’. Example of Partham Books on mobile phones. Channels used: Twitter, Blog, Facebook.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

NPR did an amusing story on this biometric device. When someone rings the bell, it initiates what is basically a video call on your phone so you can answer your door anywhere in world. Fundraising social media nptech Mobile tssocialmedia tsfundraising tsmobiletechnology nonprofit technology news NPTech news' Anything we missed?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 e-Newsletter. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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M+R

MARCH 6, 2024

Mobile-first ads We saw at year-end that mobile-first display ads are flourishing for nonprofits because they align with the shifting digital landscape and provide targeted and visually compelling content. Added bonus: mobile display ads tend to be some of the most served creatives in the inventory!

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

This process produces data broadly defined, whether numeric, textual, or audio-visual, structured or unstructured. and a video interview explaining "data" as anything that can be digitized.) This is well-addressed in a 2010 Economist cover story "Data, data everywhere."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Video The AFP Nonprofit Technology blog points to a story by Jennifer Gilomen from BAVC about digital storytelling techniques and tools for nonprofits in the NPTimes. If you have a subscription to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, there is another related story called "Telling Moving Stories."

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Make sure everything is mobile-responsive. Use an emotionally compelling image or a short story at the top of your form that illustrates what kind of positive impact your donors are having on your beneficiaries. Make sure everything is mobile-responsive. Your donation page and form should also be mobile-responsive.

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Forum One

JUNE 6, 2024

Similar to performances, designs weave stories. The Zoo needed their site’s design to incorporate their new brand while also focusing on the mobile experience that many of their visitors rely on to plan their trips and navigate their journeys. Starting with a focus on creating a user-friendly interface made all the difference.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 22, 2013

In recent years, the possibilities of what can be achieved with human rights fieldwork and advocacy has expanded as the worldwide use of mobile phones has increased and significant advances have been made in Internet and mobile technology. We’re excited to share that our Human Rights Program has been awarded a two-year, $2.2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

I met Boston area documentary filmmakers including Marie Agui Carter , Rhonda Moskowitz and Cheryl from Women in Film and Video New England. David Eckoff shared a story about his email addiction and how he kicked the habit and got his life under control. She introduced me to a utterz , a micro audio blogging tool.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 7, 2021

Many businesses and organizations use blogs to share compelling stories and connect with their audience. Used properly, it can leverage a nonprofit’s efforts by engaging its target audience with stories that speak directly about its mission and cause. This could be anything from sharing quality stories, videos, photos, etc.

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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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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2007

Ian comments: Very few video games set out to tackle mundane applications akin to the home movie or the airplane safety video. These are games whose mission includes applications of video games outside the sphere of entertainment. Mobile casual games, played by commuters, could arguably be considered "time fillers."

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

general awareness at around 40%, though… people don’t necessarily know they are consuming a podcast, audio embedded in rss etc. Consider your story. Take dynamic speakers from your organization, put in front of the microphone, and help share their passion and stories. You can also use web cams for a video podcast.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Pilgrim Pines did this through a video: Post videos explaining your cause and why the end-of-year season is important to your nonprofit. You can show that impact by sharing a human story. This allows you to give your donors a story with a beginning, middle, and end! Tell a story. Let your supporters do the talking.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

These are: Event Registration Bidding Software Text Fundraising Livestreaming Platforms Volunteer and Staff Management Online Shop Video Editing Software Graphics Software Event Day Solution Liability Waivers. As mentioned earlier, there are two mobile bidding types—web-based and app-based. Web-based bidding. Text Fundraising.

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