NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

That being said, making a video isn’t as simple as it sounds (and it doesn’t even sound that simple to most). Don’t Forget Audio. Once you’re actually into the production stage, don’t forget to get quality audio for your video. A great, free resource for background music is the YouTube Audio Library.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Prioritize Crisp, Clear Audio: People are willing to watch a video that’s a bit grainy, but indistinct audio is enough to make someone hit the “X” button within a few seconds. If you’re unsure how you sound – take a test video! Consider a solid background, organized bookshelf or the great outdoors for best results.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

This sounds so unbelievably obvious, but it makes sense. For example, NVAR revamped the physical space at their HQ, created a member experience team that can answer any and all member questions, and even created a digital studio to help members navigate social media, and record audio and video.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Facebook does not play sound automatically, and these captions can pull in a lot more viewers. When filming, pay attention to lighting and sound quality to ensure that your video is engaging and professional. Sound is also important in the editing stage—choose audio that is appropriate for your footage and effective for your message.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

And as soon as I started listening to it, it was so visual and so powerful that I thought, wouldn’t it be interesting to try to illuminate her narrative with some ambient sound, as we call it. And I didn’t add sounds to the white people’s perspective, for the most part. So I thought it was powerful audio to use.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

Every live stream has five major parts in order to function properly: a video source, an audio source, a video encoder, a streaming destination, and an internet connection. Audio Equipment. Audio equipment can be connected to the video source, but for even higher quality live streaming, you will want a separate audio source.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 13, 2021

With a live video, live audio, and even live comments, your online attendees will see your brand in a different light. If you’ve never run a live stream before, it might sound daunting. Video and audio equipment are a must (even if they are through your phone), as well as an encoder, virtual event platform, and internet connection. .

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Serve Media in Multiple Formats Multimedia elements like infographics, audio recordings, and embedded videos can make your site more interactive for your audience. Transcripts of audio-only content. If your nonprofit uploads recordings of interviews or podcast episodes to your website, provide a full-text readout of the audio.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Here are this week’s nonprofit highlights: What’s the sound of your nonprofit’s brand? Colleen Fahey’s article, How Audio Enhances Your Brand Content: Find Your Signature Sound , provides guidance for how your nonprofit can strengthen its voice. Have you ever thought about it? You should.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Check the audio quality. Because you’re likely going to record from a smartphone, it’s important to listen to the recordings you make to determine that the audio quality is both consistent and loud enough to come across crystal clear. When recording, make cuts often and check the clips you record for audio quality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

Use phone line with audio clarity and stability. If you are using an audio-only conference call platform, you can use the clock technique where you assign people numbers on the clock at the top of the meeting, then use that for introductions and later in the meeting to call on people as part of the discussion.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 13, 2021

With a live video, live audio, and even live comments, your online attendees will see your brand in a different light. If you’ve never run a live stream before, it might sound daunting. Video and audio equipment are a must (even if they are through your phone), as well as an encoder, virtual event platform, and internet connection. .

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Keep this in mind when adding photos, infographics, audio recordings, and videos to your website, as these make a stronger emotional impact than text alone. Provide transcripts of audio recordings and closed captions for video content. That is, if all users can easily access these types of media.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Understanding User Behavior in LMS To truly excel in user-friendliness, your LMS UI needs to be more than just aesthetically pleasing and functionally sound. To ensure inclusivity, allow users to control the platform using keyboard shortcuts and audio instructions. An inaccessible UI excludes users with disabilities.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Understanding User Behavior in LMS To truly excel in user-friendliness, your LMS UI needs to be more than just aesthetically pleasing and functionally sound. To ensure inclusivity, allow users to control the platform using keyboard shortcuts and audio instructions. An inaccessible UI excludes users with disabilities.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Understanding User Behavior in LMS To truly excel in user-friendliness, your LMS UI needs to be more than just aesthetically pleasing and functionally sound. To ensure inclusivity, allow users to control the platform using keyboard shortcuts and audio instructions. An inaccessible UI excludes users with disabilities.

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Bloomerang

JULY 13, 2021

Sound can also be a factor. Some facilities also charge for parking, WIFI, Audio Visual, Stages, etc. Tell the event planner and staff what you intend to do throughout the evening as early as possible to rule out any venues that aren’t a fit. . Or parking. Or set up/arrival time. . Accessibility to guests.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The number of email gifts increased by 1.6% — which might not sound like something to write home about, but remember that the total number of online gifts across all channels declined by 10%. For the 15 nonprofits who were able to provide complete email data, email performance tended to be a bright spot in their end-of-year results. .

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Greater Giving

JUNE 17, 2021

Putting on a beautiful signature gala is usually an expensive endeavor, requiring a venue, catering, stage and sound management, decoration, and more. Running a livestream is an investment of time and often money, and many nonprofits hired production and audio-video vendors to create high quality, immersive programs for virtual guests.

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Greater Giving

JULY 2, 2024

Audio/video. Sound is non-negotiable at GFS because it’s just that critical. Be realistic about how much you can spend per person and choose the type of meal appropriately. Costs going up) Venue. Hotels can be expensive, but they have everything you need, from chairs to linens. A hotel can ease your stress.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 25, 2020

A technical producer is someone that has experience with the audio and video equipment and can help you put together high-quality live or prerecorded presentations. This person direct camera placement, lighting, and the optimal audio set up. Virtual Event Technical Support.

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Candid

APRIL 26, 2021

Here are some common steps you might take to optimize your site: Require that all non-text content (image, video, audio) also has a text alternative. Try to stay away from purely sensory characteristics (such as sound and images) to convey important information.

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Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2022

Alt text will provide context when an image is missing, and accessibility tools will convey the text to audio. Just like images on websites, including alt text for social media images is important to make your social media posts accessible for people with disabilities and in low-bandwidth environments.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 27, 2022

Use video and sound production to plan ahead for your event. If your nonprofit already uses professional video production or audio-visual services, offer online guests the chance to watch the live event from home.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Entertainment & Program Chair collaborates with lighting, audio-visual, and sound crews to create an immersive experience. Coordination with Technical Crews The magic of entertainment often lies in the technical details.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

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. It’s okay for the footage to be blurry or black and white, as long as the audio quality is great. I don’t trust technology to work when I need it to. I come prepared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Workplace flexibility creates a need for better skills in facilitating virtual meetings and hybrid meetings where some participants are in the room and others participate are using audio-only or video conferencing platform. Use phone line with audio clarity and stability. Do not multi-task (do other work) during the meeting.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

This may sound hard, but a clear, concise, key message is vital to creating a successful video. Use the first column for imagery and the second column for audio. Remember, smartphone imagery can easily be manipulated, but poor sound can seriously affect the perceived quality of your video. Start with your audience.

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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. if you are recroding with multiple people, you can record them to separate audio files so you can edit more easily. Great to have a lapel mic and ear phones (to monitor how the recording sounds).

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Sessions on digital storytelling abounded, and the verdict came in clear: video, pictures, and sound are everything. Sounding It Out. Audio also sparks listeners' imaginations, engaging them in creating visuals in their own heads. All sound a little science fiction?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Do you prefer to experience the wonders of the cosmos in audio form? NASA is on Soundcloud , so you can listen to the sounds of space, too. In honor of the ESA’s Philae probe landing on a comet (NO BIG DEAL OR ANYTHING), xkcd creator Randall Munroe has given us this commemorative cartoon version of the sights of Philae in space.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 25, 2020

A technical producer is someone that has experience with the audio and video equipment and can help you put together high-quality live or prerecorded presentations. This person direct camera placement, lighting, and the optimal audio set up. Virtual Event Technical Support.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2013

As for the sound, I had an Audio-Technica AT899 lavalier microphone attached to record my voice. I used the same microphone as the live footage to minimize any sound differences, and inserted the voice track into the the final file. A good mic will not only ensure good voice pickup, but will save you time post processing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 20, 2011

Overall, the recording sounds best if the call is Skype to Skype, but it's usually OK if I call the interviewee's land line too. What does not sound good is if person is on their cell phone. I try to avoid that scenario as much as possible. number of downloads).

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

If you’re hosting a hybrid or virtual event, the venue you choose must have reliable audio and video capabilities for a livestream , especially if you’ll have some form of entertainment. Make sure you have sound equipment that easily hooks into your stream to minimize technical sound issues. Equipment capabilities.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Podcasting is formally defined as the act of distributing syndicated audio content online via RSS to listeners who use software or a hardware device to receive updates. No reason to be afraid: the important part of this definition is that the audio content is syndicated. For sound effects, check out the Freesound Project.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Of course, in its most rudimentary form, a podcast is simply a digital audio recording delivered to listeners who can hear it at their convenience. He did this assuring us that he would edit the resulting podcast into something that made us sound smart. That's because some stories tell themselves.

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