Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2014

You have a smartphone, some skills, and a willingness to learn, but somehow your photos look slightly off. Your conference photos are always whitewashed, your last demonstration photos were too dark to share, and red-eye is still very much a thing in office photos. Did those photos capture the emotions of a face?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2015

You can use Zoner to back up, organize, and adjust your organization's photos. Get Zoner Photo Studio. Organize Photos. Zoner makes it easy to transfer photos from your camera to your computer, sort them, label them, and access them whenever you need them. Enhance Photos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

WFP USA has posted a nearly 650-word story of Rani on their blog with a big headline, full-size photos, large text, and bold quotes. For the feature image, they used a photo of Rani looking directly at the camera. This eye-catching photo invited viewers to click to take a closer look.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 11, 2012

As a nonprofit, your message is most likely tailored toward a specific cause, whether it’s through news, links, or photos. Your ultimate breadwinner for social media engagement is photos. People LOVE photos and that’s the way it has always been. Do you remember being younger and loving books packed full of photos?

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Multimedia elements like photos, videos, and audio break up long text blocks and allow readers to form a deeper connection with the subjects of your stories. Through A/B testing research, some organizations have found that using photos of people in web content leads to more conversions than paintings or generic icons.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A photo that reinforces your story. Ideally, this is a close-up of one person (or animal) looking straight at the camera. Use a caption under your photo. Here’s some stellar advice on what to think about before you start writing your appeal from fundraising expert Claire Axelrad: A compelling story. A narrator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Photo by Eric Janssen. Before they left, they had to tilt their cameras down so he could see their phones that were left behind. I have a few fun ones that I do on zoom such as “catch the stretch” where people follow each other’s stretches like a game of follow the leader. He made them do it.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

Imagine if you didn’t need an expensive camera, artistic mastery, or a ton of time to create what was in your mind’s eye. Whether you need product photos, photos of people using your products, or simply stylish stock photos, these tools can help you find what you’re looking for. A picture is worth a thousand words.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

On Facebook, visually appealing photos and compelling graphics receive up to 4X more engagement (shares and likes). Post visually appealing photos and graphics and now that the new Reactions are live, test positive and negative content to see which inspires more engagement. Create photo and video essays. Create visual content.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 13, 2024

This is more than just scanning old photos and adding them to an online database. Many organizations will simply scan in documents and photos, upload them to a server, and call it a day. And that photo is often in a small file format, like a JPEG, PNG, or PDF, that computers may not even be able to read soon.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Yet many nonprofit leaders are intimidated by videos and more comfortable with traditional stories and photos to tell your organization’s stories. I don’t like the way I sound or look on camera.” Not everyone is comfortable on camera, just like everyone isn’t comfortable speaking in front of a crowd. It’s like a video selfie.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 24, 2012

So far I’ve experienced iPad-only #fail on: Managing photos. When you connect an iOS device to a PC photo library, you are given the option to delete photos from camera roll after the photos have been transferred. Organizing the camera roll without a computer is a mess. Why does this matter so much?

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 12, 2009

TechSoup’s Digital Storytelling Challenge offers a chance for your photos and videos to win cool prizes for your organization, ranging from a Flip video camera to Adobe software.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Google has been slowly merging Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Blogger, Wallet, Photos, Location, Mobile, Videos, etc. 6) You upload multiple photos to Pinterest – one after another – on a regular basis. 10) Your Flickr stream has hundreds of photos named “ jpeg.” 5) You are ignoring Google+. into Google+.

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CauseVox

MARCH 2, 2021

Your camera isn’t working, maybe try logging back in?”. The Zoom fatigue is real and your staff could use a break from strained eyes, staring into a camera all day and listening with headphones. Use Lights, Camera… and Pre-Recorded Action! “Am I on mute?”. Can you hear me?”. A day with no meetings?! Unheard of!”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Sharing : Cast, take photos, and record video in VR. That said, for someone like me ( Heather Mansfield ) who is very uncomfortable on camera in real life, it’s not uncomfortable being an avatar of myself in Oculus. The universal menu includes: Apps : View and launch apps from your library. Create your Oculus Avatar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2013

An excellent source of images is to take them yourself with your digital camera or mobile phone camera. If you practice some the basic photography rules , you should be able to DIY some good images for your content strategy. Stock Exchange – This is a huge image archive of stock photos that are available for free.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Animoto is a service that allows you to create videos about your nonprofit using a selection of your organization’s best photos. Then click “Create Video&# and upload 15 photos for a 30-second video. Animoto automatically then creates a slideshow of your photos synchronized to the tempo of the music you have chosen.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Some individuals may not be happy if they find a picture of themselves in your brochure or on your website, so it’s always best practice to reach out to people with a photo release waiver prior to using their images. Website imagery. Social media. Promotional handouts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

That’s because the cameras on our laptops and desktops are not nearly as sophisticated as the broadcast equipment we are used to seeing on TV, nor is the lighting in your home or office. If you don’t have enough visual content to accompany a great story you plan to tell, consider augmenting with stock photos.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

Rules of Thumb for Using Photos of People. Are photos that you take with your camera or phone yours or your organization's property to use as you wish? Well, you would think so, but there are some rules around this, especially if the photos are of minors under 18. You should always get consent for photos of minors.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

You don''t need to break your bank account Can film the video in-house No camera? Consider an audio slideshow Can even use an iPhone camera Ask corporate partners to donate/lend equipment Reach out and ask for free/cheap help from experts and students.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Add a high-quality photo to your online donation form. One of the simplest changes you can make to your online donation form is adding a great photo to the top of your page. But how do you know which photo will work? Keep the overall tone of your picture happy or positive—uplifting photos generally outperform sad ones.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 18, 2014

Do they require a photo or video? It requires almost no investment (aside from the donation, and maybe a bucket), a camera or camera phone (which almost everyone has one of the two), can be done almost anywhere, and anyone can do it. Think about your own nonprofit’s past social media fundraising campaigns.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. If people can take their own photos, they won't buy them in the gift shop. Aesthetics of Experience: Photo-taking is distracting for other visitors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Think about AI and bots, and the algorithms that fuel them as tools that can swim through large pools of data pools of data, text, photos, and even videos. We are tracking reports, articles, and new items about AI and Social Good. AI can do this faster than humans to identify patterns. and insights more quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Photo by Kino-Eye in Flickr. If you want to get acceptable audio for video blogging on an inexpensive camera you need to control the noise/environment or get really close to your subject. He offered to send it to me and I got him on camera giving me permission to use it. I asked him about shooting techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

A photo of me on my fake commute. Don’t take your phone on your walk or put it into airplane mode if you are using the camera. We are living in traumatic times, and we need to prioritize building resilience. As the COVID-19 vaccines begin to roll out (although not as fast as we’d like), we know there will be an end to the pandemic.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 27, 2023

The columns on the spreadsheet can simply include the date, time, topic, caption copy, and graphic/photo for each post. Some audiences on some platforms respond best to videos instead of photos, for example. Social media provides an avenue to share these stories using photos, videos, or text graphics.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

” By establishing your goals and objectives for telling a story before pen hits paper (or fingertips hit the keyboard or video camera turns on…you get it), you outline a clear purpose for what you’re doing and ensure that it aligns with your mission, goals, and desired outcomes. Consider allowing them to tell their own story on camera.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

That’s because the cameras on our laptops and desktops are not nearly as sophisticated as the broadcast equipment we are used to seeing on TV, nor is the lighting in your home or office. If you don’t have enough visual content to accompany a great story you plan to tell, consider augmenting with stock photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

You can use the online whiteboard platform Mural for the drawing tools or ask everyone to use paper and pen and hold it up to the camera. You ask everyone to introduce themselves and share a favorite photo on their phone. Each person shares their drawing and you guess who it is. There is always lots of laughing!

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Achieve

APRIL 29, 2020

Tap the camera in the upper left corner of Feed (or swipe right). . Photo: about.instagram.com. Photo: about.instagram.com. (If you are unsure if your organization already has a Facebook Donation Account, is eligible for a Facebook Donation Account, or is set up for Instagram Donations – check out our step-by-step tutorial.) .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

Pearl Children Care Center I discovered Camera Rwanda's beautiful photo stream when I wrote about it on blogher last January. just posted an interview with her entitled " Camera Rwands: Storytelling using Flickr." Steve Bridger from NFP 2.0

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

Ask any mobile expert and they'll tell you that camera apps are blazing hot right now. Vine has arrived on Windows Phone , which is excellent news as many of the Nokia Windows Phones are equipped with high-end cameras. The other big news in digital storytelling apps is that Instagram now supports videos in addition to photos.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Ask donors to use a hashtag or submit their photos directly, and then hold a vote where the winner is announced on the stream. With the camera focused on your wine wall, balloon wall, or jewelry box wall, ask guests to select a number, and the emcee pulls it for them to reveal their prize! What is the best food pic of the night?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Purchase a digital camera. Write content and secure photos for website pages. Create and organize photos into collections and sets. Write content and secure photos for blog pages. Select mobile photo-sharing app and download. Write content and secure photos for mobile pages, or import via RSS. 1) Website.

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