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Video Marketing on Social Media: Best Practices & Inspiration for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Becky Brooks , Director of Communications at Animoto , an online video maker that makes it easy to create marketing videos for social media and beyond. Animoto even offers special pricing and Storyboard templates for non-profits. Facebook has, for a couple years now, committed to making their platforms “video first.”

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How to cure stage fright: The science behind public speaking

The Next Web

The reality is, if you’re planning on presenting pretty much anything in your life (which you most likely will), you’ll need to be able to effectively communicate your ideas in front of at least a few people.

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6 Video Marketing Tips For Nonprofits

NonProfit Hub

Storyboard It Out. Conducting research will help you develop an idea, after which it’s important to sketch it out in a storyboard. Video marketing is a great way to communicate that passion to a wide audience, but if you try to be too Hollywood you may end up losing your emotional connection. Be Genuine. Share Smart.

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Best #14NTC Panels and Parties to Check Out

Care2

Small Nonprofits, Big Data: Leveraging Data to Optimize Your Digital, Media and Communications Activities Thursday, March 14, 1:30PM. Start at the Start: Using Storyboards, Wireframes, and Mood Boards Friday, March 13, 1:30PM. ‘Big data’ has become a catch phrase.

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Presentation Zen Blog: A Resource Review

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's a long article, but this quote resonated: You can learn a lot from presentation coaches and communication books, but this is not rocket science. My process is analog, but I have to start with a mind map of the ideas (sometimes several versions of it), then do a linear outline, and finally sketch out a storyboard with image ideas.

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How Public Speaking Skills Can Help You Run Your Nonprofit

Achieve

or communicating with major donors to win their support for an upcoming campaign. . Public speaking and presentation skills can help you craft better written and verbal communications, whether you’re engaging with your team internally or connecting with an external audience. . Improving internal communication. . Volunteers.

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AI-powered media editing app Descript lands fresh cash from OpenAI

TechCrunch

Other highlights in the latest release of Descript, called Descript Storyboard, include multitrack screen recording — the recorder is now integrated into the editor, with separate tracks for screen and camera — and free access to stock sound effects, videos, images and music tracks. . Image Credits: Descript.

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