A Guide to Nonprofit Video Storytelling
NonProfit PRO
JULY 9, 2024
Videos are one of the best ways to share your story with potential and current donors. Here's how to use them to support your mission.
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NonProfit PRO
JULY 9, 2024
Videos are one of the best ways to share your story with potential and current donors. Here's how to use them to support your mission.
Ars Technica
APRIL 15, 2025
The company's Veo 2 video generator is rolling out to the Gemini app and website, giving paying customers a chance to create short video clips with Google's allegedly state-of-the-art video model. Google has announced that yet another AI model is coming to Gemini, but this time, it's more than a chatbot.
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Fast Company Tech
APRIL 14, 2025
I have lost count of the number of accomplished professionals whove said to me, I dont want to seem silly on video or, I am awkward when Im on camera. Heres why: The idea of video is to build connection. Heres why: The idea of video is to build connection. Thats the excuse people use to avoid making videos.
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 7, 2025
That is, if theyre uploading video. That includes their Partner Program, which allows podcasters to earn money directly from the streams of premium subscribers, so long as theyre using a video aspect. The cost-benefit analysis of video podcasting For many podcasters, the shift to video is a financial and logistical leap.
Engadget
APRIL 3, 2025
YouTube is updating the video editor for Shorts to better compete with the likes of TikTok and Instagram Reels, and teasing some AI-powered features that are coming later this year that might make it stand out. YouTube says you'll also be able to add music and timed text, and preview your video at any point while you're editing.
Futurism
APRIL 13, 2025
A 74-year-old entrepreneur played an entirely AI-generated video of a male avatar to address the judge during a court appearance on his behalf. But the video was interrupted almost immediately. "Is Dewald has a startup, called Pro Se Pro, which is designed to help litigants represent themselves by creating realistic video avatars.
Mashable Tech
APRIL 11, 2025
OK Go is back with a new music video, and you know that means it's going to be mind-blowing. In 2014, the quartet did quirky choreography while riding Honda UNI-CUBs for " I Won’t Let You Down , " then two years later, they shot a whole dance video on an actual plane in zero gravity for " Upside Down & Inside Out."
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 31, 2025
As a potential TikTok ban looms in the United States (again), Substack is making (another) play for video creators to join its platform. It seems hes making good on that promise, as the company announced on Monday that its rolling out a scrollable video feed in its app. Substack hopes to continue building on this momentum.
Futurism
MARCH 12, 2025
According to the video's director , it was created entirely with Google's DeepMind Veo 2 , a text-to-video generator that's unfortunatelyjust as wonky and wobbly as other video-generating tools we've seen. Wu-Tang dropped a video for their newest single and the entire thing is in AI," complained one user on Threads. "It
Futurism
MARCH 24, 2025
Videos of the violent event show the massive structure violently exploding, releasing a giant smoke cloud of combustible gases. The prototype was meant to fly to an altitude of 12.4 miles, but ended up popping her bulkhead instead, releasing a massive cloud of depressurizing gas.
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 12, 2025
A well-funded AI lab with a deep bench of research talent is releasing a powerful new model that generates high-definition video for the film and advertising industries. By contrast, Talukdar says, most other video generation models are trained on lower-quality 480p or 720p videoand even then, they often compress the data before encoding.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
6 Innovative QR Code Strategies for Nonprofits Take your nonprofit’s QR codes beyond fundraising and volunteer recruitment: 1) Showcasing Donor Impact: Use QR codes on personalized thank-you postcards that direct supporters to engaging videos or photo galleries showing how their contributions make a difference.
Mashable Tech
APRIL 11, 2025
In the latest episode of Driven — Waymo's celebrity video series hosted by TV personality Andrew Freund — the company shines a spotlight on beau-of-the-moment Connor Tomlinson, star of the show's recent hit season, as he hitches a ride in a Waymo. This reminds me of that scene in Jurassic Park."
Engadget
MARCH 13, 2025
Snapchat's future includes generative AI video Lenses, wherein users can watch themselves cuddling with virtual animals on screen. All three Lenses, as well as future ones Snapchat releases, are powered by a generative video model the company built in-house. This article originally appeared on Engadget at [link]
Nonprofit Tech for Good
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
Post photos and videos of team members, events, program activities, and volunteers to give followers an inside look at the organization’s efforts. Cell phone photos and videos often perform better than professional-quality images because they feel more relatable. TikTok: Focus on short, engaging video content.
Mashable Tech
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Over a half-century after astronauts walked on the moon , landing remains a daunting endeavor. On March 2, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace will attempt the ambitious feat, as it will direct its robotic Blue Ghost spacecraft to land in Mare Crisium, a lava-covered basin on the moon's near side.
Engadget
MARCH 31, 2025
As it turns out, major movie studios have actually been making money from the videos, according to reporting by Deadline. Hollywood studios would not enforce copyright on these videos. One of the most famous of these videos is a bogus trailer for the upcoming Superman reboot. This annoying AI slop is all over the platform.
Ars Technica
MARCH 3, 2025
The company's conversational Gemini Live will soon be able to view live video and screen sharing, a feature Google previously demoed as Project Astra. When Gemini's video capabilities arrive, you'll be able to simply show the robot something instead of telling it. Gemini Live with video. Read full article Comments
Nonprofit Tech for Good
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
If the speed test fails, a good first step is to make sure your website’s images are optimized and host your videos on a third party website, such as YouTube, instead of directly on your website. Check the speed of your website using PageSpeed Insights. 9) Add a reCAPTCHA to your “Contact us” form.
Mashable Tech
MARCH 17, 2025
App researcher Jonah Manzano shared a post on Threads and a video on TikTok showing how some Instagram users now notice a pencil with a star icon in their comments field, allowing them to post AI-generated comments under posts and videos. In the video on TikTok that Manzano shared, three comment options are: "Cute living room setup!"
NVIDIA AI Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Signers of any skill level can contribute by signing specific words to help build an open-source video dataset for ASL. The data is slated to be available to the public as a resource for building accessible technologies including AI agents, digital human applications and video conferencing tools.
Engadget
APRIL 8, 2025
That's particularly noticeable when your service is all about photo and video content. The sudden interest in iPad may be part of Instagram's broader efforts to fight for social media dominance as the popular video platform TikTok faces a potential ban in the US.
Ars Technica
APRIL 14, 2025
The WDP creates video and audio recordings of dolphins, along with correlating notes on their behaviors. Google has been finding ways to work generative AI into everything else it does, so why not its collaboration with the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP)?
Ars Technica
APRIL 18, 2025
Assassins Creed titles are cozy games for me. Theres no more relaxing place to go after a difficult day: historical outdoor museum tours, plus dopamine dispensers, plus slow-paced assassination simulators. The developers of Assassins Creed: Shadows seem to understand this need to escape better than ever before.
Futurism
MARCH 24, 2025
Earlier this month, YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober released a video titled " Can You Fool a Self Driving Car? High frame-rate footage shows the vehicle plowing right through the styrofoam obstruction, an eyebrow-raising demonstration of the company relying exclusively on video feeds for its driver assistance software.
Engadget
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Whether you're a remote worker hopping on video calls, a content creator who needs crisp footage or a gamer looking to upgrade your streaming setup, the right webcam can make all the difference. FHD webcams will give you better video quality; ideally, youre looking for something that can handle 1080p at 60fps or 30fps.
Bloomerang
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Send video updates A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a video is worth even more. Twice a year, create a video update that goes beyond statistics and a talking head executive director, to highlight the human stories behind your mission. These videos should focus on authenticity and storytelling.
Mashable Tech
APRIL 17, 2025
Compared to the standard video game price of $60 that held steady for about 15 years — and even considering the more recent bump to $70 with some big titles — the price is downright upsetting at first glance. The big one: Video game prices have been flat for a long time, even as other tech products get more expensive.
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
A viral TikTok video showing an empty book signing for an elderly author tugged at millions of heartsuntil it was exposed as an alleged marketing stunt. She wrote it as a way to deal with her grief, the video’s voiceover explained. She wrote it as a way to deal with her grief, the video’s voiceover explained.
Mashable Tech
MARCH 24, 2025
Over the weekend, the internet was captivated (read: deeply confused) by a resurfaced video from fitness influencer Ashton Hall, whose morning routine might be the most unhinged one to grace our feeds. The video, originally posted on February 7, is labeled "Day 191 of the morning routine that changed my life." and ends at 9:30 a.m.
Engadget
MARCH 24, 2025
The company is enabling HDR10+ with the AV1 codec, the specification originally released in 2018 that's gradually become the standard for streaming 4K video without gobbling data. HDR10+ should offer greater visual fidelity on a per-frame basis for Netflix's frequently dark original programming.
Mashable Tech
APRIL 1, 2025
I was getting a ton of them, and I just decided to film one as a Facebook video," Bingham says. Again, she recorded the call on an hour-plus Facebook video; again, it went viral, this time in large part because Okumura fooled the scammer by claiming she was Kim Kardashian. The call went on for an hour, and it was absolutely insane.
VentureBeat
MARCH 17, 2025
Gay Gaming Professionals, a nonprofit that cultivates emerging top performers in the video games industry, has created the Collegiate Games Competition to surface new gaming talent.
Engadget
MARCH 13, 2025
For power users doing tasks like video editing or designing games, its the Mac of choice, and its even a decent deal by Apples standards. Video editing is the sternest test for most machines, so I tried Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve with a mix of 4K, 6K and 8K video (RAW and MP4) to challenge it. 265 files on the fly.
Engadget
APRIL 8, 2025
A "Creator's Voice" promo video published on Tuesday ( via Kotaku ) echoed what developer Supergiant Games posted in a FAQ last week: Switch 2 and Switch will be the only consoles to play the roguelike on out of the gates. When Hades II moves out of Early Access and into v1.0 later this year, Nintendo will have a prime seat at the table.
sgEngage
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Video embeds. High-quality videos engage users with both visuals and audio, giving a new perspective on your work. You could create a variety of videos for different purposes, from testimonials that show donors the impact of their gifts to recaps of previous years’ fundraising events that encourage more signups for this year’s event.
Futurism
APRIL 15, 2025
Comedian Amy Schumer also skewered the trip in a video. In a TikTok video, she pointed out that while the optics of women of color going to "space" looked great on paper, the stunt had little to do with actual progress. "What are they gonna do up there that has made it better for us down here?"
Mashable Tech
APRIL 15, 2025
It also calls to mind the video feed that already exists on OpenAI's standalone Sora app, which serves as a space for users to explore how others are using the AI video generator. Of course, there's a lot of distance between a social networking feed of user-generated content and a genuine social media app, like X or Instagram.
Mashable Tech
MARCH 24, 2025
The Wheel of Time Season 3 is now streaming on Prime Video, with a new episode every Thursday. To him, the use of the Sakarnen also felt "like hunger and thirst, but deeper." Will he and Moiraine pay an even steeper price for this kind of power?
Futurism
MARCH 17, 2025
In a video shared on TikTok , Burch said that the footage had her concerned not simply about the future of the game franchise or her own career, but for her profession as a whole. "I I feel worried about this art form game performance as an art form," Burch said in the video, which she also shared on her Instagram.
Mashable Tech
MARCH 25, 2025
Norwegian startup 1X released new video showcasing its humanoid robot, Neo Gamma, performing household tasks like vacuuming, cleaning windows, and carrying laundry. While the demo doesn’t confirm its level of autonomy, 1X has previously shown its Eve robots working independently.
Mashable Tech
MARCH 12, 2025
In the video, Jerry has an excavator put 10,000 pounds of weight directly on the hitch of the Tesa to see if the Tesa can handle an improperly loaded trailer or the variances in weight that can happen when towing a trailer.
Engadget
MARCH 25, 2025
The next time you join a video call, Otter.ai is hoping its new AI tool will help make things run smoother. On Tuesday, the company introduced the Otter Meeting Agent. It's part of a suite of three new AI helpers designed to assist a variety of different users.
Engadget
MARCH 12, 2025
To capture the set in 180-degree video and spatial audio, Apple constructed a custom stage setup with 14 Apple Immersive Video cameras. An EP recorded at the show, titled M72 World Tour: Mexico City , will hit Apple Music this Friday and be available with spatial audio.
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