Guest post by Melissa Nelson Media Production and Outreach Manager, Blackbaud Video is a great way to engage constituents in your mission. It adds a visual element to what might be an otherwise text heavy email, blog, or website. Supporters react to hearing and seeing real people talking about issues or an organization’s mission coming […]
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What’s your video strategy to raise funds?
Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr Video can boost donations in nonprofits’ year-end fundraising Guest post by Michael Hoffman CEO, See3 Communications Adding video to your end-of-year online campaigns can help you achieve, and even exceed, your year-end fundraising goals. That shouldn’t come as a surprise. We know that video can connect people to the […]
Witness: Putting a face on human rights
Witness: Documenting human rights from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Alot of people don’t think of video when they talk about social media, but it’s a critical part of the landscape. “Witness was founded on the idea of testimonies and powerful stories,” says blog editor Matisse Bustos Hawkes. “Formulating a story that can reach your intended […]
Catchafire: Connecting nonprofits & professionals
Jane Slusser: Connecting nonprofits & volunteers from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At the Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp held Aug. 21 in Berkeley, Calif., I met tons of cool people, but none were more interesting than Jane Slusser, chief service officer of Catchafire. Catchafire is a new online marketplace that connects professionals who want to volunteer […]
Mother Jones’ move into social media
Mother Jones’ move into social media from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Publisher’s message to other nonprofits: Know your goals ‘If you know Mother Jones, you probably think of us as primarily a print magazine,” says publisher Steve Katz. “That’s not really true anymore.” For the past year, I’ve been working with Jon Funabiki of […]