This month's Net2ThinkTank question is, How Can Nonprofits Use Online Video to Raise Money? Below is a round up of posts that were submitted, along with a few addditional ones I found on the topic:

Michael Hoffman of See3 Communications posted 11 Tips for Using Online Video to Raise Money.

Manny Hernandez of the Diabetes Hands Foundation shared how they have raised almost $2,000 using a ChipIn widget, and calls to action on videos they added to TuDiabetes.com and YouTube. You can watch his video-based campaign reminder on his post,  Video-based Fundraising Campaign for TuDiabetes.com.

In a comment on Beth Kanter's post about this month's Net2ThinkTank, Brad Bell pointed to his post about Avaaz, Using Video to Speak Directly to Donors.

As online video becomes an increasingly popular tool, I've had a number of organizations ask me recently, "Should my organization use audio or video to tell our story?"

Before choosing any social media tool, first you need to ask yourself:

1. What is the goal I want to achieve?
2. Who is my target audience?
3. What are the communication tools I could use to achieve that goal?
4. How much time, staff and money do I have to put into this project?

FORA.tv has posted videos from many of the sessions during this year's NetSquared Conference (N2Y3), and the project presentations from the 2007 NetSquared Conference (N2Y2).

You can watch them at fora.tv/partner/NetSquared

The Diabetes Hands Foundation runs three different units. One of them, our Online Communities, operates TuDiabetes.com (in English) and EsTuDiabetes.com (in Spanish), two social networks for people touched by diabetes.

In July 2007, a Pew Internet and American Life study report found, "57% of internet users have watched videos online and most of them share what they find with others."

In April 2008, ComScore reported that, "71 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online video," that month.

With online video viewing seemingly on the rise, this month's Net2ThinkTank question is,

The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life and Sharinghope.tv have launched a video contest.

Contest categories include:

· Crazy, Zany, Wacky Things I See at Relay
· Why I Fight Back
· My Relay “Recruitment” Video
· Making Your Relay Meeting Fun

The winner will receive a free flipcam, and the winning video(s) will be featured on RelayForLife.org and SharingHope.tv.  The deadline to enter is August 10, 2008.

For more information go to http://www.relayforlife.org/relay/videocontest

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