NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoup.org - video

Organizations asking, "What is democracy to you?"

amysampleward — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:48:55 -0400

With elections and politics consuming news programs and conversations around the world right now, the Democracy Video Challenge asks you to make a short video to finish the sentence, "Democracy is..."

Easily Create and Post Video to Your Blog with Utterli tool

jamesvito — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:44:53 -0400

Hey Everybody, Hope your team won this weekend (my G-Men brought it home in OT!)

Okay, so your trillion dollar budget dried up and now you don't have that sweet video lab with staff of seventeen anymore to get your video posted online. Life can be cruel sometimes, and Puffs with Lanolin is your best friend...but, wait, ne'er fear, Utterli is here. Utterli is a app that can be used to post audio and video to the web using your computer, mobile device, cell phone (and possibly more - I only dug as deep as using my laptop at this point.)

GCAP, Oxfam and Others Need Your Help Launching New Initiative

jasonwhat — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:08:09 -0400

Oxfam, The Global Call to Action Against Poverty, Comic Relief, Save the Children, and others are teaming up with YouTube and Black Eyed Peas’ frontman, will.i.am to launch a new song and video. The song will inspire individuals to take action and hold their leaders to account for their Millennium Development Goal commitments. The launch coincides with the UN High Level Event on the MDGs being held September 25th, in New York. The inter-agency campaign team is blogging their experience as they build and launch the action.
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Cultivating the Web - Interview with Diane Hatz from Sustainable Table

jedsundwall — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:32:55 -0400

I nerd out with Diane Hatz, founder of Sustainable Table, talking about the difference between Slow Food and sustainable food, the secrets behind making a viral video, and why she believes "you can tell people there's a problem, unless you can offer a solution."

Using YouTube for Outreach and Fundraising

amysampleward — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:45:53 -0400

I recently wrote about Tu Diabetes' use of Twitter and the strategies the online community has employed to find and engage with new people. Today, I want to take a look at another social media tool Tu Diabetes is using successfully: YouTube.

9/9 Net Tues. SF: How Nonprofits Can Create Video Campaigns for Social Networks w/ Involver

Britt Bravo — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:31:27 -0400

The next Net Tuesday San Francisco on September 9th will feature Nikki Serapio, the Director of Community Marketing for Involver. Involver facilitates companies and organizations building, launching, promoting, managing and monitoring video campaigns on social networks.

Chirag Shah, Special Projects Manager at Kiva.org, will also be on hand to talk about Kiva's experience using Involver.

If you don't live in the Bay Area, an audio recording of the speakers will be available on the NetSquared Podcast (thanks to David Collin) and a video will be posted on the NetSquared Blip TV Channel (thanks to Ross Chapman) after the event.

If you do live in the Bay Area, RSVP on Meetup, Facebook or Upcoming!

WITNESS and the HUB

Fayza — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:39:07 -0400

As we have said in previous post the power of the video have no limits. Just think about the images that we saw coming from the Beijing Olympics ceremony, or the images we saw coming from the quick war between Russia and Georgia. But there are other important issues that go uncovered. There are heart-breaking stories that go unheard. What news networks tend to cover are the political side of the issues, but hardly the human side. The reason being that they think they are not news worthy.

Can you get in the game? -Using video to connect

Mazarine — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:37:40 -0400

Engaging the youth!

What does it take? Whether you're on the board, on staff, or a volunteer, this is on every nonprofit's mind. And if you're looking around yourself at all, you're attempting to plan ahead. Developing support for your nonprofit means communicating. A lot.

What about making people laugh?
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=529102816568&ref=nf

Jayne Cravens is Looking for Examples of Online Videos for New Nonprofit Volunteers

Britt Bravo — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:12:10 -0400

Online volunteering expert, Jayne Cravens, is looking for examples of online videos for new volunteers, like the one she created for the Aid Workers Network:

You can post your examples in the comments of her blog post, or send her an email using the contact information on her site.

Diabetes Awareness Video: a Success in YouTube!

tudiabetes — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:42:30 -0400

I wanted to share with the NetSquared community a recent success we experienced at the Diabetes Hands Foundation.

By getting in the radar of YouTube's Nonprofits & Activism channel, we were able to get the video below (called "Drawing Diabetes: Diabetes Through the Eyes of Children") to be featured on it, resulting in more than 26,000 views.

We are very happy with the results and highly recommend making sure you contact the people (Sending them a Message through their YouTube channel page, once you have a video for their consideration) managing their Nonprofit Vlog.