Webcasting
Crowdsourced Video: Watch Everything and Everywhere at Once
Posted by brendan on Oct 13, 2011 in CRIB Notes, Crowd-Sourcing, Mobile Phones, Video, Webcasting, YouTube | Comments Off
Want to see the cutting edge of crowd-sourced video production? The Uptake, hands-down the best guerrilla video shop in the country (they live-streamed the Wisconsin Uprising), has developed a new video aggregator for the Occupy Wall Street movement that lets you easily click back and forth between feeds from 61 different locations (and counting, there’s even an #OccupyLjubljana feed from...
Read MoreMake Your Own Animated Video!
Posted by brendan on Nov 3, 2010 in CRIB Notes, New Tools, Video, Webcasting | Comments Off
Traditionally animation has been prohibitively expensive for many groups. The software runs in the thousands of dollars and requires a highly skilled designer. Well, those days may be over. Several new do-it-yourself programs are now available…and free! We like free stuff. Two popular versions are Xtranormal and Moviestorm. They’re designed to helps amateurs write, ...
Read MoreUsing Youtube’s “Call-to-Action” Tool
Posted by brendan on Sep 3, 2009 in CRIB Notes, Fundraising, New Online Strategies, New Tools, Tips and Tutorials, Video, Webcasting, YouTube | Comments Off
Youtube’s nonprofit program now allows organizations in the program to insert personalized external links into videos using the Annotations feature. This is especially big news for anyone using video to fundraise. The new Call-To-Action capability means that groups can now build graphics within a video that ask people to “Donate” or “Sign Up” or “Sign the...
Read More5 DIY Video Tips
Posted by brendan on Aug 20, 2009 in CRIB Notes, New Tools, Tips and Tutorials, Video, Webcasting | Comments Off
Frogloop has posted “5 DIY Video Tips” for nonprofits. Here’s their list of ways to “save money and do it right”: 1. Plan Ahead: Equipment and software are not your only cost factors. Time, energy, and re-shooting all carry significant costs. When scheduling a shoot, know what you need in advance and decide exactly what you want to capture. Even if you’re just...
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