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Starting a blog for your nonprofit or organization and don’t know where to start? Write what you know — and what you care deeply about. Over time, you’ll develop your own style. As you do, follow some of the best practices that journalists and writers have long employed.
Archives for 2010
12 open source tools you should be using
We liked this 3-minute intro to Songbird, Firefox, Audacity, OpenOffice, Gaim, Gimp, Inkscape and Ubuntu. Programs powered by coders’ collective brainpower & generosity Target audience: Nonprofits, social change organizations, educators, foundations, businesses, individuals. This is part of Creating Media, our ongoing series designed to help nonprofits and other organizations learn how to use and make […]
Tiny Buddha: Simple wisdom for complex lives
Tiny Buddha: Simple wisdom for complex lives from JD Lasica on Vimeo. We live in fast times, and what we gain in gadget-obsessed, always-on hyperconnectivity we often lose in life balance and meaningfulness. Lori Deschene, founder of Tiny Buddha, gave a keynote at the Wisdom 2.0 conference in Mountain View, Calif., not long ago to […]
Digital storytelling: A tutorial in 10 easy steps
“Thankful,” a digital story by Sarah Schmidt. How to create a polished, powerful digital story for yourself or your nonprofit Target audience: Nonprofits, social change organizations, educators, foundations, individuals. This is part of Creating Media, our ongoing series designed to help nonprofits and other organizations learn how to use and make media. With millions […]
Visual storytelling checklist
Follow these steps before creating your video or digital story Planning to create a video or digital story for your organization? Make sure you plan out your goals and gather the right equipment before hitting the record button. (See accompanying article, Digital storytelling: A tutorial in 10 easy steps.) • Purpose: Think about what […]
