How to Report Live From Nonprofit Events Using Periscope

Nonprofit Tech for Good experimented with Periscope for live-streaming for the first time during the 2015 Independent Sector Conference. Like all new tools, there is a learning curve, but for nonprofit social media managers that spend a good portion of the their time on social and mobile media, Periscope is intuitive, easy to use and a welcome break from the daily routine of posting, tweeting, sharing–repeat.

Our Periscope use was basic. We streamed an interview and a short 20-minute session, but with creativity and time for planning, Periscope streaming as a storytelling tool is untapped and a future fundraising success story yet to be told. Streaming from events is an obvious fit for Periscope, but site visits and interviews with communities served, that’s where the real power of Periscope will unfold.