Video
March 13, 2012
YouTube has opened up the opportunity to live-stream to all members of the YouTube Nonprofit Program. Nonprofits, from small to large, will now be able to engage live audiences in charity concerts, conferences and other special events to raise awareness about their causes and drive donations in real time.
The YouTube Nonprofit Program is currently open to registered organizations in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada and offers free benefits like donate buttons/overlays, custom thumbnail selection and channel branding.
February 23, 2012
Worldwide video-sharing website YouTube is now making it easier for nonprofits to accomplish their missions. Through an initiative called YouTube Next Cause, nonprofits can promote their efforts and obtain one-on-one consulting and community engagement tips to grow their YouTube following.
February 7, 2012
YouTube and See3 Communications are now accepting submissions for the 2012 DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards, an annual event to showcase and reward some of the best video work from nonprofits. The awards will honor nonprofits in four categories: Best Small Organization, Best Medium Organization, Best Large Organization and Best Storytelling Video. The winner of each category will be awarded several prizes, such as monetary compensation as well as a featured spot on YouTube’s homepage on April 5.
August 9, 2011
An Orange County, Calif.-based charity that puts smiles back on the faces of underprivileged kids in need of major orthodontic care is the first charitable organization featured as part of a unique social media campaign designed to inspire people to get involved with nonprofits. A documentary-style video profile featuring Share A Smile co-founders Mike and Kim Robertson and a few of the participating local dentists and orthodontists who volunteer their time and talents to repair youthful smiles — free of charge — can now be seen on YouTube, at www.shareasmile.com, and at www.agendabe.com.
July 18, 2011
MatchingDonors.com is asking the public to help raise awareness about being a living organ donor on MatchingDonors.com through their Everybody Can Save A Life Video Contest!
June 3, 2011
Greenworks Video, a green screen video production studio located in Denver, announces Lights, Camera, Vote For A Cause!, a yearlong video contest for Colorado nonprofit organizations that begins June 3.
Responding to Colorado’s growing philanthropic community and worthy causes in need, Greenworks Video has selected a total of 36 diverse Colorado nonprofit organizations to participate in a yearlong video contest with a winner each month. Each of the 12 contest winners will receive a custom-made video produced by Greenworks Video’s writer-director Brian Doubleday and veteran editor Jim McConnell.
April 4, 2011
Nonprofit social service agencies are releasing video messages intended to remind Connecticut legislators about the need to protect services for vulnerable residents as lawmakers consider the state budget.
The Connecticut Community Providers Association is releasing the videos over the next several weeks.
The first video, which is being sent to lawmakers and policymakers, highlights services the nonprofit agencies provide to more than 500,000 residents, including those with mental illness, substance abuse issues, developmental and physical disabilities.
March 21, 2011
At the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference held this past weekend in Washington, D.C., the winners of the 5th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards were announced. The four winning videos came from the Post Carbon Institute, Ronald McDonald House Austin, American Jewish World Service and Watershed Management Group.
March 8, 2011
A new video contest is asking Naperville, Ill., and all of DuPage County high schoolers, to tap into their giving spirits.
Giving DuPage is kicking off its first video contest and encouraging teenagers to share their love for volunteerism on camera. Students can submit videos through April 8 explaining why they volunteer, where they volunteer and what they like about it.
March 3, 2011
A Bay Area filmmaker and the nonprofit where he has volunteered since 2006 are making the most of a video they produced together, winning a national contest for nonprofits focusing on issues that affect children and families.
A short version of Ben Tuller’s 40-minute film “A New Way Home,” which he made for George Mark Children’s House in California, won the first-place prize in Tufts University’s 501C3: Capturing Change on Camera contest.
