Video
Resources that will help you produce and publish videos, photos, and media.
VIDEO GALLERY
A gallery of compelling videos for nonprofits and startups
A gallery of How-To’s for getting started with video
ARTICLES AND HOW-TOs
12 Tips to Instantly Enhance Video Production
101 Stats About Online Video
4 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Video to Create Change
Boost Your Online Marketing by Crowdsourcing Videos
Advancing the Story – Mobile Newsgathering Best Practices
Video and Photos from the Case Foundation
Nonprofit Video: 9 Steps to Success
McKinsey’s Tips for Shooting Video
EDITING PROGRAMS
Windows Live Movie Maker – Included on most PCs. (Was how Man on the Street DC got started).
iMovie – Included on most Apple computers.
Animoto – Photos into Video (free Pro accounts for Causes)
Picnik – Photo Editing
Pixlr – Photo Editing
Soundslides – Pairs photo slideshows with audio (Low Cost)
PHOTOS AND IMAGES
Free Stock Photos – Google search for a number of free services
Getty Images – Low Cost
Flickr Creative Commons Search – Free
Picasa – Google’s online photo sharing program
PRESENTATIONS ON SLIDESHARE
PercyGroupComm – Our ppts, polus favorites on video, communications, storytelling, nonprofits, etc
David J Neff – Austin-based author of “The Future of NonProfits” (no relation to NonProfitFuture)
ONLINE
Tout – post 15 sec clips. Like Twitter, but video based.
Klip – app for iPhone. Post up to 60 sec clips.
Viddy – another iPhone app. Like Tout, 15 secs at a time.
FILM COMPETITIONS, FESTIVALS, DIRECTORIES
DoGooder NonProfit Video Awards – presented by the Case Foundation and See3 Communciations
501c3: Capturing Change on Camera – presented by Tufts University
Video for Change – presented by UPG, a private production services company
Social Innovation Video Contest – presented by McKinsey&Company, addressing social challenges
Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival – first film festival dedicated entirely to nonprofit and cause-driven films
Reel Change Film Frenzy – Austin-based video competition involving nonprofits and charities
Stone Soup Films – A nonprofit that raises money to make films for nonprofits
Online Video Contests Directory – Not the easiest to navigate, but plenty there








