Digital storytelling is one of the big trends for nonprofits in 2012. More and more of them are seeing a high ROI on creating videos, writing narratives, and investing in media. Yesterday, we presented with Annie and Ethan from ListenIn Pictures at NTEN’s 501 tech event in NYC about our digital storytelling for nonprofits. We had a crowd of 80+ nonprofits, video experts, and techies. Here are a few highlights from Twitter:

• @nonprofitbridge: Advice for #nonprofits – don’t focus on what you do; focus on who you do it for
• @ekornblut: “Your organization is not the protagonist”: good advice from

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Happy holidays to all! We’re excited to kick 2012 off with a free session in NYC on video storytelling, hosted by the Foundation Center and NTEN.

We’ll be talking about our recent digital storytelling ebook with ListenIn Pictures. Read more and register for the session below. It’s free and limited seats are available.

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The best way to raise funds and motivate people online is to tell great stories through video. When done right, video allows your audience to connect with your work on an emotional level, inspires them to take meaningful action and can be the foundation …

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On October 25th, 7-9pm, our friends at Social Innovators Collective are giving a workshop on design for nonprofits. Here’s the description:

Rallying the public around a cause is no easy feat. To build an emotional connection with your audience, your brand needs a strong message, good design, and effective communication. Learn how to apply these tools to your enterprise and create a brand that raises money, sells products, breeds activists, and launches movements.

This session will focus on branding and communications. In order to raise money, sell products, breed activists, and launch movements, both social enterprises and nonprofits need a …

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Our friends at the Social Innovators Collective are organizing a couple of sessions in NYC specifically geared towards social enterprises, and startup/small nonprofits.

This is a must attend course for those that want to learn more about financial sustainability and building their organization.

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Are you finally ready to tackle the question of financial sustainability for your nonprofit or social enterprise? If you’ve been putting it off…here’s your opportunity to finally work on the highly “unfun” part of building your enterprise with a group of founders, leaders and professionals in the social good space who are committed to high impact …

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