Tag: visual storytelling
New Reel Highlighting Social Impact Work
Proud to share our new reel in honor of Major Multimedia’s four year anniversary! The two-minute film (above our home page) exemplifies the social impact film and…
advocacy · Africa · Chicago · humanitarian photography · Major Multimedia · Matanya's Hope · multimedia storytelling · nonprofit · nonprofit video · poverty · social good · travel photographer · visual storytelling
The Peru Project
In the shantytowns surrounding Lima, Peru, lighting is scarce. Kerosene lamps and candles barely fill the nighttime electricity void. Though light can sometimes be…
Americas · humanitarian photography · Lima · non profit · nonprofit · Novica · Peru · poverty · travel photographer · visual storytelling
The Circus Comes to Englewood
The Midnight Circus, a remarkable Chicago nonprofit, provides hope and motivation to residents of Englewood — one of the most challenged communities in Chicago. This documentary takes us on one woman’s personal journey of community building and her desire to move away from the stigma of violence and hopelessness…
Chicago · Circus in the Parks · community · digital storytelling · Midnight Circus · multimedia storytelling · nonprofit · nonprofit video · social good · visual storytelling
Advocacy Videos: Digital Storytelling on a Budget
Everyone agrees about the increasing importance of multimedia storytelling and getting the nonprofit message across. There are many choices today for nonprofits when…
Major Multimedia · multimedia storytelling · NGO · nonprofit · video · visual storytelling
How charity: water changes lives through multimedia
With more than 1.3 million Twitter followers, 210,000 Facebook likes, and an extremely accessible and interesting blog called the charity: water log, the…
Africa · charity: water · clean water · poverty · visual storytelling
5 Practical Tools for Creating Professional-Looking Web Videos via Skype
Guest blog by Derek Singleton – Softwareadvice.com These days, recording a professional-looking Web video interview is becoming easier and cheaper. However, it is…
chicago nonprofit · Major Multimedia · multimedia · nonprofit · software advice · video · video advocacy · visual storytelling · web video
Code for America: Engaging, Uplifting Nonprofit Promo Video
Spotlight: Code for America Code for America, a nonprofit that uses technology to transform local governments, boasts a creative, compelling promo video that not…
advocacy · Americas · Code for America · Inkerman Road · Major Multimedia · multimedia storytelling · social good · video · visual storytelling
Click to Donate – A Nonprofit Campaign That Went Viral
How one nonprofit’s fundraiser went viral in less than 30 days Imagine if making $5000 for your nonprofit cause were as easy as clicking a button. This nonprofit did,…
advocacy · Hoshyar Foundation · multimedia storytelling · non profit · nonprofit · not-for-profit · Sliderocket · social good · viral · visual storytelling
Getting Supporters to Take the Next Step When Your Video Ends
While the audience for online video continues to grow, the advances in web video technology are changing at a dizzying pace, making it hard for nonprofits to keep up….
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