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Nonprofitwebtelly: part two

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Here’s number two in our roundup of the best non-profit videos on the net. Look out for number 3 soon..

The story behind Divine Chocolate

The story behind Divine Chocolate

2// The story behind Divine Chocolate

Divine are a social enterprise rather than a strict nonprofit, but I love this simple animation so it’s made it onto the list anyway. It’s charming, fits in nicely with Divine’s branding and tells their story in only 32 seconds - perfect for web TV! I’ve seen Divine’s CEO Sophi Tranchell speaking in public a few times and she uses this video to kick off her presentation to great effect.

Animation is a great way to communicate your key offering quickly and imaginatively. It can also help in getting statistical information across to people, as an engaging alternative to dry print reports or Powerpoint presentations.

Divine’s film has been viewed over 10,000 times on their YouTube channel. They promote the channel from the “get involved” page of their website and they also have Twitter and Facebook pages. They’ve missed a trick by not putting the video up on their Facebook page, but otherwise this is a really good example of how to communicate the story behind a social enterprise through video.

Next up in our nonprofitwebtelly series I’ll be looking at how the Skoll Foundation is using YouTube as an online social enterprise video library..

Nonprofitwebtelly: part one

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

2009 has seen massive growth in online video, and with production kit now more consumer-friendly than ever, there’s never been a better time for nonprofits to experiment with video. 

Having spent the last couple of months working on these two videos to promote Tower Hamlets-based charity City Gateway (Bringing hope to Tower Hamlets and Volunteering at City Gateway) I thought I’d take a look at what else is out there in the world of nonprofit webtelly.

Next month, we’ll be creating a guide to online video production for nonprofits, but to get your creative juices flowing,  here’s part one of our roundup of some of the best videos on the net from charities and social enterprises.

1// About Social Enterprise London

A video intro to Social Enterprise London

A video intro to Social Enterprise London

First up, this promo film from Social Enterprise London. It’s creative, says exactly what SEL is about, and they’ve done a good job of getting it seen by putting it up on a dedicated SEL YouTube channel. My only criticisms are that at 6 mins long, it’s verging on an epic in webtelly terms, and the YouTube version is in the wrong aspect ratio so it appears a wee bit squished..

Are you a nonprofit with an interesting video that you think should be in my list? Have you seen a good nonprofit video on your travels around the net? I’d love to hear about it so drop me a line.

Look out for part two coming soon..