501 Tech NYC: Crafting a Nonprofit Video Strategy (July 2010)

Beyond Viral Crafting a Nonproﬁt Video Strategy 501 Tech NYC – July 2010 Michael Hoffman, CEO, See3 Communications Sara Fusco, Assistant Director for Online Communications, Refugees International

Letʼs Talk About Video • About See3 • Crafting a Nonproﬁt Video Strategy • Key Examples • Measuring Success • CASE STUDY: Refugees International • Discussion

Visit: www.YouTube.com/NonproﬁtVideoAwards

See3 Communications • Interactive communications agency for nonproﬁts and causes specializing in video, web, and outreach • Results-driven online strategies • Believe in leveraging technology and media to help organizations achieve their goals

Viral to Who?

Beyond Viral

Your Website is Your Channel

The Nonproﬁt Video Strategy

Think Strategically • Get your calendar out • Evaluate your current video assets • Align your organizational goals and messages • Train your staff to be digital storytellers (shooting video, taking photos, blogging, social media) • Find the people (“The Passionate Ones”)

Digital Storytelling Cuture • What skills does your team have? • Storytelling • Editing • Social Media • Who needs to be involved? • Who has the passion?

Planning Your Video • What is your objective? • Who is your audience? • What do you want to say? • How will you use the video? • How will you distribute the video? • What tools will you need?

11 Types of Nonproﬁt Videos 1. The Dinner Video 2. The Founding Myth 3. PSA/Awareness Campaign 4. Conversation Starter 5. Vlog (Video Blog) 6. Educational Videos

11 Types of Nonproﬁt Videos 7. The Solicitation 8. The Livestream Event 9. From the Field 10. The Interactive Experience 11. Behind the Scenes

AVODAH • Smaller nonproﬁts supporting Jewish young adults serving in social justice organizations • Provide storytelling curriculum training for corp members • On the ground footage mixed with professional editing and storytelling services • Integrate videos into key sections of website

Video Centric Campaign

Acumen Fund Even Better Campaign • Video shows how the money is used in an engaging way - their “Theory of Change” • Scripted messages from volunteers mixed with motion graphics • Video integrated seamlessly into campaign landing page (www.acumenfund.org/evenbetter) • Excellent use of YouTube Annotations using source code tracking

www.see3.net/making-strides-personalized-fundraising-video

American Cancer Society Personalized Video Fundraising • ACS needed tool to encourage walkers to raise money among peers • Each walker received email with link to pre- personalized video • Over 4,500 donations sourced directly from the video, resulting in a 10:1 ROI • Repeatable model for ACS event fundraising

Expose Animal Abusers Video Centric Advocacy Campaign • Petition campaign encouraging state legislators to introduce animal abuser registry bills • Hard-hitting campaign video featuring extreme animal abuser cases • Video employed on campaign landing page, online editorial and blogs, shared among Facebook and Twitter

Measuring Success • Does it move the needle? • Does it help your SEO strategy? • Does it improve conversion rates? • Does it help spread the message? • Does it engage your constituents?

Measuring Success Determine your metrics upfront • Donations • Views/comments • Blog mentions • Website trafﬁc • Shares • Use YouTube “Insight” to measure how people are ﬁnding your content

Refugees International (And our viral agnosticism)

Refugees International Who we are • Refugees International advocates for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises

Refugees International Our communications objectives • Position as the go-to organization among target audiences for solutions to refugee crises • Improve overall name recognition and reputation among target audiences

Refugees International Who are we trying to reach? • Policy-makers • U.S. Congress • U.S. Administration • United Nations • NGOs • Donors

Video Dreams Just because you build it…

Our Video Objectives • Support our advocacy priorities among target audiences • Support initiatives and events to grow our supporter base • Help develop stronger narratives for the human story of our work

Pre-Pre Planning Funding? Internal capacity and expertise? Consistent organizational focus? Compelling message? Opportunity?

CASE STUDY: The View from Syria • Pre-Production / Production / Post-Production • Outreach and Advocacy • Outcomes

(Pre-, Post-, and Everything In-Between) Production • Whatʼs our story? • Whoʼs our primary audience? • Who can tell our story? • How do we show it? • Permissions / security risks? • Existing work? • Whatʼs our budget? • Whatʼs our timeline?

Advocacy and Outreach • Three videos • Petition • Paid advertising • Paid search campaign • Google Grants optimization • Blogger outreach • Social network outreach

Outcomes • 4,300 new email addresses • 20% increase in web trafﬁc • 35 blogs covered petition and videos • Growth of social network (+1,741) • Lasting assets

Advocacy Successes • The U.S. provided $328.7 million to UN programs for displaced Iraqis, a noteworthy 60% of the UNʼs request (up from 37% in 2008) • House of Representatives passed legislation calling for stronger policies to protect and assist displaced Iraqis by the Govʼt of Iraq • U.S. directly re-engages with Syria by appointing an Ambassador

Thank you! Michael Hoffman • Email: michael@see3.net • Website: www.see3.net • Twitter: @Michael_Hoffman Sara Fusco • Email: sara@refugeesinternational.org • Website: www.refugeesinternational.org

Photo Credits • A Classic Cash Register - Heath Bar • Blueprints, Typewriters and Gears - Traveling Steve • Audience in 3D Glasses - Diamond Geyser • Encyclopedias - Stewart Butterﬁeld • Hammer - Austin Camera Guy • Annette Conway reads to children - Marine Corp News All photographs licensed under Creative Commons

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