sustainable development goals

These YouTube tips follow on from our two-part Video Tips series, which included Video tips for NPOs, social impact campaigns & fundraising, highlighting some key things to consider when creating video for campaigns, as well as 5 Fundraising Video tips for NPOs, social impact campaigns & fundraising, which offer some practical ideas that have proven effective in raising funds. In terms of users and traffic, YouTube is the largest streaming channel on the internet and not only for video, for music too! This well-known statistic, however, is a double-edged sword because, although YouTube is massive, it can also be a bottomless hole where your amazing content can quite easily … [Read more...] about YouTube Tips for non-profits and social impact campaigns Pt.1

  In our previous blog we highlighted the importance of video in your content mix for social media and this week we offer five Fundraising Video tips. These tips are effective in inspiring donors to reach into their pockets and give. As far back as in 2013 Google declared that more than half of donors made a gift after watching an online video about their favourite cause. Considering that this was six years ago and that in 2019 the forecast is that 80% of all internet traffic will come from video, the importance of using video to raise funds cannot be emphasised enough. If you are running a fundraising campaign, a non-profit organisation or any social impact driven … [Read more...] about 5 Fundraising Video tips for NPOs, social impact campaigns & fundraising

Social media has become one the most effective methods of sharing stories and is critical to the success of social impact campaigns, NPOs and fundraising. Storytelling and delivering your message effectively are some of the most important components to raising funds and doing good. Whether you’re a non-profit organisation looking for donators or a brand with a strong CSR initiative, both need to tell their stories effectively to reach desired outcomes. It is forecasted that in 2019 80% of all internet traffic will come from video. Platforms such as Facebook advised digital marketers several years ago to focus on video as preferred media for advertising and this study by Streaming … [Read more...] about Video tips for NPOs, social impact campaigns & fundraising

Our Global Festival of Action review comes courtesy of CEO, Greg Viljoen, who attended the three-day conference in Bonn, Germany. Greg offers invaluable insight into the event and adds a key perspective that he believes is currently missing from the program. Ultimately, the key challenge at hand is to educate the youth in South Africa to better understand the importance of sustainable development goals, but how do we go about doing this? Global Festival of Action Review Firstly let me just say the Global Festival of Action is just incredible. I have never been to any conference with as much important social change content as this. It’s by far the most important social change event in … [Read more...] about Global Festival of Action Review