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April 10 Event: Listening to Beneficiaries
The current issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review has a fascinating article about the importance of beneficiaries. Nonprofits and foundations, the article argues, all too often look to experts for the latest research or crowdsourcing for popular support while overlooking the people who matter most—their intended beneficiaries—who can offer powerful feedback, point out problems on the ground, and […]
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Hope for Humans microdoc wins Grand Prize at the Neuro Film Festival
[dotted_separator] [table_row title=”Client”]Hope for Humans[/table_row] [table_row title=”Purpose”]To call attention to the devastating impact of Nodding Syndrome in Northern Uganda. Some 7,000 children now have the disease, while the cause and cure remain unknown.[/table_row] [table_row title=”Award”]The film won the grand prize at the Neuro Film Festival, a contest that helps raise awareness about brain and nervous […]
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Say what you mean and mean what you say
The other day I heard someone express concern because her son used the term “that’s so gay” to convey disgust. A friend of mine recently was frustrated by the continued used of the word “retarded.”Because of the potential reach of our films, as storytellers we tend to be particularly sensitive to how words and images […]
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Now your audience can view videos directly in their Outlook inbox
Driving my daughter to ballet the other day, I passed a billboard advertising the new and improved Microsoft Outlook. “Get a better view,” the billboard said. “Watch videos directly from your inbox.” It turns out that the new Outlook.com includes a feature called “Active Views” that allows users to view videos directly in their inbox rather than […]
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