Video Editing Services for Nonprofits, NGOs,
Charities & Community Programs.
Sometimes you need an
aspiring Steven Spielberg to do a sophisticated, theater-quality
movie for your nonprofit, charity or community program, and if
you have the budget for that, go for it!
But for those who don't have
such a budget and whose video production needs aren't quite so
lofty, there's me!
Using video clips that your
volunteers, employees, consultants or clients have taken with their
smart phones, or recordings of your online/remote meetings, or
working with you on your laptop or smart phone to create new
content, I can create simple videos for your nonprofit, NGO, charity
or community group's YouTube channel or for other public outreach
avenues, or for you to show before you speak to a community group.
My video
creation services are for simple videos that you would share
online, on YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, etc., or on a laptop, rather
than something you would show on a movie-theater-quality venue.
Such videos can be focused
on:
- orientations for new volunteers, employees or program
participants.
- client impact statements.
- partner testimonials.
- volunteer testimonials.
- participant testimonials.
- event highlights.
- speeches and other presentations.
- an edited version of a long event that featured
speeches, presentations, etc. (taking out time between speakers, other
long pauses).
- how-to videos using video you have taken.
I can also guide you on how to use your laptop or smart phone
to take video for use for any of the above.
Many of the aforementioned projects, if you
were to provide all of the video clips and wanted something around
five minutes, would come in around $500 for my entire production
budget.
My video production services include:
- Viewing the video content you provide and then offering
an outline regarding what the finished video(s) could be (long form,
short form, PSAs, multiple uses, etc.).
- Editing video and audio you supply for the creation of
whatever visual product you want.
- Adding elements such as fade ins and fade outs,
copyright-free music, titles and closed captions.
If you don't already have content for a video you want
created, I can help with both script writing and your verbal or physical
delivery on camera or on audio.
What you need:
- Video, with or without audio, from a smart phone, recorded online
meeting, YouTube, etc., that you own the copyright to or have written
permission to use, OR the ability to take video and audio
with a smart phone at a meeting or event or your laptop during an online
meeting.
- A YouTube channel or a gmail / Google account so I can help you set
this up. You will share videos with me for editing via YouTube (there is
a way to do it privately), as well as how I will share my work with you
(again, there is a way to do this privately). If you don't have a
YouTube channel, and you don't know how to, I can help you set such up
(there is no charge from YouTube for having a channel there).
- An idea of who your audience will be for the video you want produced,
and a general idea of what kind of video product you want (an
orientation for new volunteers, a video of highlights from an event,
etc.).
- A commitment to answering emails quickly; joining my Slack channel
would also be encouraged, for quick answers to questions.
You can use Vimeo, Facebook or any other video-sharing
site to share the final product, and the final product belongs to you to
do with as you like - as in, if you want to later give it to another
person to edit into something different, I am absolutely fine with that
(I won't enforce the copyright as the creator).
Samples of my work:
Celebration video
of final day of a nonprofit event (2:13)
This is an example of how video taken by various different people, on
different devices, can be spliced together in a simple, fun way to
celebrate an event or program.
les chats noirs
(2:07)
An example of using simple special effects and copyright-free music and
simple smartphone footage to make a short, fun video. If I can make this
from cat-sitting one afternoon imagine what I can do with clips your
volunteers have taken on their smart phone during their service!
Advocating for
Diversity in Volunteer Engagement is NOT Easy (11:46)
With just my laptop, some hats, and a longing for my high
school and university theater days, I made this simple video to
illustrate the resistance nonprofits, charities, community groups and
others will get when they start advocating for diversity and inclusion
in volunteer engagement, with lots of tips on how to prepare for it and
counter it. You
can see all of my trainings on this playlist on YouTube.
Volunteers talk
about what's best about the website they built for a nonprofit
(3:52)
As part of a nonprofit's program where 10 to 30 teams of volunteers
build web sites for 10 to 30 nonprofits, to show off accessibility
features, volunteer teams are invited to talk about their experience on
the day the event ends, either onsite or via a video conferencing call.
This is an example of a less-than-four-minute video that was made from
over 15 minutes of footage. The goal was to have short videos to show
potential participants in subsequent years, so they could understand
what the experience was like.
Team of volunteers
talk about the experience of helping build a web site for a nonprofit
(11:44)
This is a longer version of video testimonials from the aforementioned
event.
Editing example:
Nonprofit Kickoff Event (Hybrid) (1:12:35)
A nonprofit holds a kickoff event annually for a particular program that
involves 10 to 30 remote teams and 10 to 30 dispersed nonprofits and
government programs, with some participants overseas. The event is also
broadcast live for an online audience, making it a hybrid event. The
original recordings of this 2018 event were more than two hours long.
The nonprofit wanted to have a recording of the entire event online, but
have "dead air" and long pauses cut out. I was able to cut the event
down to less than half the time of the original broadcast, without
cutting any substantial content. And, yes, that is me also at the event
as the MC at about the 21-minute mark. The purpose of the video is for
archival purposes and to show new employees what this program is like,
as the event tends to have a high-turnover of staff year-to-year.
Costs:
If you are interested in a quote, please contact me.
Initial email exchanges and our first live discussion, where I find out what
you need in more detail, are free. I will then tell you how much time I
expect the task to take. I charge $50 per hour of work, and require a six
hour minimum ($300). A time estimation will be given before work begins and
a MOU will be prepared by me and signed by both parties, to ensure clarity
regarding the project. If there is a need for more time on my part, and this
will increase the final costs, permission will be sought first from you
before I proceed.
Also:
How you can make and use simple videos to recruit volunteers, orient new
volunteers and support the work of volunteers can be found in:
The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook:
Fully Integrating Online Service Into Volunteer Involvement.
A comprehensive guide to using online tools for supporting
& engaging ALL volunteers, & for creating online roles &
online tasks for volunteers.
The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Virtual Volunteering At Any Organization.
Here's how to order
(includes table of contents and reviews).
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