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How to create compelling videos for YouTube and TikTok

How To Create Compelling Content: Your guide to persuasive YouTube and TikTok videos

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps, TikTok, Video creation, Zoom presentations / By Deepak Puri

Use these tips to make persuasive videos. This Politics Girl video is important. You learn about the importance of voting in Nov 7th Virginia election, and get ideas on how to improve your own videos. Here are a few tips you can emulate from master communicators like Leigh McGowan. Find other resources on communicating better …

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Google monetizes hate with YouTube Smartchat

How Google monetizes hate with YouTube Super Chats

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Misinformation, Power mapping / By Deepak Puri

There’s money to be made in peddling hate. See how Google does it. Google’s motto used to be ‘Do no evil‘. That’s been abandoned in the pursuit of profits at any cost. The new Google motto (borrowing from Animal Farm) seems to be “Do no evil, unless you can make money from it“. YouTube’s Super …

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Record events with YouTube Shorts to create awareness and mobilize support for your campaign.

YouTube Shorts: Ideal for campaigns and activists on the move

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps, Video creation / By Deepak Puri

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” ― Ferris Bueller It’s the same with organizing. You have to move fast. Record events to mobilize supporters with YouTube Shorts. It’s fast, simple and free. This blog explains how Sherman Hardy uses YouTube Shorts in his …

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Hold media outlets and website responsible for the harm they cause by spreading COVID misinfo

The FCC should hold Facebook accountable for spreading COVID misinfo

Leave a Comment / COVID, Disinformation, Misinformation, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

The media influences people’s decision on whether to get vaccinated. Some media companies make money from COVID misinformation by selling more ads. The FCC regulates TV channels and websites to restrict content harmful to the public. The FCC should hold these firms liable for the harm they cause. “A five-member agency is in charge of …

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Are you one the losing side of the DATA DIVIDE?

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps / By Deepak Puri

One side of the data divide has companies making money from personal data. The other side buys data from them. Which side are you on? Companies, government agencies and campaigns rely on data and lists to reach their target audience. Facebook, Google, YouTube and Amazon collect mountains of data and make billions selling it to …

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YouTube profits from streaming content promoting violence and attacking democratic institutions.

How YouTube makes money selling ads next to videos of the U.S. Capitol being attacked

Leave a Comment / Radicalization, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

Mobs attack the U.S. Capitol and threaten elected officials with death. YouTube profits from the violence, but do its advertisers know what they are paying for?

YouTube profits from spreading disinformation

How YouTube spreads COVID Disinformation

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Misinformation, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

290,000 Americans have already died from COVID-19, yet people protest wearing masks and are skeptical of vaccinations. How does disinformation manipulate people into risky behavior? Who gains from spreading disinformation that might result in avoidable deaths? Why does YouTube spread disinformation? BackgroundThis blog is based on discussions with Dr. Nitin Agarwal at UA Little Rock …

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Create online training quickly for free with new, easy to use apps.

Create online training with free, easy-to-use apps

Leave a Comment / Technology, Software, and Apps, Training Volunteers and Organizers / By Deepak Puri

How does a group with little money and few technical skills create online training courses? Free innovative new software!

How to deliver POWERFUL messages on video

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Virtual Fundraising and Events / By Deepak Puri

It’s all about how you come across to your audience. These skills are more especially important with so much campaigning, fund raising, and volunteer recruitment taking place online.

Ten tips to make anyone a ZOOM fundraising pro

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Virtual Fundraising and Events / By Quincey Tickner

1. Test the technology Navigate technical issues before they happen to improve efficiency. Technical issues come hand in hand with virtual meetings, so it’s important to anticipate possible problems ahead of time. It’s a good idea to send the platforms/URLs to all participants a day or so in advance so everyone has time to try …

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