Congratulations to Samford University, our 2015 video contest winner! Watch the 2015 video submissions online.

Affiliates: Grab your smartphone, tablet, or video camera and record footage that highlights your affiliate!

Splice and dice your footage with music, still photos, or whatever else you can think of to create up to three minutes of video showing off your affiliate's activities and accomplishments. We'll have NCFR membership vote for their favorite prior to the 2016 NCFR Annual Conference, where we'll show the videos at the affiliate workshop event and announce a winner.

Submit your entry through our webform by Oct. 1!

Copyright and video production

Videos should not include copyrighted sound or images (unless the copyright is your own)!

There are several sources of rights-free music and images out there; materials licensed through Creative Commons (on Flickr, for example) can be good options.

Here are some search services suggested by Creative Commons. The website mobygratis could also offer options for music. (Note that not all materials available through these sources will necessarily fit the criteria.)

Here, you'll find some digital storytelling tips and tools from TechSoup, an organization that connects nonprofits with tech products and services.