For the 5th year in a row, the annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest, presented by YouTube and See3 Communications, is open for submission during the weeks leading up to the Nonprofit Technology Conference. If you're a nonprofit and you made a video in 2010, you should:

> Submit your video today!

If you weren't with us at 10NTC, you didn't catch See3 CEO Michael Hoffman announcing the winners of the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards in front of a packed lunch crowd in Atlanta, Georgia.

The lunch was good, but the videos were fantastic -- and we wouldn't want anyone to miss out on those.

Watch the 4 winning videos now!

We've been lucky enough to partner with See3 for the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards for several years now. In just that short time period, the use of video by nonprofits has exploded. This year, See3, NTEN and YouTube received over 750 submissions for the contest - a record! The amazing panel of judges have whittled it down to just 16 finalists, and now we want your two cents! Head over to YouTube and:

Ed. Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions.

Speaker: Michael Hoffman, See3

Session: Anatomy of a Video: Confessions From Organizations Big and Small 

1. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?

The widespread adoption of social media is clearly the most important trend for nonprofit technology in 2010. While there are still complications about measuring ROI, and best practices are still being developed, we are seeing clear signals that web traffic is being driven from Twitter and Facebook, fundraising and advocacy outreach through social media is having impact, and a smart strategy of using YouTube contributes greatly to search engine optimization.

Flicker photo: mastermaqEvery year at the NTC, we partner with See3 to bring you the DoGooder Nonprofit Video awards. You may remember "Children Need a Bailout" from 2009, or "Breathe In, Breathe Out," from 2008. We're at it again in 2010, this time with more YouTube-y goodness!

Check out today's announcement from See3:

We had a 501 Tech Club meeting here in Portland this week, where we spent a lot of time talking about video. It seems some groups are really starting to get interested in all of the ways they can use video to tell their stories and inspire action. One performance group was interested in live-streaming their performances. Another wanted to get their event fundraising teams to take video of their experiences as they prepared for the big event.