virtual site visit - noun - 1) A short, online marketing message that lets prospective donors, clients or volunteers "visit" with a nonprofit program at any time of the day or night, and inspires them to learn more. 2) A site visit conducted virtually, through a web video or compilation of photographs, video clips, and text, that may be created at low cost, uploaded to an online host such as YouTube or Vimeo, embedded into the organization's own website, and used for other presentations and purposes.
Non-profits can now maximize visibility and community outreach through the web and social networking with lower cost and effort than ever before.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a Virtual Site Visit could be priceless.
VirtualSiteVisits.org is a special project of the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation, intended to be a valuable working model and learning resource for Nonprofits, Foundations and Prospective Donors.
We showcase Fox grant recipients through their Virtual Site Visits and offer reliable information, articles, and guidance on how nonprofits can create and use their own videos using the latest, easy-to-use tools, and how foundations can support their grant recipients by linking to their videos on their own websites and in various, creative ways. We offer foundations a series of case studies, technology related 'how-to' guides and web resources. In the few minutes it takes to view a Virtual Site Visit, an organization can inspire action in the community it serves.
Regardless of your reasons for taking a Virtual Site Visit, you will leave with more than you came with!