Harness your grassroots support with video advocacy campaigns.
Real people. Real experiences. A stronger voice for your cause. Vloggi helps nonprofits, charities, unions and associations collect authentic supporter videos, member feedback and field updates at scale.
Collect directly from your community—not from bot farms or synthetic spokespeople. Keep each original video, its contributor details and rights-assignment record together in a private video library you control.
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Organizations using Vloggi for video advocacy campaigns
SEIU collected member videos in ten spoken languages to support grassroots advocacy.
Voto Latino uses Vloggi to encourage Spanish-speaking voters to register.
National Independent Venue Association used Vloggi for video advocacy campaigns.
National Autistic Society used Vloggi for video advocacy campaigns.
Peace First collected volunteer stories and testimonials for multilingual charity campaigns.
THE PROBLEM
Powerful footage. Missing proof.
A video arrives. Who recorded it? When was it submitted? Is it the original—and what happened to it along the way? When clips pass through messaging apps, inboxes and social feeds, the chain of custody breaks and the context gets lost.
For grassroots advocacy and evidence from the field, that gap matters. Bot farms and synthetic media make authentic voices easier to dismiss. Your team needs the original footage, its capture and submission records, and the contributor’s consent together—not another folder of disconnected clips.
THE SOLUTION
Real voices. A traceable chain of custody.
Vloggi collects video directly from supporters and field teams, keeping original files, submission timestamps, capture context and tamper-evident records connected. Follow the evidence from submission through review, with a traceable chain of custody.
Rights assignment happens as contributors submit. Their videos, answers and consent stay together, ready for your team to build a reusable library for advocacy, fundraising and community engagement.
USE CASES
Six ways to put grassroots supporters’ video to work
Supporter stories
Give the people closest to your cause a voice. Collect personal experiences that bring a petition, donor appeal or awareness campaign to life—without scripting what supporters should say.
Evidence from the field
Record video or audio evidence where the work happens. Send recordings directly to your organization’s secure cloud library, with capture context and tamper-evident records to support verification.
Community consultation
Ask the people affected by a campaign to describe what needs to change. Keep their words, context and agreed use together so their contribution is represented accurately.
Member feedback
Ask structured questions before a meeting, consultation or planning session. Keep responses associated with the question asked so your team can compare themes while retaining the context.
Volunteer updates
Bring chapters and local teams together to mark progress, celebrate an anniversary or show donors what their support made possible. Collect dozens or thousands of individual contributions in one campaign.
Volunteer field updates
Invite volunteers to show the work as it happens. Short, focused updates give your team useful material for reporting, learning and supporter communications.
FEATURE SPOTLIGHT · MULTILINGUAL VIDEO FORMS
Let people take part in their own language.
Language should not decide whose story gets heard. Give each community a localized video submission form, with familiar upload buttons, recording prompts, confirmation messages and privacy information.
Localize the journey
Choose English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian or Portuguese in your project’s Locale setting. Supply your own translated brief and questions so the entire invitation feels local.
Hear the original voice
People can speak in the language that best expresses their experience. Keep each answer with its question and contributor details, whether you collect from phones, tablets or an assisted recording station.
SEIU collected more than 250 member videos in ten spoken languages in two days. That campaign’s language choices are distinct from the seven currently localized interface languages.
Explore multilingual video forms → · Explore all Vloggi features →
EXAMPLE IN PRACTICE
Example: secure knowledge and evidence collection
Vloggi was approached by the United Nations World Food Programme to build a system that could preserve the experience of departing staff through structured interviews. We then explored extending the same secure video and audio collection approach to humanitarian evidence gathering in the field.
Proposed application, not a completed WFP deployment. Images illustrate the concept.
Capture at the source
A staff member records a guided video or audio account directly through the browser-based uploader: an interview, a site assessment or an update on local conditions.
Transfer to secure cloud
The recording is submitted directly to the organization’s secure cloud environment without creating a camera-roll copy. This reduces the need to carry a local media archive between sites.
Retain the record
Bring original files, submission timestamps and agreed context into an access-controlled library. Tamper-evident records support traceability as authorized teams review and use the material.
INDUSTRY TIPS
Tips for powerful, respectful video advocacy
Ask for one real experience
Use a short, specific prompt. Ask what happened, what changed or what the contributor wants your organization to understand. Their own words are more useful than a polished script.
Meet your community where it is
Share your link through chapter emails, volunteer groups and events. Offer translated briefs and assisted recording for people who need support.
Respect the person behind the story
Make participation voluntary. Explain the audience and intended use before recording, especially when stories involve vulnerable people. Collect only the personal details your project needs.
Build a library, not a one-off campaign
Keep consent with each original file. Organize submissions by topic, chapter and campaign so your team can find relevant stories again without losing context.
Why community video matters → · More nonprofit video ideas →
CASE STUDIES
Video advocacy campaigns in practice
Peace First
Peace First gathers volunteer stories and testimonials to show supporters the people and experiences behind its work. The charity runs campaigns in multiple languages.
NYSUT
The New York State United Teachers collects member feedback before negotiations, bringing individual experiences into its advocacy. Their member stories have direct influence over decision makers.
AFTA
The Australian Federation of Travel Agents collected member stories to demonstrate the impact of travel restrictions on businesses and livelihoods.
SEIU
The SEIU uses Vloggi to campaign for Immigrant Justice in ten languages. The union is working to bring the stories of the impact of immigration crackdowns across the United States to legislators.
Blue Star Families
BlueStar250 invites people of all ages and backgrounds to honor a family member, friend or neighbor who served. Contributors share why their service matters to the community.
Kennedy Shanahan 2024
Collected video feedback to inform campaign policies. Used Vloggi to ensure human-generated video at a time when rivals were influenced by synthentic media created outside the United States.
SUPPLIER CREDENTIALS
Ready to work with public-sector and humanitarian teams
United Nations IT vendor
Vloggi is an approved United Nations IT vendor, supporting secure video collection for humanitarian and public-interest work.
NSW Government ICT vendor
Vloggi is an approved NSW Government ICT vendor, with a public listing on the NSW Supplier Hub.
YOUR QUESTIONS
Video advocacy campaign FAQs
Do supporters need to install an app?
No. They open your branded link or scan a QR code and record or submit through their browser. You can collect from phones, tablets and computers.
How does Vloggi help us collect authentic human videos?
Collect directly from people responding to your own campaign prompts. Vloggi keeps original submissions, contributor context and capture records together, while Vloggi Verify adds integrity assessment. This gives your team provenance to assess, rather than anonymous clips or synthetic spokespeople; editorial checks still establish the accuracy of claims in a story.
Are video usage rights transferred to our organization?
Yes. When contributors accept Vloggi’s content-assignment form, they assign the rights in their submitted content to your organization under the agreement. You can edit, compile, publish and reuse it, with the acceptance record attached to the submission. Read the content-assignment agreement →
Can we ask questions in different languages?
Yes. Create translated briefs and questions for your audiences and select from seven localized contributor interfaces. People can record their answers in their own language, including languages beyond those seven interface options.
Can we collect video at a conference or community event?
Yes. Use a shared submission link, QR codes or tablet recording stations. SEIU used guided multilingual video questionnaires at its convention and continued collecting member voices afterward.
Are submissions public?
No. Vloggi is a private collection platform, not a social network. Your organization controls the library and decides what to publish or make visible in an optional public gallery.
Can field recordings go straight to the cloud?
Yes. Recording within the uploader allows direct cloud submission without creating a camera-roll copy. Uploading an existing file does not remove that original from the device. For sensitive field work, our team can scope recording, access and device-handling requirements with you.
Do nonprofits get a discount?
Yes. Nonprofit organizations receive a 20% discount. Explore plans or talk to our team about your campaign volume, languages and collection needs.
Turn grassroots support into powerful video advocacy.
Hear directly from your supporters. Own the video library. Keep the rights and the context together.
Nonprofits receive 20% off. Let’s build a campaign your community can take part in.