Advance Work: Bragging With Dignity
CURRENTS Article The University of Edinburgh needed to inform its constituency about its capital campaign in a way that wouldn't offend potential donors. An alumni-created video that weaves together the past and the present hit the mark.

Fundraising Features : University of Edinburgh - Silver Medal
Best Practice The University of Edinburgh created a film profiling the strengths and vision of the University to support an ambitious capital campaign. The film was intended for use in face to face fundraising and group situations, for internal and external communication.

Fundraising Features: Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Gold Medal
Best Practice This video is one element in a comprehensive program of communications that introduce the Hobart and William Smith constituency to a $160 million fundraising campaign. At the outset of the public phase of the campaign, the video is being featured at a series of regional kickoff dinners across the country. While a variety of publications and the campaign website make the case for the specific financial goals of the campaign, the film is intended to help viewers connect or reconnect to the colleges emotionally.

Fundraising Features: Phillips Exeter Academy - Silver Medal
Best Practice Phillips Exeter Academy created this film to sustain momentum in the third year of its comprehensive fundraising campaign, The Exeter Initiatives. The film's primary purpose was to attract attendance and inspire pride at regional events around the country among alumni, parents and friends.

Fundraising Features: Tufts University - Gold Medal
Best Practice Tufts is…, is a 14:12 minute video that highlights the goals of Beyond Boundaries: The Campaign for Tufts—global perspective, active citizenship, and health sciences. It features students, faculty, and alumni from all seven schools and three campuses, and captures the spirit of the university.

In Advance: Making Movies, Moving Millions
CURRENTS Article Dennis Powers of Dennis Powers Productions offers tips for producing campaign videos.