# It's a Flip Mino

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/01/09/it039s-flip-mino/
- Published: 2009-01-09T16:00:25+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

After UK Fundraising started [publishing video reports and interviews](http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=HowardLake&view=videos)
last October, a number of people have asked what camera I use.

[⌊Flip Mino⌉⌊Flip Mino⌉[The answer is a [Flip Mino](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flip-Video-Mino-Black-2GB/dp/B0016BXRB6/219), currently
on sale at Amazon.co.uk for £119.95.

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It is the successor to the [Flip Ultra](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flip-F260B-UK-Video-Digital-Camcorder/dp/B0018RUCG6),
available for £77.04.

At 100 x 16 mm the Mino is small (several interviewees at last year’s International
Fundraising Congress mistook it for a mobile phone), lightweight at 182g, and uses
a rechargable battery. You get one hour of recording on it. You then ‘flip’ the 
USB arm out (hence the name) to slot it into your PC and self-loading software lets
you copy across your video(s).

This software lets you upload directly to YouTube, or you can use its basic but 
practical editing tools to tweak it before you do.⌊Flip Mino videocam⌉

Overall, it’s been a reliable tool for our first foray into video.

The Flip and similar tools should prove a very useful tools for fundraisers. Imagine
videoing an interview with your celebrity patron next time you meet them, with a
client or beneficiary, with a major donor, at a fundraising event, or a conversation
with a shop volunteer. The power of story-telling is, as we often hear, at the heart
of successful fundraising. With a Flip you don’t just tell the story, you show it.

Blogger Amelia Torode said something along these lines in her post last month [Child’s i Foundation (oh and the Flip video camera…)](http://ameliatorode.typepad.com/life_moves_pretty_fast/2008/12/childs-i-foundation-oh-and-the-flip-video-camera.html)

I’d like to thank [Graham Richards](http://www.freelancefundraiser.co.uk) who wrote
a [blog post ](http://freelancefundraiser.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/flip-video-a-gem-of-a-tool-for-online-communications)
that first made me decide to put my thoughts about videoing into action on UK Fundraising.
Thanks Graham.

 * **["Free agent fundraiser" Beth Kanter raises $6,225 using social media](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/01/14/quotfree-agent-fundraiserquot-beth-kanter-raises-6225-using-social-media/)**(
   14 January 2009)
 * **[New Yahoo! group for community fundraisers](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/01/19/new-yahoo-group-community-fundraisers/)**(
   19 January 2009)
 * **[Create your own controversial bus campaign image](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/02/11/create-your-own-controversial-bus-campaign-image/)**(
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## Comments

### By: Kirsty Stephenson

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/01/09/it039s-flip-mino/#comment-3470
- Published: 2009-01-10T17:35:05+00:00

Hi Howard

As you know we are big fans of the Mino. The HD version is now out in the USA.

[http://www.theflip.com/products\_flip\_mino.shtml#scene=sceneMinoHD](http://www.theflip.com/products_flip_mino.shtml#scene=sceneMinoHD)

For those amongst us that can wait patiently, it may be worth it in order to capture
your celebrity patron in cinematic widescreen.

Best wishes

Kirsty

[http://www.childsifoundation.org](http://www.childsifoundation.org)
 [http://twitter.com/childsi](http://twitter.com/childsi)

### By: admin

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/01/09/it039s-flip-mino/#comment-3471
- Published: 2009-02-27T01:36:28+00:00

[Jonathan Waddingham of Justgiving](http://www.flickr.com/photos/justgiving/) spotted
me recording part of the second [nfptweetup with the Flip Mino](http://nfptweetup.pbwiki.com):

[⌊UK fundraising's Howard Lake records the action⌉⌊UK fundraising's Howard Lake 
records the action⌉[