Bring your community’s story of service to life with a simple yet attractive video exhibit. Designed to engage audiences and introduce your content, this exhibit is a powerful way to share video testimonials, history, and community stories.
Estimated Budget: $300-$500 (depending on your current resources).
Source Materials: All materials can be easily sourced from hardware stores, print shops, and major retailers like Best Buy and Walmart.
Exhibit ideas:
The "Human Library": Feature a rotating series of community members answering a single prompt, such as "The moment I realized service mattered was..." or “My 250 & Beyond commitment is (insert action you will take to serve your community)”
The Mission Impact: Use the panels to map out the history and mission of your organization. Use the monitor to show "Day in the Life" clips of volunteers or testimonials from those your organization has helped.
The Timeline of Transformation: Use one panel to show a “before” visual, and another to show the “after” or a “vision for the future”. Video content to include time-lapse footage of a project or the process of getting from before to after (eg. a community garden growing, or house being built).
The Artifact & Story approach: On the panels, display photos of items used, or artifacts used in service activities. Video content can feature the owner of that artifact telling the object’s story, giving life to the image.
Ready to Get Started?
Download the Guide: Get the step-by-step assembly guide and start creating your video exhibit today.
Use Our Templates: Access the designs used in this example exhibit on Canva to easily re-purpose and customize for your own exhibition.
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Free Toolkits: Explore our free toolkits for youth, educators, and community leaders at www.nmcfs.org/resources.
Amplify Your Impact:
Show you are part of a national story! Include the National Museum and Center for Service Community or Campus logos on your exhibit. If your exhibit is part of America's Semiquincentennial celebration, add the 250 & Beyond logo.
Once you have your exhibition dates, be sure to register it online so visitors can find it and join the national landscape.
Acknowledgements
Exhibit design created by Assemble: a nonprofit creative studio
Created in partnership with Independent Sector as part of 250 & Beyond.
Funding for the templates provided in part by the National Endowment for Humanities