VIDEO FOR YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP & STUDENT MENTORING PROGRAMS

Your Students' Stories Recruit Your Next Mentor. Start With 3 Free Videos.

Every pitch and every mentor match is a story your funders, schools and business partners need to see. Book a free Student Story Session: we record one student, alum or mentor over Zoom, with a producer guiding every answer, and deliver 3 finished videos within two weeks. No cost. Yours to keep.

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The problem with program video

The best day of your year happens in a room nobody filmed.

A student stands up and pitches a business she built from nothing. A mentor hears a ninth grader say the thing that changes how he sees his own job. Then the day ends. Your funders, your school partners and the business leaders you need as mentors never see it, because your team was running the program.

“NFTE has no shortage of content, no shortage of stories, no shortage of representation of our impact.”

Denise Miller, APR, NFTE, on what they had before we started

“You guys were able to give us those boots on the ground to capture those stories with the video that we couldn't otherwise get.”

Denise Miller, APR, NFTE, on what changed
In their words

What NFTE told us after a season of filming their students.

NFTE teaches entrepreneurship to students across the country, and its marketing team works remotely. We became their crew on the ground for showcases, alumni stories and their CEO on camera. Here is what Denise Miller told us, with two more youth-serving clients.

“Don't hesitate.”
Her advice to a team considering us
Three ways to start

Start with one story. Build a year of them.

Start free. Plan the rest around your program calendar.

Student Story Session
Start here, free

Student Story Session

A live Zoom session with one student, alum or mentor, guided by a producer. No cost to you.

  • 3 finished videos within two weeks of the session
  • Use them for mentor recruitment, donor updates or your next showcase invitation
  • A producer guiding every answer
  • Yours to keep
Book the session
Showcase and Pitch Day Coverage
Most requested

Showcase and Pitch Day Coverage

We film the day your students present, with vetted local crews from our network of 20,000 creators.

  • Pitches, judges and awards on camera
  • Student, mentor and sponsor interviews on site
  • A recap film for everyone who wasn't in the room
  • Vertical cut-downs to post all year
Start with the free session
The Story Library
All year

The Story Library

One student, alum or mentor at a time, edited for every place you ask for support.

  • Alumni stories that show where your students go next
  • Mentor and volunteer stories for your business partners
  • Leadership videos for your executive director or CEO
  • Clips sized for LinkedIn, Instagram and email
Start with the free session
In every project

Built for programs that work with students

  • Dignity-first filming: students and families approve their own story before it is shared
  • A producer who prepares each student, so they are comfortable on camera
  • Vetted local crews in the cities and schools you serve
  • Captions on every video
  • Horizontal and vertical versions of every story
  • You own the finished videos and all raw footage
Where the videos go

One story, every audience you answer to

The same session feeds each of them.

  • Mentor and volunteer recruitment with local employers
  • Grant reports and renewal conversations with funders
  • Sponsor thank-yous after a showcase, breakfast or awards night
  • Recruitment in schools for your next class of students
  • Your website, your newsletter and your board report
How it works

From one Zoom call to three finished videos

01

Pick one story

Choose one student, alum or mentor whose story shows what your program does.

02

Record the free session

A producer leads the conversation over Zoom. Your storyteller needs a laptop or a phone.

03

Get 3 finished videos

Our editors deliver them within two weeks of the session, captioned and ready to post.

04

Put them to work

Send them to funders, mentors and schools. When you want your next event filmed, we plan it with you.

Public proof: youth programs we film

We film for NFTE, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship: student showcases, alumni stories and CEO interviews in Dallas, New York, Boston and Washington, D.C.

For Junior Achievement USA we filmed students, alumni, mentors, teachers and staff: 39 videos and 150,000+ organic reach.

Read the Junior Achievement case study · Download our capability statement

Other clients include Lions Clubs International, Heifer International, Search for Common Ground, Soles4Souls and Water.org.

Real client videos

Stories we told for nonprofits like yours

A few of the organizations whose stories we film.

150,000+
Organic Reach
Junior Achievement
39
Videos Filmed
Junior Achievement
5.6M+
Views on One Video
Lions Clubs International
500%
Increase in Engagement Rate
Soles4Souls
Who we work with

Built for the people who run the program and raise the money

  • Executive directors of mentoring and youth entrepreneurship programs
  • Development directors who report to funders and corporate partners
  • Program directors who run showcases, pitch competitions and scholarship events
  • Communications leads with a small team and a full calendar
  • Chapter and regional leaders of national youth organizations
Questions

Frequently asked

Is the Student Story Session really free?

Yes. One live Zoom session and 3 finished videos, at no cost. They are yours to keep.

Can our students be on camera?

Yes. You choose who we record, and nothing is shared until your team and the family have approved it under your own media release.

We are a local program in one city. Is this for us?

Yes. The free session happens over Zoom. For filming in person we hire vetted local crews from our network of 20,000 creators.

Who owns the videos?

You own the finished files and the raw footage.

Put one student's story to work.

Book a free Student Story Session. One Zoom recording, 3 finished videos within two weeks.

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