Help tell the story of CFS through your eyes!
This March, all CFS staff are invited to share video that helps tell the story of CFS staff – we want to share your great work with the world!
Help us encourage more people to apply to work at CFS and more individuals to choose CFS as their support partner. We need you to show them what we’re all about! Here’s how it works:
- Take video of yourself sharing who you are and why you love working at CFS
- Submit your videos here >>
- Alert us via email at development@cfsny.org once you have submitted your video or if you have questions
- You can send a number of short videos or one long video. We’ll edit it to tell the story!
- Do not include participants in these videos, only CFS staff. Anyone who is not CFS staff, must complete the Consent Form >>
- Send in your videos by March 31st.
- A panel of CFS staff will vote for on the winners of the contest. First prize will win a $200 Visa Gift Card; second prize will win $150; third prize will win $100.
- All videos submitted may be used on our website, social media, and YouTube pages.
The Stories We are Looking to Tell
- Staff who love to work at CFS, and why you love to work here
- New staff – your first impressions of CFS, how it feels to meet the individuals you work with, how you feel supported
- Long tenured staff – your journey with CFS, what keeps you coming to work everyday, your biggest accomplishments, your career progression
- How you and/or your team came up with a solution to a problem
- How strong connections between staff, individual, and family bring our person-centered mission to life
Sample Questions and Things to Include
- Name, title, what you do, and how long you’ve been at CFS
- A moment you’re most proud of or a special accomplishment
- Why you’re passionate about supporting those we work with
- What you love about your co-workers
- Your career path and journey at CFS
- Meaningful interactions with the individuals you support
- How it makes you feel to see the individual you work with grow (and some examples of what they achieved)
- A “behind the scenes” look at what makes the lives of those we support possible
- Why someone should join CFS as staff or why they should choose us for support
Tips for Taking Videos
- Anyone who is not CFS staff (families, partners), must complete the Consent Form >>
- Don’t worry about getting the “perfect” video, the most important thing is authenticity
- Film as much as you like, we will create videos that are about one minute or less
- Pay attention to sound, speak loudly and clearly
- Clean your camera lens before recording
- Check the lighting
- If you can avoid it, don’t Zoom in
- Take many takes from different angles
- Be natural and candid
