# Soapboxx

> Soapboxx is a browser-based storytelling platform for nonprofits, advocacy groups, campaigns, and membership organizations. It lets supporters submit video, photos, and written stories without installing an app or opening an account, then gives staff tools to approve, brand, caption, organize, repurpose, and distribute that material. Its defining idea is operational rather than cinematic: the people closest to an issue can become the organization’s distributed content network.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Daniel Beckmann (Founder and Executive Chairman)
- **Team size:** 14 employees listed on LinkedIn; company-size band 11-50
- **Products:** Community story collection platform, Automated video production and distribution, Five-format campaign toolkit, Written Stories
- **Notable:** Empower Project collected 5,698 voter submissions in under two weeks, organized them across two dashboards, and displayed them on an interactive map., Color Of Change collected more than 2,000 videos in one weekend after George Floyd’s murder and identified 321 highly engaged volunteers through the platform., The Biden-Harris campaign ran 19 dashboards and reported nearly 50,000 minutes of supporter-generated Soapboxx video viewed on Facebook during the final three months of the 2020 campaign.

## Products & services

- **Community story collection platform** — Browser-based landing pages collect video and photos without requiring contributors to download an app or create an account; administrators can approve, organize, publish, and download submissions.
- **Automated video production and distribution** — Submitted footage can be formatted with an organization’s branding, captions, end cards, b-roll, suggested social copy, and direct sharing tools.
- **Five-format campaign toolkit** — Organizations can collect standard videos, photos, ad-videos, reaction videos, and video postcards, with analytics and moderation controls.
- **Written Stories** — Contributors can submit text instead of appearing on camera; organizations can convert those submissions into branded story cards, text-to-video assets, and website embeds.

## Achievements

- Empower Project collected 5,698 voter submissions in under two weeks, organized them across two dashboards, and displayed them on an interactive map.
- Color Of Change collected more than 2,000 videos in one weekend after George Floyd’s murder and identified 321 highly engaged volunteers through the platform.
- The Biden-Harris campaign ran 19 dashboards and reported nearly 50,000 minutes of supporter-generated Soapboxx video viewed on Facebook during the final three months of the 2020 campaign.
- E Pluribus Unum received almost 200 submissions against a goal of 50 in one month, a 400 percent attainment of its target.
- A Stand.earth compilation generated 80,000 LinkedIn and Facebook views, 965 reactions, shares, and comments, and 129 petition signatures.
- MomsRising’s digital mobilization generated 585 photo submissions, more than 1,000 site views, and 494 social shares.
- Caring Across Generations reported 2,515 QR scans and 1,370 accountability-form submissions during a Medicaid campaign.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Soapboxx highlighted a text-to-video workflow that turns written supporter submissions into short video assets in four steps.
- **2026-08** — The company added Story Cards, text-to-video output, and website embeds for distributing written stories.
- **2026-03** — Soapboxx introduced Written Stories so contributors who are uncomfortable or unsafe on camera can submit text instead.
- **2024-07** — Megan Castle was promoted to CEO; founder Daniel Beckmann moved to executive chairman.

## Links

- Website: https://www.soapboxx.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/soapboxxvideo
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/SoapboxxVideo
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soapboxxvideo/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoapboxxVideo

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Last updated: 2026-09-16