Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Blog: www.wildlifepromise.org. While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Organization: National Wildlife Federation. Organization Size: 400 employees. Name: Danielle Brigida.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Flickr Photo by Locator. I'm doing a panel at NTC with Susan Tenby and will be talking about Flickr and (and Twitter). So, I'm hoping that your nonprofit is using Flickr, could you leave me a comment and a URL? I'm working on article too. I'm hoping to update this list.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. For example, Grist.org is a news website that focuses on the environment. You can directly pin your videos from YouTube and your photos from Flickr. You can check out her website at: jcsocialmarketing.com/blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. More at TechCrunch and Technology in the Arts Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

" So, I thought I'd use a screen capture of the photo inside flickr instead, but wasn't sure whether I could. I picked up the phone and got a hold of Jim Spadaccini, founder of Ideum, whose blog post I discovered via a discussion thread on flickr and museums on the museum technology list. In this post, I???m

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I’m amazed that after all these years, no one has come out with a killer offline blog editor for the Mac yet. It seems like there’s more development energy going towards iPhone blog editors than desktop versions. Very difficult to edit the code it decides your blog needs. Any other options out there I should look at?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2008

I'm prepping a talk for Funders Network Briefing and seeking any examples of Women's Reproductive Health advocacy, organizing, or education using Social Networks (Facebook), Flickr, and Twitter. I got a few leads, but would like some more. Even if you're using those tools as part of a larger campaign, I'd like to see those too.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Setting up a blog on Medium is a great way to start telling your nonprofit’s story (and it’s free). If you don’t have a good image, search Flickr Creative Commons and free stock photo sites for something that will enhance your story. reaching our goal of $5,000 will help us provide 1,000 meals to the homeless.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Flickr Photo by alshepmcr. ” My colleagues at Momsrising, the poster child for Networked Nonprofits, offered this amazing guest post filled with great tips on how to get your blog noticed. .” Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed, Guest Post By Elisa Batista, Donna Norton, and Monifa Bandele from Momsrising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Pin your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good photo! Tap into that power by pinning your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good, visually appealing photo. So, for example, I am going to pin a blog post from the Nature Conservancy Blog : Step One :: Use Good Photos on Your Website and Blog.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2011

Flickr: LexnGer In case you hadn't noticed, NTEN is a community of nonprofit and technology professionals sharing information about using technology effectively for nonprofit work. That means all the knowledge behind NTEN resources – the how-tos, best practices, strategy tips, recommendations, etc. What kinds of articles are we looking for?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

Pin your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good photo! Tap into that power by pinning your own website and blog content, but only if it pulls up a good, visually appealing photo. So, for example, I am going to pin a blog post from the Nature Conservancy Blog : Step One :: Use Good Photos on Your Website and Blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2012

A few examples of Asian nonprofits that excel in their use of social media will be featured, but since 90% of last year’s attendees were from Australia and New Zealand – those countries and their nonprofits will be the primary focus. November 6: YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest. November 20: Blogging and Utilize LinkedIn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

The Flickr for Nonprofits Affinity group will meet in Washington, DC on April 4 at 1:00 PM ( check agenda ) to share experiences, tips, and ideas about how Flickr can be used to support nonprofits and their programs. Given my interest in flickr that's why I set one up last fall. A List of Examples. It isn??????t

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. Can’t wait!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2007

American Rights At Work Flickr Stream. I've been collecting examples of the "hold a sign" meme in flickr and by way of Erin Stojan of RE-AMP I found this example from the American Rights at Work. The Flickr stream is here. I asked permission and also suggested they switch the license.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2006

The flickr stream is here: [link] I love seeing the examples of the graphic facilitation. You can follow along on the blog [link] Steward_Dialog_Day1 (28) Originally uploaded by theworldcafe.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 1, 2010

Many blogs written by nonprofits are dry. I *love* blogs, and want to see more organizations use them in a fun and engaging way soooooo.as I *love* blogs, and want to see more organizations use them in a fun and engaging way soooooo.as What Kind of Blog Posts Would Be a Good Fit? Flickr photo credit: Juicy!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2006

Flickr has added a new feature to its organizer - the ability to add geotags to your photos. There is now a map tab where you can navigate to a location and then automatically add the geotags to that location to a flickr photo or batch of photos. But it gets better: flickr is now using screencasts!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

For nonprofits, the ROI of e-newsletters translates into online dollars raised through “Donate Now&# technology, event attendees, website and blog traffic, and paradoxically new Followers, Fans, and Friends on social networking sites. That said, here are five ways to do so using social media: 1) Blog, blog, blog!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Twitter :: Examples of Excellence. Facebook :: Example of Excellence. Your nonprofit needs a square avatar for Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, your blog, Foursquare, Gowalla, TwitPic, etc. Twitter :: Needs Improvement. Facebook :: Needs Improvement. Either way, that takes less than 10 minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

We've gotten some excellent "user generated" content (for example, check out the tips ). If you have five minutes, and your nonprofit has a blog, podcast, youtube channel, or flickr stream that you think is an awesome example of sharing your story social media style -- add a link to it and tell us why it is awesome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2006

As a follow up to last week's screencast on how to use flickr as a visual resource, here is a post about how to share your wonderfully visual powerpoints with others via your blog or flickr. The flickr set has notes and pointers to other resources if you are interested in the content. View the Screencast here.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

When people who work in services, programs, grant writing and fundraising, for example, all share their view of the groups in the community, not only can you start mapping the network but you can also have really rich discussions about the way different parts of your organization view the community. New grants or new programs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 20, 2010

Just a quick reminder that the deadline to submit your post about How to Create a Juicy Nonprofit Blog to this month's Nonprofit Blog Carnival is Tuesday, July 27th. Flickr photo credit: Juicy Fruit uploaded by Rumple/Kurt. Your post doesn't have to be long (100-200 words).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I missed the post about flickr use by MoveOn on netsquared when I was in London earlier this month. MoveOn Ever Spent: Flickr via Jon Stahl. The article describes how MoveOn is experimenting with flickr, believed to be the first political campaign to make use of flickr. MoveOn's flickr home page and flickr tags page.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

For example, you could include a statement that says your personal friends are encouraged to make a friend request but that all professional contacts should subscribe to public posts – or whatever your preferred options are. Photo credit: Flickr hassmanm ]. You can include a disclaimer in all of your profiles, actually!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2005

Marnie Webb asks a great question: Wonder what flickr has to do with nonprofits? Or maybe the question should be what can nonprofits do with flickr as answered in the comments. Nonprofits could use flickr to document and share a process with colleagues or staff in a remote office, similar to how these educators are using flickr.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

They will Tweet from location, break news on Facebook, send out group text calls to action, document in real-time photos and videos, and blog report backs live from events as they unfold. Fort example, the nonprofit Big Cat Rescue uses 12Seconds to tell the day-to-day lives of their big cats. 12Seconds.tv. 12Seconds.tv 12Seconds.tv.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

This technique is the " hold a sign meme " where you ask your community to send photos to flickr of you (or your animal) holding a protest sign. The flickr pool of photos is here. I love the Flickr Hold A Sign Meme - but so far haven't found a great application in Facebook that allows for easy cross posting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2017

Flickr Photo by Real Blades, Creative Common License. For example, this might be a good opportunity to read that great article about a professional topic that you bookmarked but never have time to read. I’m overwhelmed getting back into the daily grind, how about you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

Source: Flickr. Brian Kelly, whose blog feed I've added to my "Circle of the Wise" feed folder, has a section on his blog called ' Experiments. Claim your Blog??? Reasons For Experiment To explore ways in which a new blog can be found. In my workshop, I cover Web2.0 But, what the heck does that mean?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2006

She tells you how to do the search, gives you an example, and shares some pitfalls to avoid. If the photo is of, say, a TV screen showing a newscast or a newspaper page showing a staff photo, then you still might be liable for copyright violation despite the terms of the CC license listed on Flickr or elsewhere. Is the image genuine?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

With all the attention on other social media tools, many people forget about the power of flickr, its wonderful community and rich photographs of the world. Take for example CARF, Children At Risk Foundation, which has just launched its " Reaching for a Star " Flickr Xmas fund-raising campaign for 2006.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

Read the post and join the conversation on the NTEN blog. When you post a call to action for people to share a message, be sure to include reference to how they can do so; or if you are asking people to create content themselves, be sure to provide instructions and examples to help them respond to your call.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Also, Defenders of Wildlife is listed as an “Example of Excellence” in the book. A good number of your Facebook fans, Twitter followers, and Flickr, YouTube, and Foursquare friends will come directly from clicks on social media icons placed on your website with “Follow Us” pitches. Host Your Blog Inside Your Website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2007

I love the photos, but I think you can better visually demonstrate the ideas expressed in the reasons - For example, "Blogging Connects Us To Global Conversations" - Why not a screenshot of Globals or this photo for example example, although it is all rights reserved, but you could ask permission).

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