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In Case of Emergency, Update Your Facebook Status

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The messages included pleas for support or retweeting the news, but beyond that the stream included pleas from people on the ground in Haiti asking for emergency assistance or letting loved ones and friends know they’re okay. He will, of course, share his insights about the tool for this purpose.

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I'm Speaking at SXSW About Nonprofits and Social Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm excited to finally meet Michaela face-to-face after following her personal blog and flickr stream over three years. We connected through the "cambodia" tag on flickr because I was tracking it for Global Voices back in 2005.

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NpTech Tag Roundup: Election Day, NPTech Blog Chatter, and Tool Talk

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 blog shares an interview with entitled " Camera Rwanda: Storytelling using Flickr." " Here's the wiki , blog , and flickr compilations.

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

next, with LOLseals campaign, they made it as easy as possible for people to participate, used the Flickr API to allow people to upload from their website instead of going to Flickr, etc. ARC - we are set up similarly, Robin Parker does Oregon Trail chapter for example. this time they got 3,000 photos and 2,500 email address.

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My Goals For 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo from SteveTookIt. Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted and Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts" quote from Einstein that I saw on Tim O'Reilly's Twitter Stream Einstein : The quote has stimulated a lot of creative thinking. I wrote the chapter on ROI. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and others are coming soon! Live-streaming is ideal for reporting live from conferences, fundraisers, and protests.

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And the Twitterville Book Winners Are.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The launch party was lots of fun - lots of Twitterville's most prominent residents were there as you can see from the #tbash stream and the photos in Flickr by Kenneth Yeung. Nonetheless, the best practices that Shel outlines at the end of the fundraising chapter will still hold true. Betsy Aoki purchased three copies.

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