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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Cute Dog Photos! They’re inviting folks to submit their own cute dog photos. They’re inviting folks to submit their own cute dog photos. Cute animals rule the social web! The example below is from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and one of their most popular videos. Cute Dog Photos! So, grist-.org

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AUGUST 20, 2009

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. If people can take their own photos, they won't buy them in the gift shop. But what about visitors?

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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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JANUARY 8, 2012

Finally, once you have either logged in to your Gmail Account or created a new one and selected the “You+” link, do not be tempted to convert your new personal Google+ Profile into brand (for example, first name “Amnesty” and last name “International”) to avoid being on Google+ personally. Powerful stats.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Finally, once you have either logged in to your Gmail Account or created a new one and selected the “You+” link, do not be tempted to convert your new personal Google+ Profile into brand (for example, first name “Amnesty” and last name “International”) to avoid being on Google+ personally. Powerful stats.

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MAY 7, 2012

Also, in my upcoming webinar on How Nonprofits Can Successfully Launch and Maintain a Blog on WordPress , I will give concrete examples of the nonprofit blog content ideas below as well as how to set-up and design your blog and craft your blog content to ensure that your supporters and donors will actually read your blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Photo by American Art Museum Note from Beth: This week I'm trying to understand crowdsourcing and nonprofits, hopefully with a crowd of other folks. I'm looking for guest posts, ideas, and examples of nonprofits using crowdsourcing for their programs, fundraising, and marketing. Absolutely brilliant! We are storage, after all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

Photo by Feast of Fools. I, of course, loved the flickr competition idea and suggested that she consider a modest outcome and learning experiment. Read the TechSoup article " How Nonprofits Can Get the Most Out of Flickr " 2. Read up on Flickr and look at different examples by nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

These social media tools - like blogs, photo and video sharing, Twitter, and of course, social networking sites like Facebook - have made it easier for people share photos of their cute cats because of two twin revolutions going on - the ease of creating content and the ease of sharing it with local and global audiences.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Joe also shared some great Pinterest use-cases for nonprofits to experiment with including a Pinboards of fashionable used clothes available in Goodwill stores and beautiful images endangered frogs Conservation International is working to save. Credit to Flickr user: Aberdeen Proving Ground 10. Credit to Flickr user: Tropic~7 29.

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JULY 9, 2008

The Interfaith Power and Light campaign is, "mobilizing a national religious response to global warming while promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation." Flickr Photo Credit: Shining Treetops uploaded by Zest-pk activism religion contemplation spirituality environment

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Peter Durand, Flickr Photo. I look for examples that match the principles for effective use and incorporate them into the presentation. It also helped me discover an authentic example of social media for social good - WildlifeDirect. Graphic Facilitation Rocks. Having graphic notes during the workshop was an asset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

My initial remix thought (wrong) was to look for examples that were related to agriculture, but the extension is so much more. looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples! Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. An example?

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MARCH 21, 2008

Examples * Teen Health Talk engages youth to talk about health issues rather than lectures at them. Oxfam has used Flickr petitions successfully in several campaigns. Examples * BeliefNet has prayer circles where people can share prayers for specific people. Examples 76% of givers say they are influenced by friends and family.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

While there are some obvious easy tools to get started with first, like Flickr, for example, you have to be ready to invest a little bit of time in some thoughtful experimentation. There's lots of examples in this blog. I rely on photos sent to me by the filmmakers and some journalists on the field. members ten at a time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. An easy way to support the Nature Conservancy if you're on Facebook is to install (Lil) Green Patch. For example, Mizfit is donated a dime per comment to a local women's shelter.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

1stfans is a new kind of membership launched on January 3, 2009 that combines in-person meetups, private groups on Facebook and Flickr, and a private Twitter feed featuring work by original artists (for more background, check out Will and Shelley's blog posts and videos ). This was made for them. Will: Right. Will: It just felt right.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Jonathon Colman is the Associate Director of Digital Marketing for The Nature Conservancy, where he works on a team that is charged with the strategic marketing and promotion of The Conservancy's primary web site, nature.org. Social Media tools during your time with The Nature Conservancy. Amazing job by the conservancy.???

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

To see a live example, view the Wibbitz Demo. For example, see the followers of @ NonprofitOrgs by country at tweepsmap.com/!nonprofitorgs. For example, here are the results for a search of the word “nonprofit.” Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and others are coming soon. What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia.

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