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Nature Conservancy Instagram Contest and Other Examples

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of my blog readers, Sarah Mowry, Outreach Director for the Deschutes Land Trust pointed me to Nature Conservancy’s Instagram contest , an image scavenger hunt. This is a high level engagement task, to take a photo and tag it on Instagram. There is also other value: How much time or expense did this save staff?

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How Nonprofits Can Use Instagram for Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

On its Instagram page, the nonprofit mostly publishes testimonials and photos from people who have received support. The Nature Conservancy’s page is big on professional nature photography. You should also create a mixture of photo and video content. Other orgs take different approaches. Work With Influencers.

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How Organizations Can Use VR and AR Tech for Fundraising

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What will be more effective — a collage of photos, or being able to put on a headset and walk a mile in their shoes? It also has an AR reef setup that interacts with Twitter — tweeting things like conservation helps to heal the reef while tweeting things like sushi damages it. Think of your favorite cause.

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An Interview with Susan Citro and Evan Parker about Nature Conservancy's Flickr Group

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Nature Conservancy has used Flickr Group to host a photo contest on its Web site. Here's an interview with Nature Conservancy staff members Evan Parker and Susan Citro about how the organization is using Flickr. Why did your decide to set up a group on Flickr? Keep them engaged. Any gotchas?

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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

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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.

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What Advice Would You Give to Retina Australia To Avoid Jumping into Social Media err blindly?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Feast of Fools. We have a concept for a national photography competition in conjunction with the Congress ??? ???if Clear guidelines are important - see this interview I did with folks from Nature Conservancy about their contest. Freedom from Oil Flickr Photo Contest. Nature Conservancy Photo Contest.

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Steal these 42 Creative Pinterest Ideas for Nonprofits

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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. In exhibits and galleries where photography is permitted, of course!)

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