Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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Moveon Use of Flickr

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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The Flickr Hold A Sign Meme: Protesting Wendy's Frosty Attitude Towards Animals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. The messaging on MySpace is a very different style. It's been done both ways.

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LinkedIn: The MySpace for Adults

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Just like you would in flickr or other social networking tools. I recently did an interview with a HBS student who was researching MySpace and Second Life (looking at Second Life from the standpoint of social networking). While the plugin makes it easy to expand your network, you have to think about your contact acquisition behavior.

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Jason's Job Widget and the Show Yourself Widget

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr /cambodia4kidsorg. Myspace /sharingfoundation. Jason over at Democracy in Action has created a job posting widget ! Beth Kanter. Linkedin /bethkanter. Twitter /kanter. YouTube /bethkanter. Skype /cambodia4kids. Technorati /kanter. Get your own Widget.

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations. Here's the description of how they used flickr for the exhibition.

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Guest Post by Brooke McMillan: How LIVESTRONG Uses Social Media To Animate Its Community

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The LAF goes beyond a mere presence on social networks, it has taken a maven approach, engaging deeply with supporters with a regularly updated blog , MySpace , Facebook , YouTube , and Twitter presences. An early adopter of social media, the Lance Armstrong Foundation leverages social media to engage, connect, and celebrate its community.

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Finding the time to experiment.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I found this in flickr tonight in Nancy's flickr stream. and we're going to let it fly for a whlie on our LLS myspace profile. Each site is different - LinkedIn has a different vibe than Myspace - and very different users. Time Originally uploaded by Choconancy1. Beth Kanter turned me on to this neat new service.