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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? We have had really great success on both fronts. Any gotchas?

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Museums and Flickr

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" 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 In this post, I???m

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22 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. This site provides an incredibly useful breakdown of Facebook users by age, gender, and location. Dipity :: dipity.com. Internet Archive Wayback Machine :: web.archive.org.

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33 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. A fun, colorful way to track your nonprofit’s growth and activity on Twitter. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com. TwitSprout :: twitsprout.com.

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Nature Conservancy Instagram Contest and Other Examples

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s how it works, according to their recent Facebook and Tumblr posts: The Nature Conservancy has used photo contests to crowdsource photos from its network through social media in the post, as far back as 2008 when it ran a contest on Flickr. There are some obvious benefits: Engaging its network beyond the like on Facebook.

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Mobilizing Online Community for Offline Action

Tech Soup

Appearing as her super hero alter ego, complete with green cape, Super Green, Kroll spoke about how online activity can be used to inspire offline action. Organizing activities, such as Hayes Valley Farm has done by inviting their online followers to volunteer on the farm, gives community members a chance to connect in person.

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Storymakers 2016 Winners

Tech Soup

Best Photography Winner — Learning Tree Farm. This five-photo Flickr submission presents a compelling visual narrative and tells a great story. But how to activate them? This organization creates special, therapeutic experiences for children through riding horses. Best Library Story — Libraries Transform Teaser.

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