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Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). Hire a graphic designer to design a square avatar(s). Purchase a digital camera. Create a Flickr account. Upgrade to Flickr Pro. Set up Flickr Profile. Subscribe to social media and mobile technology blogs.

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. Flickr and Digital Photography: 5 Hours Weekly. All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter.

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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. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Dipity :: dipity.com. Twitter Mosaic :: sxoop.com/twitter.

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Hire a Social Media Manager

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Whether you call she or he a social media manager, a new media manager, or a digital media manager , there’s no doubt that if your nonprofit wants to be successful on the Social Web, then nonprofit executive staff and board need to begin to seriously consider allocating funds to a social media manager position. You need a good avatar.

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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 website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com. Twitter Mosaic :: sxoop.com/twitter.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. It was the ultimate digital media multi-tasking experience.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. Politics, and Activism If you can't be in DC this weekend to remind Congress that you voted against this war , Ruby Sinreich suggests that you head to the Progressive Island on Second Life for the Avatars Against the War sponsored by RootsCampSl.org Hillary Clinton is using Drupal.

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