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MARCH 13, 2008

If you don’t know about Flickr , it’s a popular photo sharing site that can be used by nonprofits. So what can nonprofits do with Flickr? They have a celebrity judge and a seals prize pack up for grabs for the best. It gives you search engine mojo – because all the Flickr goodness is indexed heavily.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

My 50th birthday is this month and I'm celebrating it with a Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest. I'm also using this as an action research project to figure out a few things about flickr contests and user-generated content which I'll report back later IF ENOUGH people participate. Need some inspiration?

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APRIL 13, 2013

Flickr photo: Anne Helmond The Rob Stuart Memorial Award honors the spirit of the man who was so pivotal in creating our community. Each year, we celebrate Rob by selecting a community that uses technology to disrupt the status quo. Rob was a builder - of communities, of ideas, and of movements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I celebrated my 20th anniversary in Flickr and with this video (darn the gown doesn't fit this year!) Last year, I marked the date with the above photo and a post with tips for cultivating bloggers and how it was like a long term relationship. from Esquire Magazine's Awkward Wedding Photos .

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MARCH 31, 2007

The big celebration was also in the Sheldonian: the 2007 Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. Below, I have picked a few select photos: the rest are on my Flickr page. Do you have any doubt we are looking at a guy who has slogged through a lot of tough stuff and is celebrating the moment with zeal? And it was exciting!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2017

Flickr Photo by Sam Livingston. 7) Celebrate your successes. Don’t forget to recognize and celebrate your successes and accomplishments. Note from Beth: This week I’ve been in Finland at the invitation of the US Embassy to do trainings. So, to avoid my own burnout, please enjoy this guest post by Julie Fanning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Toddy. David is based on Austin — wanted to share with you a post about crowdfunding to celebrate Austin Giving Day #AmplifyAtx that raised over $2 million earlier this week.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

Image from Flickr by Xurble. Include photos of the donors or the company logo whenever possible. In both social media profiles his publications are mostly about charity: water, including anecdotes about the team, photos from the field and retweets from the official charity: water account. How can your organization apply this?

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

An early adopter of social media, the Lance Armstrong Foundation leverages social media to engage, connect, and celebrate its community. Take for example, this post about celebrating " Livestrong Day at Work.". Build partnerships with corporate sponsors Buca Di Beppo signed on to host LIVESTRONG Day events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2016

Flickr photo by Mallix. We take time to figure out the donors’ role in the campaign and how we can celebrate them as the hero. But as an agency that does branding (or what we call “brandraising”), we also ask whether that hook fits into the larger narrative that is the organization’s brand.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

This five-photo Flickr submission presents a compelling visual narrative and tells a great story. Its photo story is extremely powerful and highly shareable. The video Join the Breakthrough Generation from the organization Breakthrough utilizes animation (and celebrity) to a dynamic effect. Honorable Mentions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2008

Flickr Photo by Beth. Here's the scoop: First celebrated in 1999, Take Your Dog To Work Day was created to celebrate the great companions dogs make and to encourage their adoption from humane societies, animal shelters and breed rescue clubs. as we celebrate a decade of working dogs!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

What was the LOLseals Photo Caption Contest ? It was a photo caption contest based on the popular LOLcats site where users share photos of Cute Cats with funny captions. We learned from a previous photo contest that flopped that if you make it hard for people to figure out how to participate and time consuming, they won't.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2007

As many of you know, I celebrated a milestone birthday this month. To celebrate, I concocted an action learning experience in user generated content, the Beth 5.0 Flickr Photo Birthday Remix Contest. Ultimately, 22 remix photos were posted, slightly less than half of the people who joined. The cards were amazing!

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NTEN

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Worth group , and the amazing community celebration by and for our Portland, OR community. Flickr photo credit: woodleywonderworks. This month we saw a bunch of great Tech Club events, including the launch of our Pittsburgh group , a fun happy hour put on by the Dallas-Ft. Thanks (or should I say #ntenthanks?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

I celebrated with a flickr photo birthday card remix contest. That's a photo of me celebrating my 5th birthday oh so many years ago. This year I'm gonna celebrate by trying to get 51 people to donate $10 in 51 hours to the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge over at Global Giving.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

Need evidence: this photo of Net2 organizers Mel Findlater, Stephen Blyth, Jeremy Foreman, Birgit Pauli-Haack, Roshani Kothari, and NTEN’s Megan Keane was taken in Washington, DC during 14NTC. Washington, DC: Happy Hour: Celebrate Spring & Tech. Photo Credit: NetSquared/Joyce, creative commons on Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

Flickr Photo by Mburpee. Invisible Children’s film tapped into a network of celebrities, whose tweets and status updates helped to amplify a simple story and call to action. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Flickr Photo: karola riegler photography I've been a woman in the tech field for ten years now. (OK, Women Who Tech , Fast Company and countless others are celebrating the role of women in this field and helping us to find our voices. . OK, I've been a woman for 34 years, but in the tech field for ten).

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JULY 29, 2010

Flickr photo: kcolwell We know that you, my fellow NTEN community members, are rock stars. If you've been using email, websites, videos, and other electronic communications tools to give your stakeholders a choice other than paper mailings, we want to celebrate you. You are fundraising email campaign ninjas!

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

flickr photo: woodleywonderworks November is member appreciation month, and we set today aside specifically to thank our amazing NTEN members, and to help them celebrate each other. If you're on Twitter, just thank your favorite NTEN member(s) and include #ntenthanks in your update. Or, send a shout out on our Facebook wall.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Flickr Photo by Nielio. In addition to posting links and invitations to events and to volunteer, staff began taking photos at events and posting them with quotes from participants. “We We use a lot of photos—we’re kind of obnoxious with our camera,” she said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2008

Photo by Summer TX. The idea came from Mike Chapman who was celebrating a birthday. That's a novel way to celebrate a birthday and support a cause. Fail Whale Group on Flickr. David Neff mentioned that the Austin, TX Social Media Club was doing a TweetUp Blood Drive. Community Fail Whale Art. Fail Whale Group on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2008

Flickr Photo. It looks like both of us lots to celebrate! Mean Lux is a blogger in Cambodia and was one of the organizers of the Cambodia Bloggers Summer last August. I've known Mean Lux through his blog for 3 years, but we got to meet last summer. He just emailed me to let me know that he got a promotion.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

full description here , photos from the event here ). We gave people chalk and the choice of four simple prompts: At 3rd Friday I made At 3rd Friday I loved At 3rd Friday I met At 3rd Friday I learned After making a board and taking a photo, each participant had the option to have their photo shared on Flickr or remain private (90% said yes).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

All the great features of Facebook are available - writing on the Wall, uploading photos, and joining discussion groups. Add applications to your Page and engage your users with videos ( YouTube Box ), photos ( Flickr Box ) reviews, flash content, and more. Integrate your blog /web site content via Blog RSS Feed Reader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo by Justin Benttinen. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by Halepoki Forget chocolate, drugs, puppies, exercise, prozac, or anything else that makes you happy. So, get happy, feel good , and donate $10 to the Sharing Foundation to celebrate my birthday. Giving money (and your time) is a great way to express your personal gratitude. but it makes you feel good.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

If you're celebrating, why not add a little do-goodness to your Valentine's Day? For inspiration, check out Good Mail Day's Flickr photo stream of people's creative correspondence creations. I've made her Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups three times in the past couple weeks (photo left), and each time they've been freakalicious.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. things that it celebrated are now commonplace, and nonprofit technology and effectiveness still requires money. What Is Web 2.0?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 8, 2009

People have started to ask me how I'll be celebrating my 40th birthday next month: Will I be having a party, or a day of solo contemplation? I haven't entirely decided how to celebrate the big day, and would love your ideas about how to celebrate your birthday in a way that is fun and makes a difference.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

If you're an animal shelter or animal rights organization: Credit to Flickr user: Dennis from Atlanta 1. If you're a church, synagogue, or other religious organization: Credit to Flickr user: evilpeacock 5. Credit to Flickr user: Aberdeen Proving Ground 10. If you're a veterans organization: Credit to Flickr user: Official U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2008

As some readers of this blog may remember, last year at about this time, I celebrated the big 5.0 birthday in true social media style with flickr 50th photo birthday card remix contest and I donated 50 bucks to the winner's favorite charity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Flickr Photo by Vox Photo. MomsRising planned a blog carnival and social media bonanza to mark the 6 month anniversary of health reform and to celebrate the new consumer protections rolling out. They recently held a blog carnival and are sharing some reflections. MomsRising Health Reform Blog Carnival – September 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Flickr Photo from Avylavitra Several weeks ago I wrote a post on BlogHer about Foko Madagascar and Joan Razafimharo , an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. but I enjoy saying " I am only 20 ") I this is the best gift ever! I just did).

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APRIL 16, 2012

Celebrate – Last week, we had empanadas and slide show of photos from last year’s efforts to help motivate people to sign up. In late May, we’ll share photos on flickr and have an ice cream social to share our stories and pictures with each other. We were able to fill 16 shifts with the kick off party.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 28, 2009

I've compiled some Super Bowl fundraiser ideas, celebrity events, and corporate cause marketing campaigns below. Celebrities are using the Super Bowl to raise money too. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com Flickr photo credit: Gingery Sweet Potato Soup uploaded by thebittenword.com Super Bowl donation philanthropy giving cause marketing

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