Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Flickr gives nonprofits and libraries an easy way to store and share these powerful images. And with new interactive features and a new Android mobile app, there are now even more ways to share Flickr images. Don't have a Flickr account? New Ways to Shar e. Need Inspiration? NorCal GSP Rescue. Photos : NorCal GSP Rescue.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. And then the community changes, there’s an opportunity for the institution and the service to change or not to change. We are, all of us, part of many communities and it is within these spaces that we build our lives and the world.

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NTEN

MARCH 27, 2012

Community Manager. Technology has made it possible to scale positive community attributes internationally. But it’s the community itself, each of you out there participating, that do the work of maintaining the open and kind energy that keeps the conversation flowing. Sarah Janczak.

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NTEN

JUNE 2, 2011

Whether you decide to in-source or outsource community management, you should discuss the following items with your community manager to make sure your nonprofit is making the most out of your marketing and digital advertising. How can you empower your community? Do you really need a full-time community manager?

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. And that makes sense -- someone needs to be charged with keeping a close eye on the organization’s community growth.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

August’s Online Community Meetup featured Zoey Kroll of Hayes Valley Farm , an urban farm located in San Francisco. 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2007

Next a final look at the final KM4DEV call for papers for June, 2007 Issue called " Stewarding Technologies for Collaboration, Community Building & Knowledge Sharing in Development" (I'm a guest editor along with Nancy White, Beverly Traynor, and Lucie Lamoureux - others to join.) cambodia4kidsorg's flickr score: 3427.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

There are some early adopter nonprofits that are inspiring the Pinterest community through their pins and re-pins. That said, I am pinning and re-pinning nonprofits at pinterest.com/nonprofitorgs and have added Pinterest to my YouTube and Flickr Webinar for nonprofits – just a FYI. SFMOMA :: pinterest.com/sfmoma.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2008

Today, I'm co-hosting an online event on TechSoup about Flickr with Heather Camp, Flickr Community Manager. When I was at the height of my Flickr obsession (and living overseas when I had a lot more time), I limited myself to posting no more than 4 images at a time for this reason. This event will run today.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. Flickr and Digital Photography: 5 Hours Weekly. WiserEarth is for environmentalists.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Add e-newsletter subscribe functionality to your social networking communities. Find and monitor your Facebook Community Page, if applicable. Create a Flickr account. Upgrade to Flickr Pro. Set up Flickr Profile. Download Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, Google Latitude, Loopt, and other location-based community apps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2007

Here on Flickr, our members are sharing the world that they see: snapping daily moments, recording history, telling stories, capturing beauty. To celebrate this global community, we invite you to join us in 24 Hours of Flickr, a day-long global photo project. What happens around the world in one day? In a word ???

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

NetSquared’s global network of volunteers will be organizing more than 30 events this April in communities as diverse as Mukono, Uganda; Wellington, New Zealand; and Boston, USA. Mukono, Uganda: Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School & Community. Sunday, April 6. Monday, April 7. Tuesday, April 8.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Maybe you’ve also taken the next step of strengthening your stakeholder community by engaging in back and forth dialog online – whether in existing social spaces like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, or in a custom built online community. Are you ready to take your community to the next level of maturity?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

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? Our community really is self-managing. Keep them engaged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2006

What happens when you give a grantmaker a camera and flickr account? An interesting use of flickr as a documentation tool! Check out this photo set of the launch of a mesh network in rural San Diego for Indian Communities, San Diego Tribal Digital Village. Last May, I documented a project of the Sharing Foundation's in flickr.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

There’s a lot going on inside of Google+ that directly effects your nonprofit’s online brand and the Google+ community is becoming larger, more powerful, and more vocal. Social networks have become an integral part of nonprofit online communications and fundraising. into Google+. Ignore Google+ at your own peril!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

flickr: Mindful One As the fall chill closes in, most nonprofits are beginning preparations for year-end fundrasing campaigns. In no particular order, here is a compilation of some of the NTEN community's favorite fundraising resources that surfaced throughout September. You can find the description and register here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Facebook Community Pages? Chapter 5 YouTube and Flickr. Introduction to Flickr Accounts. Eleven Flickr Best Practices for Nonprofits. Eleven Flickr Best Practices for Nonprofits. Final Words: YouTube and Flickr Are Not Enough. Is the Brave New Frontier in Communication and Fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Next, upload them to Flickr or you preferred photo-sharing community. When checking-in to location-based communities, shout out your text-to-give pitch. To begin, your nonprofit should design a minimum of three graphics that speak to your mission and include your text-to-give pitch, such the the Food Bank of New York City.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2011

That said, in my upcoming webinar on YouTube and Flickr , I’ll be doing an in-depth click-by-click demonstration of Cosmic Panda, but in the meantime here are five, somewhat random things your nonprofit needs to know about YouTube’s Comic Panda: 1) You can try it out ( here ) and go back to your old design if you’d like.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

The Flickr for Nonprofits Affinity group will meet in Washington, DC on April 4 at 1:00 PM ( check agenda ) to share experiences, tips, and ideas about how Flickr can be used to support nonprofits and their programs. Given my interest in flickr that's why I set one up last fall. Community-Powered Campaigns. It isn??????t

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2009

An early adopter of social media, the Lance Armstrong Foundation leverages social media to engage, connect, and celebrate its community. The LAF uses its Facebook fan page and Twitter profile as a way to directly connect with cancer survivors on a personal basis and animate the community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2005

Marnie Webb asks a great question: Wonder what flickr has to do with nonprofits? Or maybe the question should be what can nonprofits do with flickr as answered in the comments. Nonprofits could use flickr to document and share a process with colleagues or staff in a remote office, similar to how these educators are using flickr.

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2011

Flickr: Newfrontiers NTEN is excited to announce a new opportunity for year-round community engagement: Communities of Practice (CoPs). CoPs are being established at NTEN to create deeper networking and educational experiences for members of the NTEN community at large.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The December rendition of the SF Online Community Meetup featured Robyn Tippins ( @duzins ) who is currently the Senior Community Manager at Current TV. Topic 1: Sharing Community Management Strategies and Best Practices. This post was written by GroupVine founder Darren Lancaster and originally appeared on their blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

just posted an interview with her entitled " Camera Rwands: Storytelling using Flickr." " She talks about how flickr has impacted her, building communities around the images, and the benefits of using flickr for storyelling, communicating with stakeholders about a project. Steve Bridger from NFP 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

With all the attention on other social media tools, many people forget about the power of flickr, its wonderful community and rich photographs of the world. Take for example CARF, Children At Risk Foundation, which has just launched its " Reaching for a Star " Flickr Xmas fund-raising campaign for 2006.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2011

Flickr: anythreewords Did you know that Fundrasing and Development staff was the fastest-growing constituency in the NTEN (read: nonprofit tech) community? > Please take the 2011 NTEN Community Survey Each year NTEN surveys the nonprofit technology community (that's YOU) to ask: How do you use technology in your work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

I actually have a repertoire of stories, but one of them is about Michaela Hackner ( Kalabird.) I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago. Some may exist solely online. We received a lot of great feedback and the idea took.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

4) Add a link to your Flickr account where journalists can download high resolution images related to the press release. Make it easy for them and compile a slideshow on Flickr in advance of the press release. Be sure to prominently place social networking icons on your website/press release that link to your online communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 7, 2011

Many people even go to your website with the sole intention of finding quick links to your nonprofit’s communities on social networking sites and not finding them can be quite frustrating. 3) Add Flickr SlideShows or YouTube videos to content pages. Conventional wisdom is that the upper right is best.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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. I love the Flickr Hold A Sign Meme - but so far haven't found a great application in Facebook that allows for easy cross posting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

I'm working remotely on an unreliable and slow wifi connection and Flickr has been getting a massage (down for maintenance) for most of the afternoon. Laura Whitehead is the session designer for a workshop on Social Media and Nonprofits and she's asking for input from the NpTech community on the session. In addition, no visuals either.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

I remember her community of clocks project -- she facilitated content creation from schools around the world on the theme of clocks. I was really excited to find her photo contributed to one of my flickr groups! I was teaching Web1.0 Susan was doing these amazing collaborative, user-generated content projects over the Internet.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Flickr: Scott Beale Biking to work last week was like riding through that town in the Andromeda Strain: t here were no other commuters, no car exhaust to cough on while waiting at lights. There were signs of life out there in our community nonetheless, which we've wrangled together to help you get back into the swing of things.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This post originally appeared on Care2 Frogloop – you can read it there and join the Frogloop community , or read the full post below. You can keep that flickr account or Instagram profile private and shared with just your family and closest (photo-tolerant) friends. Photo credit: Flickr hassmanm ].

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