Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Many years ago before the digital cameras and children, my husband used to spend many hours combining two past times: birding and photography. The product-driven learning is mindful, mostly linear, and focused. Key skills and tools may include search on Google, social media channels, and bookmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2014

The IFC is amazing global community of fundraising professionals, representing nonprofits working in every continent of the globe. The conference had 1,000 delegates and offers high quality production values and advanced content sessions as well as incredible networking opportunities.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

At the 2013 Digital Storytelling Awards Gala on May 28, the community's successes were clear. Our team was quite impressed with the quality of photos and videos submitted, and all the hard work that was put into each. " First Place Photo. For Best Photo Slideshow. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts."

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MARCH 29, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Storymakers Community Events. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Video and Photography 101. Cleveland, Ohio: A Well-Told Story Is Powerful. Friday, April 8.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

In that capacity, she developed Philanthropedia’s methodology, ran all research efforts, and streamlined the research process to produce a scalable product. Vanessa Chase is a fundraising and communications strategist. Her work reaches a community of more than 5,000 nonprofit professionals each month. Vanessa Chase.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

But what remains constant underneath all the change in this digital age is the steady pulse of community storytelling. At Stone Soup Films, we are dedicated to shining a light on small organizations who are making an big impact in their communities and firmly believe in the power of digital storytelling to inspire action.

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2012

photo from Broken Banjo Photography We've already established the successes and failures of the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , but what about the straightforward facts? In the interest of maintaining transparency (and fueling our nerd fire), we thought we would give everyone more of what we all love: data! gallons of coffee.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

This post was written by Evonne Heyning , part of TechSoup's community team. Video production is a. community endeavor and we have assembled a talented list of production. video sharing, production toolkits, and resources for nonprofits looking. Why Is Community Essential to Social Video Success?

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Now I’m excited to see how cause communities embrace this emerging network to create value and mission impact. Food can offer great visuals and this can be a great community building exercise. Pin useful school-supplies you need with links to Amazon product pages that parents can buy for the school.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2007

To be more productive with the time I spend online and put some of the suggestions that Ed Hallowell in his book, Crazy Busy suggests about avoiding online time wasters. To stop being a digital slob in terms of my hard drive, tagging habits, flickr photo annotation, blog posts, etc. Keep things in draft a little longer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

I'm lucky enough to be leading the session with Ian Miller Post-Production supervisor for See3 Communications who is both a MAC Geek and has extensive video production/editing experience. We will discuss flickr, tagging, digital photography, flickr contests, participatory media campaigns, and much more.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2010

For example: if you purchase to “ train a midwife ” it tells you this “Help[s] train a midwife working in rural communities to provide prenatal care and birthing support to pregnant women. To all the animal lovers out there: who wouldn’t love a little stuffed animal or photo of the location you helped save?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. Technorati tracks these links, and thus the relative relevance of blogs, photos, videos etc. What if you wanted to present this topic through an authentic lens of community youth?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. There’s a new normal. Shutterstock. Illustration Source.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2008

I've written before about the inspiring work that the Brooklyn Museum of Art is doing with their community-focused efforts. They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click. It is 100% community-based. What makes Click special? Let's start simple.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

The board topics with the most followers from this sample of seven early adopters include: Photography. The most popular board in the group is UNICEF’s Photography board – which includes over 100 compelling photos of their work and they have been consistently adding content, including a “Photo of the Week” feature.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. There’s a new normal. Shutterstock. Illustration Source.

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Media Cause

JULY 1, 2021

June is the month we celebrate Pride, but it does seem like the only month out of the year that brands are actually OK with engaging with the LGBTQIA+ community to promote their products or services. Or think about ads for diet brands or cigarettes from the 1950s that commodified the bodies of white women to sell products.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

We did stop at two museum-like places on our drive home: a photography gallery featuring images taken by a climber, where we pored over his photos and personal effects and compared his gear to our own, and a place that attracted us with a giant sign that read, "COME AND SEE HOW CHEESE IS MADE."

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

You need stories that show the impact your organization makes in the community. Stock up on photos and stories of the lives you are changing. Get the right photo or illustration to go with the story. Have them sign a release form giving you permission to use their story and their photo. Create short videos when possible.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Photos of people are particularly compelling, so gather pictures of volunteers, beneficiaries, and community members. If your nonprofit has an environmental focus, nature photos can also be captivating. Brush up on some photography best practices , such as following the rule of thirds and testing out unique perspectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Their organization is focused on creating sustainable grow-at-home products and bringing them into households across the United States. For their first product, they bootstrapped it: they scraped together the small funds to create their first working prototype. Fasal started with an Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2016

Many churches and other religious charities rely on Microsoft products for communications, connecting with their communities, and managing data. That's why Microsoft products are by far the most popular donations for religious charities at TechSoup. your photos with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 10, 2022

If people are not given adequate content, they will not share with others and the organization and its mission will fail to engage the community. One question must be asked at every step of the planning process: Is video the best way to communicate the message? Identify the type of video and production. Distribute and promote.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Ensure the products you sell are high quality by ordering several for yourself before marketing the opportunity to your supporters. You can bring that same joy to your online community with an eCard campaign. Create merchandise with your brand’s logo, colors, and fonts, then sell your items through an online store.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Here are some examples of ways people have used the arts to create social impact: 50 Crows Social Change Photography "Images inspire people to act. Examples of socially rousing photography permeate our history: Vietnam, Rwanda, 9-11’s Ground Zero. We use song as a tool for organizing in communities around the country."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Mustard Seed Communities. Top Nonprofit Website: Mustard Seed Communities. Since 1978, Mustard Seed Communities has cared for vulnerable populations across the globe. Let’s explore the ways that Mustard Seed promotes its mission throughout every inch of the site: Photo gallery. North Shore Animal League. Ontario SPCA.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

They are now in production in Honduras. After someone reports a dumpsite, it sets in motion a community effort to deal with the problem. If you like your Twitter to the point, without a lot of extraneous photos and hashtags, it might appeal to you. Wood Stove image courtesy of Charlotte Boulton Photography and Proyecto Mirador.

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Achieve

AUGUST 6, 2019

What better way for a nonprofit to show their tangible impact than through strategically placed photos/videos on Instagram? . Perhaps your organization sells charitable products (Instagram can function as an ecommerce platform with shopable feeds)? . Using Instagram, nonprofit organizations can: Drive interest. Garner support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Squared is a service that enables Instagrammers to print their favorite Instagram photos or convert them into magnets and posters. SnapWidget allows you to display your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram photos in collage format on your website or blog. Productivity. Squared :: squared.one. Websites & Email.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

Squared is a service that enables Instagrammers to print their favorite Instagram photos or convert them into magnets and posters. Graphic Design & Photography. Snappa is a simple-to-use graphic design tool with a built-in stock photo, illustration, and icons library. Photo Editing. Squared :: squared.one.

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