Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2012

One of my blog readers, Sarah Mowry, Outreach Director for the Deschutes Land Trust pointed me to Nature Conservancy’s Instagram contest , an image scavenger hunt. This is a high level engagement task, to take a photo and tag it on Instagram. There are some obvious benefits: Engaging its network beyond the like on Facebook.

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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? Keep them engaged. Any gotchas?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. If people can take their own photos, they won't buy them in the gift shop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

Photo by Feast of Fools. We have a concept for a national photography competition in conjunction with the Congress ??? ???if I, of course, loved the flickr competition idea and suggested that she consider a modest outcome and learning experiment. Read up on Flickr and look at different examples by nonprofits.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Joe also shared some great Pinterest use-cases for nonprofits to experiment with including a Pinboards of fashionable used clothes available in Goodwill stores and beautiful images endangered frogs Conservation International is working to save. Credit to Flickr user: Aberdeen Proving Ground 10. Pin pictures of animals who need homes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. From Flickr User EJK. That's what I use and why I use it).

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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. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art.

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