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Nature Conservancy Instagram Contest and Other Examples

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. How much good will is generated by those contributed and by the winners of the contest whose works will be posted on the Nature Conservancy’s FB and Tumblr.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Nonprofits Using Flickr for Good

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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? It gives you search engine mojo – because all the Flickr goodness is indexed heavily. You can see the Humane Society Seal Photo caption contest here.

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This is a "Best of" for finding CC "BY" photos in Flickr

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week when I blogged that won the Creative Commons flickr photo contest, the prize I got was Lessig's on my answering machine. In today's email, J Wynia, shared with me a tool he created with the Flickr API that lets me search for interesting photos that I can remix or use and automatically generates the attribution.

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September Communications RoundTable : A Social Media Sharing Fest

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flickr: ryancr Not to toot our own horn (although we love to do that around here) but do you know about our RoundTables? Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Wildfire creates a spectrum of contest based apps, including sweepstakes & photo/video contest apps.

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Call for Submissions: How Do You Create a Juicy Nonprofit Blog?

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Some possible post topics are: • Examples of juicy nonprofit blogs • How to choose juicy post topics • How to build a juicy community • How to host juicy giveaways and contests • How to use juicy images and video effectively • How to use a juicy "voice" in your writing • 10 tips for creating a juicy nonprofit blog What's in it for you?

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Ask Britt: How Do I Promote My Do-Good Book Online?

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Have a Contest Everybody loves to win, and contests move quickly over the web. Here are a few ideas: • A video book trailer, or video book review contest. Flickr photo contest. The author of Social Software in Libraries hosted an Alternative Book Cover contest. The winner gets a Flip Video camera.

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Would You Get A Tattoo On Your Arm for A Good Cause?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I searched flickr and found the above photo taken by video blogger Steve Garfield. Just over the weekend, he won a contest on Twitter and donated his prize money to the Sharing Foundation. Photo by Steve Garfield. When I heard about this story, I was curious about Drew's tatoos. Thank you Steve!

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