Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2007

After a cardio and yoga workout at the gym, spent a good part of the day obsessing about the design for an evaluation on mobile technology tools for health care outreach workers. I had used the commentors flickr photo - "CC BY license" and he stopped to say thanks. cambodia4kidsorg's flickr score: 3427.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2011

On July 7 YouTube announced the launch of their new YouTube Channel design experiment cleverly named Cosmic Panda. Cosmic Panda may have a few tweaks not currently visible when it finally goes live sitewide in coming months, but nonprofits should be prepared for a new design that’s long term. Probably not for long, however.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

Photo credit: Flickr leehaywood. Your supporters take action because they share your vision – or at least a piece of it – and want to join you in making change. Don’t let your call to action diminish the potential you and your community have for changing the world!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Eleven Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits. 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. Eleven Blog Design Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I missed the post about flickr use by MoveOn on netsquared when I was in London earlier this month. MoveOn Ever Spent: Flickr via Jon Stahl. The article describes how MoveOn is experimenting with flickr, believed to be the first political campaign to make use of flickr. MoveOn's flickr home page and flickr tags page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Call your designer and get a square version of your logo designed (350 pixels by 350 pixels). In some cases all your designer will need to do is increase the canvas size of your logo to create an avatar, or simply crop out a graphic within your logo that can be used as your avatar. Either way, that takes less than 10 minutes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Designed in Dreamweaver and updated weekly, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 The design is intentionally very simple so it’s easy to read on smartphones and mobile phones. Tags: Mobile Technology Facebook Flickr LinkedIn MySpace Twitter YouTube. has launched a mobile Website for those who like to read Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Suggestions?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 7, 2011

However, if you are going to use widgets, make sure that they are configured to be the same a size and complement your overall homepage design rather than clutter it. 3) Add Flickr SlideShows or YouTube videos to content pages. The Sierra Club :: www.sierracluub.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

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. Next, upload them to Flickr or you preferred photo-sharing community.

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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. Prioritize responsive design. 5) Add a link to a video about the campaign discussed in the press release.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2006

Linktribution is given to Alan for designing the flickr contact acquisition behavior scale. My virtual colleague, Alan Levine, posted a reflection about educational technologists flickr contact acquisition behavior. This prompted me to wonder about nonprofit flickr contact behavior and create the above poll. software, eh?

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See3

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? It gives you search engine mojo – because all the Flickr goodness is indexed heavily. They just announced a program to give nonprofits some free “pro&# accounts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Flickr: flickr.com/groups/thenatureconservancy. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites. We use Flickr to collect all of the photos for our annual nature photo competition. Website: www.nature.org.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

I do recommend that nonprofits design their channel, upload a couple of videos, and get a few friends and subscribers before applying. Related Webinar: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Use YouTube, Animoto and Flickr. It’s easy, simple and the vast majority of nonprofits are approved.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

On top of that nonprofit’s need to invest in good graphic design. Blogger, LinkedIn and Myspace launched in 2003, and yet nine years into the Social Web the vast majority of nonprofits have not invested any financial resources at all into graphic design for their social media campaigns. You need a good avatar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. Creative Commons on Flickr : A great source for images for your organization’s website, blog, e-newsletter, social networking profiles, etc. oneforty : A gallery of over 2,500 (and counting) Twitter Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Not creating Flickr slideshows to tell your nonprofit’s story. Not applying for YouTube’s Nonprofit Program. YouTube.com/nonprofits. Enough said.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Posted engagement policies or intuitive design will do nothing for participation on a new platform without active members modeling the way the tools can be used. Lastly, a community-focused platform is, by design, supposed to reach enough momentum that a central Community Manager is no longer needed. What do you think?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

If you haven’t noticed QR Codes yet, after you read this post and browse the QR Codes on Flickr you’re going to start to seeing them everywhere. In magazines, on flyers, tabletops, and conference materials. So, what are they? Linking to a desktop site in a QR Code that is meant to be read on smartphone is not practical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2006

I've been doing a Webinar for N-TEN called "Designing Effective Technology Learning Experiences" -- basically about how to make technology trainings more interactive -- which includes designing participant interactivity - either in small groups as well as blended into presentation/lecture.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 24, 2009

I picked up 2 Alice Starmore books: Fisherman's Sweaters: Twenty Exclusive Knitwear Designs for All Generations and The Celtic Collection: Twenty-Five Knitwear Designs for Men and Women. Alice Starmore is a Scottish needlework designer. Why is this book so popular? Here's St.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

There are thousands of useful Gadgets you can explore and utilize, but nonprofits can also easily create and custom design their own Gadgets and Themes to share with the iGoogle community. Second, while logged into your new account, add the Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , MySpace , Flickr , etc.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 2, 2009

It’s also designed to generate awareness and foster support so the world can be freed from cancer. While their efforts are focused on encouraging local participation in the physical sense they’ve also made it possible for people to participate online through social media using sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If you are going to design your own mobile Website, make sure you check out the article Mobile Web Design Trends For 2009. Tags: Facebook Flickr LinkedIn Mobile Technology MySpace Twitter YouTube. 3) Nonprofits as Real-time Reporters via Social Media and Mobile Devices: This is a dramatic shift in Web communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2013

Photo Source: Mlaraevski on Flickr. You could compose the text overlay using PicMonkey if you want more elaborate design and graphic elements than PowerPoint). All great cooks know how to present their dishes on the plate so they look appetizing and beautiful. Remember some basic rules of graphics design: Simplicity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. Based in the U.K., 2d Code is a must read for the early adopters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. 4096 Color Wheel :: ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

Flickr Photo by TomtheJet. ” We will discuss ways that they can design capacity building efforts for NGOs using peer learning and a networked approach as well as how to measure and refine their own social media usage. Training Design' I am excited for a return visit to Australia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Flickr photo by Geoff Livingston. I also expanded my practice to designing and facilitating internal meetings for nonprofits and foundations on a variety of topics, including activating a culture of wellbeing and innovation labs. I wish you a very happy and healthy 2019! I had a great holiday break, although unfortunately I got sick.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

I love Flickr Originally uploaded by jodi_tripp. For those who haven't seen it, Flickr is a photo-sharing site. So what makes Flickr so useful? Now I always use Flickr. On Flickr, they are searchable both by title and by tag. Then again, I did find 42,822 photos matching "I love flickr." Okay, pop quiz.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Flickr Photo by Flatbush Gardner. Note from Beth: Whether you are planning to present at a conference or deliver a one-day workshop, the secret to success is in good design. You need to shape it and that means thinking through some design questions. What are your session’s learning objectives and who is the audience?

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2011

In addition to the numerous technology products and how-tos we make available, we've created digital content designed to help you and your organization. Look for us and let us know what you think; you can find us at any one of the following: TechSoup Blog. SlideShare. Del.icio.us. Flavors.me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

Flickr Photo from Lanier67. " Justin Perkins pointed out one flaw with Causes design: it asks a person to make a donation before educating or cultivating them. Weiksner agreed that Causes does not capitalize on its potential, but integrating relationship building into the design would not work. Some rights reserved.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2011

Flickr: LexnGer In case you hadn't noticed, NTEN is a community of nonprofit and technology professionals sharing information about using technology effectively for nonprofit work. NTEN:Change : our quarterly digital journal, designed for non-technical nonprofit leaders. come from the experts and practicioners in our community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Blogging during the era of the Social Web is more valuable than ever to nonprofits provided your blog is well-designed and the content is good. Flickr Sets can be customized using HTML to add “Subscribe!&# That said, here are five ways to do so using social media: 1) Blog, blog, blog!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Flickr Photo by S. A chief predictor of growth and scaling was centralized program design leadership – in other words, only letting the necessary “cooks” belong in the program development “kitchen.” The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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