Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). Experiment with social media dashboards. Write content and secure photos for website pages. Experiment with HootSuite (or TweetDeck). Experiment with Twitter social good apps and portals. Create a master login sheet.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

I'm working on a section of my book about sharing social objects and am writing about the most common way that visitors share their object experiences in museums: through photographs. 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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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

To begin with, Ulysses is an awesome writing tool that gives bloggers a terrific experience. Considered one of the best RSS feed readers available, it gives a clean and clear experience, intuitively tracks what you’ve read and helps with organizing all your various subscriptions into convenient groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

I asked this question on my Facebook brand page, and here’s what I learned: The New York Public Library Photo Booth. Flickr Photo - NYPL Photo Booth. The use of selfies helps mobilize library fans in a new way and make going to the library a more integrated online experience. Photography Visual'

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2014

Five years ago, I wrote a post arguing that museum photo policies should be as open as possible. I believe that the ability to take photographs (no flash) in a museum greatly increases many people''s abilities to personalize, memorialize, and enjoy the experience. We push the once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing the art.

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Camera Photo Policy National 55

Museum 2.0

MARCH 13, 2013

Visitor-contributed photos surround a collection piece in Carnegie Museum of Art's Oh Snap! The result of those meetings and brainstorming sessions recently manifested itself in our Forum Gallery as an experimental photography project called Oh Snap! We Blur Digital and Real-World Experiences The biggest difference between Oh Snap!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

Experience. Photo and Video Editing Ability. To effectively work with image and video content, your new media manager must be adept at using photo and video editing software. The foundation of effective photo and video editing is a creative eye and an appreciation of digital photography and video. Leadership.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Selecting photos for your brand in a deliberate and thoughtful way makes your organization more inclusive. Every day, we constantly see photos of people—in social media, on websites, on television, in advertisements, in print, and in our daily environment. It also has the power to make our culture more equitable for everyone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter. Flickr and Digital Photography: 5 Hours Weekly. Actually uploading photos to Flickr doesn’t require much time, but shooting digital photos, editing them, and then properly adding them to Flickr sets and collections with tags and titles can become time-consuming.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

That said, there are some resources and tools that I continually refer to and use again and again, and others that I am still experimenting with that may (or may not) become integral to my communications routine. In fact, I used them for this blog (see upper-right), but please ignore the silly photo in the Fotolia ad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2012

Here’s how it works, according to their recent Facebook and Tumblr posts: The Nature Conservancy has used photo contests to crowdsource photos from its network through social media in the post, as far back as 2008 when it ran a contest on Flickr. There are some obvious benefits: Engaging its network beyond the like on Facebook.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

We''re grateful for the articles, blog posts, videos, photos, and more from the 14LCS community. Relive the experience and learn what attendees absorbed during the four days at 14LCS through this content round-up. Did we miss anything? Please let us know in the comments.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

About a year and a half ago my friend Heather and I decided to try the Oprah and Deepak 21-Day Meditation Experience. Photo of Heater by In Her Image Photography' To make sure we completed it, we texted each other right after we meditated. and her text would prompt me to do it. Ask someone to be your Big Vision Buddy.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2023

Unleash the true potential of summer with our curated collection of 10 must-try fundraising ideas that will engage your supporters and deliver an unforgettable experience for your community. Outdoor Movie Night An outdoor movie night is a fun and engaging way to bring your community together while raising funds for your nonprofit.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Quote over a photo of a woman speaking. Utilize Visuals Humanize your nonprofit’s stories by adding visuals like photos and videos to engage your audience. Quote graphic with text over a photo of a person typing. Experiment with different mediums and take note of how stories perform on each platform. " 13.

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Storytelling Guide Nonprofit Story 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Instagram, the popular Millennial photo sharing site, is gaining traction with world leaders, government leaders and nonprofit executive directors. Instagram is about photo sharing and tell stories in photos. He shares photos and reflections from business trips. He is curating the experiences he shares.

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

Relive the conference experience and learn from many of the 2,120 attendees through this content round-up! NTEN staff has finally recovered and we are positively overwhelmed with all the blog posts, videos, pictures, and other instances of the 14NTC celebration from the nonprofit technology community. Did we miss anything?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

But to get the most out of the experience, you need to hire a guide. ”) combined with expert knowledge made this a fantastic experience. No trip to Cambodia would not be complete with a visit to the sacred temples, including Angkor Wat, in Siem Reap, a tourism center in Cambodia.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

The most popular items (and usually the best selling) are often a unique experience, such as being CEO for a day of a local company, recording a song in a professional-quality recording studio, going behind the scenes at an aquarium, or hosting a margarita party at home with a bartender.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

This organization creates special, therapeutic experiences for children through riding horses. Best Photography Winner — Learning Tree Farm. This five-photo Flickr submission presents a compelling visual narrative and tells a great story. Its photo story is extremely powerful and highly shareable.

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Achieve

APRIL 15, 2015

From the experience design to logistics to technology to coordinating with speakers, sponsors, partners, media … so many details are involved, which can make an event a huge time suck if you let it. INVEST IN VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY. Example of strong slides from past MCONs. Videos examples of featured speakers from past MCONs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2014

He shared an amazing story of how his institution has adapted to online networks and digital photography, but the even more inspiring were the many photos and the stories of social change behind those photos. All in all one of the most amazing experiences I ever had. Mentions on #nobelprize2014 at Trendmaps, Amaizing!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2014

It defines the colors, graphics, fonts and photography that make the site beautiful. Defining styles for different elements of the website including headlines, links, buttons, photos, form fields, promo items, etc. The visual design depicts the user experience of the website. Deliverables. What’s Next. Visual Design [this post].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. Give them a name, find a photo of them on a stock photography site and flesh out their biographical details. Note from Beth: One of the most common questions I get at workshops or webinars is, “Should our organization be on XYZ social or mobile platform?” How old are they?

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Achieve

JUNE 7, 2015

After leaving that experience, I began researching some of the ads and campaigns that these organizations are using to motivate their audiences to action and, not surprisingly, found several great examples of using design for good. Here are a few things that we learned: Use Photos of Eyes for an Emotional Connection to Your Audience.

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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. Freedom from Oil Flickr Photo Contest. Nature Conservancy Photo Contest.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Greg Ligon, our guest blogger for the Social Media for Nonprofits conference, is an online communications professional with experience in building a brand via online channels, social media communications, and website content development. Photos: Jim Vetter photography. Learn more about Greg on LinkedIn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

" So, I thought I'd use a screen capture of the photo inside flickr instead, but wasn't sure whether I could. Jim laughed and told me that the photo was in the public domain so I could blog it anyway I wanted and that he was going to change the default license. In this way, photos could be shared internally without worries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

Thousands of photos in flickr (and really good ones). I first heard about Gnomedex in 2005 when I read Julie Leung's post about her experience. A couple of personal highlights of the sessions: Photography Tips Kris Krug who is an awesome photographer who gave us great tips on improving our photos. Two awesome parties.

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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. In exhibits and galleries where photography is permitted, of course!)

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

secrets, and a combined 100 years of video experience with four amazing. 2010 as a way of using film, photography, and real-time reporting. The film, photos, and blog entries from the initiative can be. Pacific on July 20. guests, hosted by TechSoup's Interactive Producer Evonne Heyning. Special Guests: Sheila J.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2012

If publically displaying a photo of your board members next to their fundraising totals doesn’t motivate them to fundraise, I’m not sure what will. There are so many things I love about this website that it’s hard to only pick 2-3 to share with you. so I limited myself to 4. so I limited myself to 4.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

One of the best projects that illustrates the basic idea of Web2.0 - listening and conversation and stakeholders creating their own experience with your organization - comes from the Brooklyn Museum of Art. They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

While one might be tempted to discount the value of face-to-face gatherings when we have the Internet, some of my most valuable connections and learning experiences have taken place "in real life" at the NTC. We will discuss flickr, tagging, digital photography, flickr contests, participatory media campaigns, and much more.

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Media Cause

MAY 23, 2022

As a designer and illustrator, I’m constantly weighing the pros and cons of using photos or illustrations. Through my experiences, I’ve come up with a list of times when illustration has proved to be a great solution: . It eliminates the boundary of realism, which is an inherent part of photography. . Staged stock photos feel ??disingenuous

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2005

I've been experimenting with cambodia4kids.org blog to test out the instructions/advice I'm reading on various npotech sites about blogs. C4C will teach them basic photo techniques, pay for developing and enlargements, and hold exhibitions in Cambodia, the US and Paris (summer/fall 2006), and beyond. She is also seeking photo books.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2010

From the institutional perspective, the best way to deliver good participant experiences was to constrain contributions through the Flickr uploading system. This compromise achieved three things: The museums knew exactly what would be photographed and could more tightly control the experience.

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