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Flickr: jasonshim By Jason Shim and Shubhagata Sengupta At Pathways to Education, we offer cross-cultural conflict resolution training called YOUCAN, and one of the first topics we cover with the students is that the analogy of an iceberg can be useful in understanding people. This tends to address 95% of the questions that arise.

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JULY 5, 2012

Flickr Photo by Joel Goodman. Essentially, these new standards and guidelines will move us from counting to assessing the value of our social media efforts. What types of guidelines for measurement do you think should be standardized for nonprofits and those using social media for social good?

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Flickr Photo by Flatbush Gardner. Follow the guidelines. 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 just lump a bunch of speakers together and hobble together some content. Be clear and concise in your session description.

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MARCH 24, 2008

On Tuesday, March 25, 2008, I will be co-moderating with Flickr's Community Manager, Heather Champ, an online event over at TechSoup called Images of Social Change. The Flickr photo sharing service has teamed up with TechSoup Stock to offer premium "pro" accounts to individuals within eligible organizations. Join us Tues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." Laying down guidelines makes everyone think they have more control and it helped everyone to feel better. In truth, our guidelines are quite vague.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Flickr Photo by Marin Labar. User or community guidelines are important. Guidelines should be articulated to participants in community guidelines. (Information shared behind this password protected area should not be shared with the mainstream media.). Modeling community norms can be incredibly valuable.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

Set your own benchmarks: Guidelines, benchmark reports, and best practices are helpful to know, but ultimately its important to know your audience. Download this free recording from Blackbauds webinar about setting your goals for #GivingTuesday. We also asked the audience what tools they would recommend through Poll Everywhere.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Pinterest Guidelines. Beth summarized some of the guidelines Joe shared for using Pinterest: Be useful. If you're an animal shelter or animal rights organization: Credit to Flickr user: Dennis from Atlanta 1. If you're a church, synagogue, or other religious organization: Credit to Flickr user: evilpeacock 5.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

I, of course, loved the flickr competition idea and suggested that she consider a modest outcome and learning experiment. Read the TechSoup article " How Nonprofits Can Get the Most Out of Flickr " 2. Read up on Flickr and look at different examples by nonprofits. Freedom from Oil Flickr Photo Contest.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2014

Sam has worked with several organizations that must assure that personal health information is kept confidential under HIPAA guidelines. Image One: Eurritimia on Flickr Creative Commons. I had no idea what the real risk here is so I asked Sam Chenkin of Tech Impact about whether or not this is a big deal. Image Two: Shutterstock.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

There are some basic guidelines to follow when you are launching and managing your group text campaigns; in the beginning, however, your number one objective should be to begin building your mobile list. 11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits. Simple text pitches aren’t enough to compel people to subscribe.

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JULY 18, 2011

You've designed and built your blog, signed some of the staff on to help, laid out your blogging guidelines , and even engaged some volunteer blog contributors. Use Flickr to have people share their own photos either through a Flickr photo group or by having them tag them with the event hashtag. I have nothing to write about!".

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MARCH 23, 2012

It also includes clear guidelines on how to join for those who are interested in contributing their expertise or copyediting skills. As its name implies, it is designed for beginners looking to learn the fundamentals of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, and Delicious.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2012

Organizations that use social media for external communications should develop additional guidelines. Proper guidelines will help staff and volunteers monitor and create safe spaces for supporters on sites where your organization maintains a presence. Managing Social Media Use for Your Organization.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Creative Commons Search is another search engine that searches multiple sites simultaneously, including Flickr, Open Clip Art Library , Pixabay , and several more. Flickr is one of our go-to places for Creative Commons- licensed images. I use the advanced search feature. How TechSoup Uses Images.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

We sat down and came up with some general guidelines for engaging with and connecting to people on our new media platforms (more on that in a minute) that help us decide what to respond to personally, and how. Make it known. Another important aspect of engaging in a dialogue is making sure people know you are there.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg In this article about Twitter and story-telling, NTEN members Beth Kanter and Thomas Negron are mentioned. David Neff shares the social media guidelines he helped develop for the American Cancer Society. (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Flickr Photo by Iain. I keep wondering what would happen if we hit the pause button before a meeting got started and discussed how to participate with impact and encouraged everyone in our organization to follow these guidelines – would this make meetings more effective? One of the modules is on meetings.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

You convinced the bigwigs to let you start a blog for your organization, you recruited peers to join you as staff bloggers, you’ve set clear guidelines , and shared some creative blog post ideas for your staff to draw from. After months of wandering you’ve made it to the (nonprofit blogging) promised land!

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

The photo is of the Pacific Ocean at Monterey taken by a Flickr user, Amayu. (No, it wasn't a presentation about Google Wave!). The title of the presentation was inspired by the title of a 1995 Harvard Business School Journal piece called "Catching the Wave" by Clay Christensen who coined the term "disruptive technologies."

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OCTOBER 23, 2008

Review guidelines, like how people can participate (i.e. on Online Webinars Seven and Seven: Tips for Running Effective Webinars on Chief Marketer Running Effective Online Trainings on TechSoup Flickr photo credit: They just asked about twitter. Run a practice webinar to work out any technical glitches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2005

Here's the flickr stream. The session and moderator guidelines are designed to make the next a very interactive and participatory conference. Some guidelines on how to handle bad participants were shared, but there a lot of positive energy. Not many black boring bags at all - colors - pink and green seem to be popular.

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JUNE 4, 2012

Flickr Photo by alshepmcr. Note from Beth: I’m packing my bags for a trip to India to lead a training for NGOs that are Packard Grantees to kick off a peer learning project called “Networked NGO.”

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

And on the marketing and tracking side, "rogue" blogs, YouTube channels, and Flickr pools that aren't clearly identified can become an annoyance as staff try to get a handle on institutional impact on the Web. They want to enable social media activity, and that means providing both guidelines and resources. marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

On the serious side, I wish there were some clear guidelines about what exactly is fair use in the nonprofit space. There are amazing photos in flickr and wonderful music in ccmixter.org. This YouTube video is from Kenneth Goldstein and it's hilarious. TechSoup recently published a FAQ about " Borrowing Images from the Web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

Flickr Photo by Pitel. As Britt notes in her live blogging guidelines: The main goal of your posts is to provide information about the Projects that voters can refer to when it comes time to cast their ballot since they won't be able to attend all of the sessions.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. There was one database of projects, one set of guidelines for project management and shared progress-tracking system across boundaries, time zones, and domains of expertise.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. There was one database of projects, one set of guidelines for project management and shared progress-tracking system across boundaries, time zones, and domains of expertise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

More Flickr Photos here. Free software, but expensive in terms of your time -Set out with minimal (achievable) goals and guidelines (policy) They differed in the audience building strategy and definition. Does your organization give you any guidelines to your writers? Priscilla has a set of simple guidelines for the bloggers.

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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. Flickr Farm. That's what I use and why I use it).

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

Image from Flickr by Xurble. So hold yourself and your team to high standards when publishing anything that will be seen by the public; if it´s not in line with your brand guidelines or up to par in terms of quality, tweak it until it’s just right. Get Creative With Your Copy, Especially in Your Headlines and CTAs.

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DECEMBER 4, 2007

and American Pediatric Association guidelines to push kids away from computer screens and out into the world. Parents want cute pictures of their kids (and if you search "children's museum" on Flickr , you'll find over 20,000 images). These personalized websites are not heavily trafficked; 10% viewership is considered pretty darn good.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Set up Policies and Guidelines for Data Entry. If your front desk is accepting donations and memberships, make sure they have the training and guidelines to enter data accurately. photo courtesy of Flickr. A key component of a successful policy is that it should be practical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

Flickr Photo by Star Dust. Approaches and tools: What are the basic guidelines for designing and using data and information visualizations? Next week should be officially be named “Nonprofit Techie Week” in San Francisco! What are the go-to tools? Exciting examples: What are some great examples from nonprofits?

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MAY 9, 2011

Flickr Photo by drachenspinne. The framework outlined in the book is especially useful for smaller nonprofits as well as larger ones. Here’s summary of the key ideas: Avoid A Once and Done Approach, Think Of Your Content As Pieces of A Larger Whole.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Flickr Photo: Steve Wampler Communications professionals and chefs have a lot in common. What often seems like magic is usually based on years of rigorous training and preparation. We create recipes for ourselves that are proven to work, and we add to our repertoire throughout our years in the field.

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JANUARY 10, 2012

I was drawn to Pinterest because the functionality is exactly how I’ve been using my flickr account for years , but makes it easier to share images you’ve found from other web sites and people. I created several pins based on professional interests and a few personal topics. .”

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