Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2010

Flickr: Water for Sale. Circle of Blue | Water News. The nonprofits below are committed to reversing this trend through education and conservation in hopes of preventing the looming global water crisis: Twitter: Water.org. Facebook: charity: water. YouTube: WaterAid. LinkedIn: Water for People.

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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. People either start ignoring your updates because you’re always in their news feed, or they “hide&# you altogether. Not following on a 1:1 ratio on Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

And most importantly: it will be documented and shared by large numbers of people, experiencing it first hand, and sharing news and updates in real time. Over the past few years, the use of social technologies during disaster response has become a central component to news and information delivery. Brought to you Live.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). Share and Comment on Breaking News. Post Calls to Action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). Share and Comment on Breaking News. Post Calls to Action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

For example, Grist.org is a news website that focuses on the environment. You can directly pin your videos from YouTube and your photos from Flickr. If your audience and supporters include women (especially those in their mid-thirties to mid-forties) you definitely want to explore a presence on Pinterest.

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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. It brings in new people who first hear about you through a funny (viral) photo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

So I emailed requesting to be put on the e-news list (didn't see where to subscribe online). But there's no e-news! e-news vs. Facebook fan page). NOTE: Here are some brief guides to strengthening your Web site and e-news. The center is more than an hour away from the NY metro area, so most visitors have to plan ahead.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

Flickr giving away 10K pro memberships (to nonprofits) - News - Internet Applications Software: "Flickr is giving away pro accounts to nonprofits and public libraries to showcase their efforts.Yahoo owned photo community Flickr has launched a new program called Flickr for Good.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Related Webinar: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Use YouTube, Animoto and Flickr. In addition to the United States and the United Kingdom, nonprofits in Canada and Australia can now also take advantage of YouTube’s Nonprofit Program. The option to drive fundraising through a Google Checkout “Donate&# button.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2012

flickr: *saxon* Whether you’ll be there in person, or you’re participating online, we want you to take part in all the 2012 NTC buzz. You can follow just NTC news at [link]. Insider Tip: Don’t forget to follow @ NTENorg for all the official updates and conference news. How is this related to flickr, you ask?

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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. via the AFP Blog summarizes this news story from msnbc about nonprofits in Second Life inspired by Kiva in Second Life's Grand Opening Party at the Nonprofit Commons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

Flickr Photo by Soyignatius. If you are finding yourself looking through a lot of unrelated or useless stuff or the content you are sharing is not resonating with your audience, news discovery tools can help. ” I love that phrase coined by my friends at Upwell. Take Crowdtangle as an example.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

Just like the assumption about the tools, it is incredibly valuable to maintain the position that you (read: your organization, if not you personally, smartypants) know more, have more access to information about, and are more closely following news related to your cause and work than the community. Photo credit: aflier Flickr ].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Once signed up, a message is sent to your Facebook News Feed letting all your friends know that you signed up for Jumo. 2) Select the Issues you care about: 3) Follow a couple of nonprofits: 4) Then from your new Jumo homepage, select “Add a Project.&# You do need a personal Facebook account to sign up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Once I started clicking around and adding Gadgets and experimenting with Buzz, Reader, Themes, Maps, Gmail, Google News and hopefully soon Google Voice , it was immediately clear that I was going to start using iGoogle and Gmail much more often. Now I am actually quite curious about what Google will do next.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The best new media managers, online community builders, bloggers, and activists will be connected and communicating with their supporters from anywhere, at any time when the need arises. Much to the chagrin of traditional media, the new leaders of the nonprofit sector will function much like reporters. 12Seconds.tv. 12Seconds.tv

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Flickr and YouTube – monitor and subscribe to activity around you, not just your own. industry and local news. Mixed Reality events – conference going on in Second Life with a live streamed video into Second Life, it expands the audience exponentially. Conversations take place in both places separately and together.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Diversify your news sources. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs. The best social media managers have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs. The coverage of our politics and economy (especially on cable news) is just downright destructive.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It’s important to have a place that you can link to for more information and for follow-up, instead of sharing news or updates only in a tweet or facebook message, and especially if it is just in an email newsletter. Photo credit: Flickr futureshape ). Have suggestions for blogs that should be added? Just let me know!).

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NTEN

APRIL 27, 2012

Flickr: NTEN: Nonprofit Technology We're still catching our breath from the NTC earlier this month, but the nonprofit technology community is as active as ever this week! Have more news to share? Check out the campaign’s use of Flickr and Tumblr ! Lastly, I’d like to share some news that is bittersweet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2011

Flickr Photo by JC Burns. Danielle Brigida’s Wildlife News (excellent example of how useful this could be for an organization’s content strategy). Robin Good’s Real Time News Curation. Stephanie McAuliffe’s Nonprofit Lists (check out the great lists she discovered from other curators).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). Share and Comment on Breaking News. Post Calls to Action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Whether your updating your Twitter account with Tweetie , recording a video with your iPhone and uploading it to your YouTube channel within minutes, or posting a Status Update to your organization’s Facebook Page, the news cycle has changed forever. Tags: Facebook Flickr LinkedIn Mobile Technology MySpace Twitter YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. 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. CheckFacebook :: checkfacebook.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2012

Flickr Photo by Carissa Marie. A big hat tip to Nancy Schwartz for curating on Pinterest this blog post from Kivi Leroux Miller summarizing David Meerman Scott’s e-book on Newsjacking which is well worth the $6.99. Newsjacking is piggy-backing on timely news or Meerman points out “the second paragraph of a news story.”

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Or even the networked influence from news coverage and stories from one group or city to the next. Photo credit: Flickr jakubsteiner ). It may have been a network of organizers in various towns or locations coordinating with each other and then operating locally. Don’t be afraid of failing. What do you think?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2007

They created a Flickr petition where they asked people to post a photo of themselves with a sign that says, "I support Ethiopian coffee farmers." Starbucks responded with their own video with their side of the story, which raised Oxfam's profile and the story because the Oxfam video sat up at the top along with Starbucks' video.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The 24/7 news cycle is overwhelming to many people. If you use your website to publish news stories or press releases, make sure that the titles of the press releases and articles include words and phrases that people who may be interested in your mission and programs are likely to type into Google, Bing, or Yahoo!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

Thanks to twitter (hat tip to marshallk ), I learned about today’s big news: Google, Plaxo and Facebook joined the Data Portability working group. Update: LinkedIn, Flickr, SixApart and Twitter have now joined Dataportability.org. This is, of course, great news. I’ll keep you posted, for sure. Be Helpful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

If they have well-executed social media campaigns, send executive staff links to their profiles on Facebook , Twitter , YouTube, Flickr , Foursquare, Tumblr , etc., and then forward executives breaking news on social and mobile media. with a note that you fear your nonprofit is falling behind. Subscribe to social media blogs.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Whether you or not you understand how to use tags, chances are you have come across them if you have ever used blogs, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, or bookmarking sites such as Delicious. Social bookmarks are used to listen, track news, follow a topic, and receive updates. Tagging Tutorials - Part 1 Flickr. You're It!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs?

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

Flickr: diskychick There's been a flurry of activity lately in the NTEN community and it's easy to see that change is in the air! Ushering out those dog days of summer is some exciting news from around the sector; from acquisitions and survey results to emerging leaders, there is no shortage of fresh perspectives this week.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2011

Megaphone: Flickr: floeschie Every week we pull together interesting tid-bits from across the web where NTEN members are making – or writing – headlines! This week, we're seeing members do both: garnering headlines for awards and news and putting the spotlight on their ideas. Have more news to share?

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2013

Flickr: theirhistory Summer sun and vacation days haven''t slowed down the NTEN community! This edition of Member Round Up shows folks busy doing research, releasing reports, and unveiling a new community platform to help nptechies connect and learn. member news Member Round Up nptech' It may just help your organization.

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