Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2013

If you cook, you know that your dishes are only as good as your ingredients. For text overlay images, you need the following ingredients: text, photo, and branding. My favorite free tool for this is PicMonkey because it is very easy to use. Have you incorporated text image overlays into your content strategy?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2013

Also discussed are low-cost or free photo-editing tools that allow nonprofits to create images that not only work well on Pinterest, but also on other social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Also discussed are low-cost or free photo-editing tools that allow nonprofits to create images that not only work well on Pinterest, but also on other social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2015

Oh stock images. Here are a few key considerations to help you choose fantastic images for your site. Are You Treating Your Images as Content? Good, this is important: Photos and other images should never be used just as decoration. Good, this is important: Photos and other images should never be used just as decoration.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2014

In honor of the Storymakers kick-off, I tested out three brand new (to me) photography apps for iOS and Android smartphones. Faded (iPhone; $0.99) is a photo editing app that includes 34 free filters and 36 premium filters that you can purchase within the app. You choose the color or the other image and then swipe to merge them.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Image courtesy of No Kid Hungry. Trickle Up uses colorful, eye-catching photography and great quotes from the people that they serve in the captions. Image from TrickleUp’s Facebook. Join me on November 18 th for a free webinar, 10 Steps to Online Fundraising Success for Your Nonprofit!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Part-website, part-smartphone app, this tool enables free group texting between small groups of people.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

NetSquared groups are holding free events all month. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Video and Photography 101. This series of four free webinars will follow the path of our Storymakers short course for video preproduction, production, and postproduction, and you can also join for the final webinar on photo storytelling. Friday, April 8.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2012

Instagram, the mobile photography app, has been getting a lot of attention lately. From critics saying it is killing photography to hype and hoopla from marketing pundits saying it is a must-have as part of your “visual marketing tool box.” This guide for business marketers is relevant to nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Sandee Jackson | The Most Exhaustive Guide EVER to free photos for your blog : If there’s a question I’m always asked about blogging, it’s this one – Where do I find free photos for my blog? It’s a great question.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The winners from each category will receive a donation to their cause, plus a free admission to bbcon, where they will be honored by their peers. The Mission in Action Award is an opportunity to capture those stories through photography and celebrate the amazing work you're doing with 3,000 of your peers. Image by Gadini / CC0 1.0.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

In fact, there are free versions you can use (although they won’t come with much in the way of template choices or add-on enhancements) as well as versions that are very, very affordable. And as so many industry gurus consistently reinforce, everything is organized in a logical manner for the layman to navigate.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

When players place the Farmers Airship on their farm, they receive free "wither protection" for the crops on their virtual farm. It turns out that "The Farmers [Insurance] in-game integration will use the likeness of its Farmers Insurance Airship, a 246-foot long Zeppelin.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Along with concise, engaging copy, incorporate: Images: If you haven’t already, invest in professional photography that brings your cause to life. Next, feel free to get creative with color psychology. Colors: First, ensure the palette builds on your organization’s visual brand identity.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Along with concise, engaging copy, incorporate: Images: If you haven’t already, invest in professional photography that brings your cause to life. Next, feel free to get creative with color psychology. Colors: First, ensure the palette builds on your organization’s visual brand identity.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 11, 2020

If you know the term ‘influencer’, it might conjure up images of selfie obsessed girls promoting weight-loss shakes and bikinis. Be very cost-effective or free. Throughout the process, remember that it is a two-way partnership and your influencer choice will reflect on you too – so make sure they truly reflect your brand image.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2012

The post summarized why it may be important, best practices, and a few nonprofit examples. 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. Who wants a FREE #FxCKCANCER Shirt? Snap, Tag, and Share.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

This is a great example of how you can use hashtags, images, or ideas that are already popular across social media to further your nonprofit. They asked popular figures to personalise and share a poop emoji, and created a free app so anyone could create a personalised poop emoji. Book a free consultation. WaterAid: #giveashit.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 16, 2019

Well, I would guess in part because watching moving images is a regular practice for most people. But, almost every day, you get information from a movie image. Alli Burness, Meagen Eastep, Jenny Kidd, and Chad Weinard gave a great talk ages ago about cell phone photography/ social photography. With cell phones, they are.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2017

Signing up for AmazonSmile is a good way to earn donations from your supporters while they shop — plus it's easy and hassle-free to get involved. Supporting graphics, images, and animations are also a nice touch that will help to bring the story to life — much more than a simple page of text would. spanhidden

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Does the Flickr user really have rights to the image? Unfortunately, many Flickr users post to their accounts images that they did not take and don't have permission to use. Is the image genuine? If you have doubts about authenticity, investigate before running the image. In photography, as elsewhere, appearances count.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

The app is free only for a limited time so snag it while you can. Photography app roundups are a dime-a-dozen, but this Tech Radar post is written by an actual, professional photographer. 's David Pogue wrote a review of Adobe Voice , a new free app for making "explainer videos."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Flickr and Digital Photography: 5 Hours Weekly. That includes the time necessary to research and write material and to secure images, videos, and graphics, as well the time necessary to manage and edit guest bloggers. Related Links: Free Webinar on August 30: Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Webinar for Nonprofits.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While the majority of experience-based museums like children's and science museums have unrestricted noncommercial photography policies, many collections-based art and history museums continue to maintain highly restrictive photo policies. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. But what about visitors?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 13, 2013

The result of those meetings and brainstorming sessions recently manifested itself in our Forum Gallery as an experimental photography project called Oh Snap! The museum selected and is featuring 13 works recently added to our photography collection. Your Take on Our Photographs. At its core, Oh Snap!

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Because of this, the images we consume are not an accurate depiction of reality. Marketing images in pop culture—like TV shows, movies, music groups, clothing, and even cartoons—tend to include primarily white people as the focus. The problem with non-inclusive imagery. A bit of extra effort and awareness can go a long way.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2017

Image 1: Jennifer Leahy Photography. Image 2: Cynthia M Adams. On January 26 , sign up for a free webinar on practical information to help you write successful grants. Where do you think we are falling short? Are you open to investing in a new approach? Upcoming Grantseeking Events from TechSoup. Register now.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2014

Participants using iPads can download the free ReadyTalk Mobile for iPad app to join conferences and access other features. Images: Marissa Mayer by Teymur Madjderey and Iced Soul Photography CC BY. The service essentially: Enables telecommuting through scheduled and impromptu audio and web conferences. Thank You Marissa Mayer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2013

Flickr Image by Sam Howzit. Images, visuals, videos, and infographics are being staples of nonprofit’s content strategy, especially for social channels. It isn’t a good idea to just grab an image from Internet, tweak it, and call it your own. Here’s a round up of resources and advice. Content Visual'

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Wireframes are skeleton layouts of key pages or templates for a website and are used to position elements on the page without colors, styles or photography. You can use Microsoft Visio, Adobe Photoshop, Axure, the free, online tool called Cacoo (I also use Cacoo for sitemaps) and plain old HTML. What’s Next.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2008

Not only does Flickr help the volunteers exchange photos and information, it also creates an image bank from which the organization can select photos for its Web site and blog. Presentations: An executive director wanted to use photos to make her points during a presentation, but disliked clip art and lacked the budget for stock photography.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

The "Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images" exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art manages to both celebrate and betray fair use at the same time. Only a court of law can determine whether the purpose of the photography was fair use or not. It's really out of our hands.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

By doing this work before you design your logo, you will be able to come up with colors, words, images, and symbols that best transmit your message to the public. Invest in High-Quality Photography. You can use stock photography if done correctly. If you’re wondering whether your current logo is an asset (or a detriment!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

A recording of your , the image on your screen, and some additional elements, screencasts are perfect for explaining how-to's for your applications and other specific, tactical uses. We will discuss flickr, tagging, digital photography, flickr contests, participatory media campaigns, and much more.

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