Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2009

Earlier this week, I wrote a post called " What happens when you set your content free using Creative Commons Licensing? " I explained why I set my own work free, provided some examples, and pointed to a new tool. The First Giving Blog has a post " Riffing On Creative Commons License ". And how do you respond?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

I think one of my favorite community curriculum building efforts was the toolbox - a community curated selection of how-tos, tips, and information about social media tools. One important design concept for this project is creative commons licensing - which allowed the community to remix, reuse, or repurpose the content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2006

I discovered this new tool during a discussion on the NTEN Affinity Group list for nonprofits and flickr about how to be efficient using flickr. The students had to create an image that was representative of the organization's core values and then create another image that another student could remix. Anyway, here's the flickr set.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. Also, the game is licensed under creative commons - which means folks are welcomed to use as long as share and share like (with attribution). In fact, just last month, I took it to India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

" I would have done a remix of this photo with that line as a speech bubble using one of the flickr remix tools, but the best photo of Weinberger in flickr was not licensed with a Creative Commons by license, but all rights reserved. He ad libbed this line: "Holy shit, we built this thing to together!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Origina l photo CC by license in Flickr User Start Cooking. The discussion included some pointers to the tools as well as some clarifying questions. The key in choosing the tool is the right fit to purpose and practices. I found the above image in Flickr under a license that allows me to remix it -- so I changed the title.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2006

In today's email, J Wynia, shared with me a tool he created with the Flickr API that lets me search for interesting photos that I can remix or use and automatically generates the attribution. This is the value I get from blogging - the ability to connect with other people around a common interest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2007

This session will define core concepts including the Creative Commons license, and then offer examples of how open content is already benefitting the nonprofit sector. I'll start the session with a very brief overview of examples ( NGO in a box - Open Publishing ) and an overview of the CC licenses. Pick tools, publishing license 3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

The Be The Media Project is a community of people from nonprofits who are interested in learning and teaching about how social media strategies and tools can enable nonprofit organizations to create, compile, and distribute their stories and change the world. We'll be taking DIY approach, remixing and/or pointing as much as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? Tools Creating Passionate Users Blog asks " Are our tools making us dumber ?" " and offers some advice to tool makers, teachers, and users.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Social media tools give your stakeholders ways to interact with data like never before. . Obviously, you aren't overseeing a stimulus package -- but you can use the same set of tools and ideas to show your stakeholders exactly what you're up to. But they've also made sure that third-party content is licensed through Creative Commons.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

In the related world of online image licensing, some museums have done studies of the affect of open digital photo distribution on their revenue from image licensing and have seen flat or positive effects from the actions, not negative ones (see this in-depth paper from the Powerhouse Museum). There are two parts to this.

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APRIL 1, 2010

I decided to self-publish The Participatory Museum for four reasons: OPENNESS: I wanted the flexibility to license and distribute the book using an open structure to promote sharing. Few publishers was open to Creative Commons licensing and to giving away the content for free online. I chose the Attribution Noncommercial license.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

What is the best tool for very large communities? How well does the tool support the organic growth of the community? Still, I got a lot of great feedback for the next remix of this game. or similar) licensing. How to get into the forums without being labeled as a stupid newbie. Click to Play - Adam Thompson Interview.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

" Rolf Kleef has looked over the list to identify " facilitator projects " that give people the tools to improve their own situation in their own way. WebWorker Daily Emergency Kit (What tools are in yours?). license and you are encouraged to use, remix, and forward, with the appropriate attribution!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

There are different flavors of Creative Commons licensing, some encourage remixing more than others as the Learn Online blog points out in the " The Illogical rhetoric of Share Alike " Ruby Sinreich points us to Liza Sabater's manifesto on People Powered Politics based on the seminar Cluetrain Mainfesto. How cool is that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

I shared the framework on this wiki – and encouraged other nonprofit capacity builders to remix it. I was thrilled to see this version (although not a nonprofit specific version) for content marketing from a report by Altimeter. Techniques and Tools. The name references a Martin Luther King quote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2007

" Here's how the site defines it: is a search visualization tool that enables you to compare, remix and share results from the best web, image, video, blog, tagging, news engines or RSS feeds. searchCrystal offers you a powerful competitive intelligence tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. Social Networking Tool or Service. social networking tools like del.icio.us, flickr, blip.tv, Technorati, etc. I'm so excited! They follow below.

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