Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Is a picture really worth a thousand words? Only if it’s a good picture! Bad pictures are used way too often by nonprofit folks who are trying to tell a story in a visual format. I sat in on a webinar today led by Kivi LeRoux Miller and Claire Meyerhoff that focused on getting and using great photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

As CNET sees it, “If you’re one of those people who posts pictures of yourself to the Corn Flakes fan page, you are yourself a corn flake.” 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

The Big Picture: Social Networking. The Big Picture: Microblogging. The Big Picture: Storytelling through Video and Photos. Getting Started with Digital Photography. The Big Picture: Merging Your Personal and Professional Brands. The Big Picture: Creating and Distributing Content for the Social Web.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. If people can take their own photos, they won't buy them in the gift shop. But what about visitors?

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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. Last week, he wrote a series of posts about the British National Gallery''s reversal of their photo policy. For the first time, the National Gallery is permitting non-flash photography. Some people can take photos.

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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. Tips for choosing inclusive photos.

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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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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. Here’s what I discovered: Genuine. Distinctiveness.

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

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. The Power of Tech in Advocacy & Organizing 14NTC: We came, we tweeted, we played with Legos. And then we took a long nap!

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

Our team was quite impressed with the quality of photos and videos submitted, and all the hard work that was put into each. " First Place Photo. he said, "On behalf of everyone at Water School and Michael Snyder of Interdependent Pictures, thank you so much for this award and for and believing in our story.

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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. Purposes for the Visual Design phase include: Agreeing on a creative vision and personality for the web presence.

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2012

photo from Broken Banjo Photography We've already established the successes and failures of the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , but what about the straightforward facts? In the interest of maintaining transparency (and fueling our nerd fire), we thought we would give everyone more of what we all love: data!

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pin pictures of animals who need homes. Pin pictures of families who adopt animals from your shelter. Use that opportunity to get a picture with the family. Bonus for pictures of your furry friends in action chasing and playing with them. Pin pictures of people in their costumes at your holiday party carnival.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2008

Photo Bank: An international organization sends volunteer doctors to developing countries around the world to perform medical services. The physicians document the impact of their work through photos that they upload to the organization's private Flickr group.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2014

Photography for an event: Can’t afford a photographer for an upcoming event but want to have to have quality photos to use for PR? Instead of having your staff trying to run around and take pictures while also managing the event , ask your attendees to be your photographers!

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

Please let us know in the comments!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2012

They worked with Cathexis Partners to develop an extremely visually compelling website that promotes several types of IFEs; highlights include a 25th Anniversary Campaign (pictured), Kilimanjaro Climbing Event , Donate Your Special Day and (my personal favorite) the Board Challenge. so I limited myself to 4.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2010

They take the idea of the emotional tie people feel when seeing pictures of (yes cute) animals and allow them to actually “adopt” the animal of a supporter’s choice to illustrate how that person’s money is helping to save the lives and well-being of creatures shown in the ecommerce store.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

demonstrates the power photos also have to tell stories. More than 40 photo slideshows were submitted from social benefit organizations across the globe as part of this year’s challenge. And many more videos submitted for the challenge integrated photos into their narratives.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

THE BIG DIRECT MAIL PICTURE – Top 10 Tips. Don’t use a lot of photography and fancy layout in your letter or accompanying materials. If you use any pictures, be sure they are of people, not buildings. Artwork: 80%; photos: 75%; headlines: 56%; captions: 29%, and very little text! (~Tom Using a reply card that sells.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2007

The NYT article is about a photography show by artist Thomas Struth at the Marian Goodman Gallery in Manhattan. Says the reviewer, Michael Kimmelman, Mr. Struth’s pictures are about this continuum, from artists like Velázquez into the public spaces where their works end up, and to us. What are we looking for in a museum?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Invest in High-Quality Photography. You can use stock photography if done correctly. But, no matter your budget, each picture will be worth a thousand words. You’ll want to consider whether the photos will be formal or informal, who is represented in them, and how the subject is being depicted to the viewer.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Photos of people are particularly compelling, so gather pictures of volunteers, beneficiaries, and community members. If your nonprofit has an environmental focus, nature photos can also be captivating. Brush up on some photography best practices , such as following the rule of thirds and testing out unique perspectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

cc licensed flickr photo shared by alumroot. Last year at Princeton, we added a Google Map for people to geotag their home location , an invitation to share photos of the number “15? (it Those went okay, we always get a solid core of photographers tagging and posting pictures to flickr. Previously, On NMC…. Other Tagged Stuff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

One test in particular focused on design and photography, using splash pages for a contest called “Dinner with Barack”. Kyle Rush: “We had so many great pictures of the previous Dinner with Barack that we wanted to see which performed the best. In the following test we had two photos.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This means that Instagram is filled with compelling images and brilliant photography, and your content can be very interesting and engaging for your audiences. By getting the big picture, you can make better-informed decisions about your Instagram content. A mixture of photo and video content. How does it work for nonprofits?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I’m also a girl dad and I can’t miss an opportunity to show photos of my three daughters. And I think this day I took this picture was the day that I really started to ask this question. Maybe you need to get some professional photography to tell that story. I really just literally can’t pass up an opportunity.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

"[T]hose of us who take pictures, even for our own personal trips, and share those pictures with friends, because we have that skill, also have an obligation to help people understand each other more completely. PG: I think that the one that comes to mind first is a wonderful picture of women in Kenya who are growing corn.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

If not director of a school, I would like to be someone of importance, someone of value again.'"--Honorata (pictured left) about her experience with Women for Women International. Sissel of the Sissel Byington Photography blog sponsors a women each year. Photo of Honorata used with permission from Women for Women International.

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