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Designing for Good: Central Park Conservancy

Connection Cafe

This week, we’re talking with Ryan Chung , Bo Bell , Sol Salgar, and Carla Perez of Central Park Conservancy (CPC) in New York City. Print design, visual design, graphic design, illustration, product photography, park kiosks, mobile apps, and all things webby are managed by their team. Ryan: Right.

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When to Use Illustration in Your Creative

Media Cause

Stock photography is limiting and photoshoots are expensive, but illustration gives you the freedom to create imagery of anything. It eliminates the boundary of realism, which is an inherent part of photography. . When you need to be imaginative . You’re communicating something abstract . You’re communicating something abstract .

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

GlobalTweets is a website which plots recent tweets from all over the world on a map by using their geographical information. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome.

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9 Captivating Content Ideas to Enhance Your Nonprofit Blog

Get Fully Funded

Brush up on some photography best practices , such as following the rule of thirds and testing out unique perspectives. This could include: Games Quizzes Polls Maps Petitions Ensure your interactive content is directly related to your nonprofit’s mission.

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Guest Post by Angus Parker: Review and Book Giveaway - The New Community Rules by Tamar Weinberg

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tools touched on include: blogs, microblogging, social networks, social bookmarking, social news, Q&A websites, photography, video, and podcasting. It starts off with a brief introduction to what social media is, follows with how to set goals, gets into the specifics of what to do, and finishes off with how to measure your results.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nature Conservancy. Photography students use Flickr to post, organize, share, and critique their colleagues?????? Chicago Crime Maps; Another googlemap mashup with crime statistics. Some examples of flickr groups found in flickr that relate to Extension themes. Can you find more? Recipe Swamp Group. Economic Impacts.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

GlobalTweets is a website which plots recent tweets from all over the world on a map by using their geographical information. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. It is a must download!

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