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Nature Conservancy Instagram Contest and Other Examples

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. How much good will is generated by those contributed and by the winners of the contest whose works will be posted on the Nature Conservancy’s FB and Tumblr.

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How Nonprofits Can Use Instagram for Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Nature Conservancy’s page is big on professional nature photography. These posts provide both an emotional connection for the audience and a material demonstration of the impact the nonprofit’s work is having. Other orgs take different approaches.

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An Interview with Susan Citro and Evan Parker about Nature Conservancy's Flickr Group

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Nature Conservancy has used Flickr Group to host a photo contest on its Web site. Here's an interview with Nature Conservancy staff members Evan Parker and Susan Citro about how the organization is using Flickr. Why did your decide to set up a group on Flickr? What is the work flow to make it successful?

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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.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. MoFuse :: mofuse.com.

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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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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

Museum 2.0

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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