Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

Check out how flickr is being used to promote a nonprofit cause. Part of the campaign includes a photo context in Flickr using the tag freedomfromoil. Contest details are here: [link] Via Britt Bravo's blog at netsquared [link] The deadline is August 17th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

The Flickr for Nonprofits Affinity group will meet in Washington, DC on April 4 at 1:00 PM ( check agenda ) to share experiences, tips, and ideas about how Flickr can be used to support nonprofits and their programs. Given my interest in flickr that's why I set one up last fall. Voter's s (flickr and other social media sites).

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JANUARY 25, 2010

"This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy. "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2007

Click to Flickr Photos Tagged with 07ntc in A Slide Show Presentation. I got asked this question several times during various presentations/panels at I was on at the NTC, including the Flickr Affnity Group session on Wednesday. The question, "How can I display photos in flickr on my web site?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2006

Last week when I blogged that won the Creative Commons flickr photo contest, the prize I got was Lessig's on my answering machine. 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.

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2010

Flickr Photo: Paraflyer. Taglines are incredibly powerful, which is why I'm always so excited when our fantastic board member Nancy Schwartz launches her tagline contest, and now she's back for round three! . I was in DC last week with the famous Anna Richter getting our 11NTC ducks in a row. Say no more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

Credit: Fence photo by Tim Tolle, from Flickr. Tags: contest csr. The following is a joint post by Kami Watson Huyse , Geoff Livingston and myself. Social media is in is toddler hood, especially as it applies to cause-based corporate giving campaigns and CSR initiatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Flickr Photo - NYPL Photo Booth. The photos from both are then immediately uploaded to a Flickr , where anyone can scroll through shots of the library’s enthusiastic patronage. Johnson & Johnson sponsored a contest where they donated $1 for each selfie photo donated through Donate a Photo. Family is Familia.

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MARCH 13, 2008

If you don’t know about Flickr , it’s a popular photo sharing site that can be used by nonprofits. So what can nonprofits do with Flickr? It gives you search engine mojo – because all the Flickr goodness is indexed heavily. You can see the Humane Society Seal Photo caption contest here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Image by Codilicious from Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

My 50th birthday is this month and I'm celebrating it with a Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest. I'm also using this as an action research project to figure out a few things about flickr contests and user-generated content which I'll report back later IF ENOUGH people participate. Need some inspiration?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Last year, over 100 organizations participated, with top submissions earning prizes from Flip Video, Adobe, Flickr, and GoldMail. Unlike most contests, this event has an educational component and leaves participants with marketing collateral they can continue to use to support their fundraising, online presence, and marketing efforts.

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NTEN

APRIL 17, 2009

Flickr: cogdogblog Judy Hallman always rocks the power of wikis for knowledge aggregation and collaboration. In contest news, NTEN member organization ZeroDivide has launched a great contest that combines poetry, social media, and good causes: the ZD Technology Haiku Contest !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

User-Generated Flickr Birthday Card Contest: For my 50th birthday, held a contest where friends got to remix embarrassing photos of me into a 50th Birthday Card on Flickr. The session will begin with a brief presentation that describes my past three social media infused birthday celebrations. Metric: Content created

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest and I donated 50 bucks to his cause. Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest (details to be announced in early 2008), I caught this post. Alan Levine, AKA cogdog blog, is running a marathon to help support a cause he cares about - juvenile diabetes. Last year, Alan won the Beth 5.0

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

Flickr: ccbrand Even though summer''s in full swing and it''s so easy to spend those lovely afternoons just sipping lemonade, the nptech community is hard at work putting out new research, collecting data, and figuring out how to put technology to work to solve today''s most pressing issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

I, of course, loved the flickr competition idea and suggested that she consider a modest outcome and learning experiment. Read the TechSoup article " How Nonprofits Can Get the Most Out of Flickr " 2. Come up with a list of questions of what she needs to know or learn about to design a contest that will be successful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Flickr Photo by Las-Initially. Contest ends October 25, 2013, so start pitching! ABOUT THE #FIXMYPITCH CONTEST. Contest ends October 25, 2013, so start pitching! The results of the Extreme Makeover will be revealed in a follow up post on this blog. Are your creepy pitches spooking your supporters?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2007

This is a Flickr badge showing public photos from the Beth 5.0 - Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest group pool. I'm going to get them into a slide show when the contest is over on the 25th. flick r.com. Make your own badge here. This has got to be best birthday ever. check out the birthday cards. Check it out !

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to!

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

There was an overwhelming amount of talent and stories shared through the contest! Check out the full playlist of videos on YouTube and gallery of photo sets on Flickr. On Wednesday, March 28 in San Francisco – and live-streamed online – TechSoup Global will screen and award the top photo and video entries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

There was also a flickr component that I learned about this from the wonderful Heather Gardner-Madras , who like me, is a flickr fan. She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today. great example of the innovative new things we can do with Flickr in terms of.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2009

Flickr: ThomasBrandt From the number of "out of office" replies I get anytime I send an email to the NTEN community, it looks like we're well into vacation season. It's the third season for this Barcelona and Switzerland-based organization's digital divide photo contest, and you're invited to participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. This was also about the same time as the flood in Nashville. Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. All are captured here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

What was the LOLseals Photo Caption Contest ? It was a photo caption contest based on the popular LOLcats site where users share photos of Cute Cats with funny captions. We learned from a previous photo contest that flopped that if you make it hard for people to figure out how to participate and time consuming, they won't.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2010

Flickr Photo: licolnian Direct mail has been, and still is, the cornerstone of nonprofit fundraising. That's why we're excited to see a fantastic new contest out there: the Paperless Choice Challenge. . That's why we're excited to see a fantastic new contest out there: the Paperless Choice Challenge. .

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2010

Flickr photo: kcolwell We know that you, my fellow NTEN community members, are rock stars. You can write fundraising email copy in your sleep and hand code your e-appeal while making breakfast and watering your plants. You track metrics while you're on the treadmill (without falling off). You are fundraising email campaign ninjas!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Since I'm a visual person, I also use flickr as a documentation tool - I do a lot of screen shots with snagit and annotate. The next iteration of a photo contest, LOL Seals. The first contest, they asked people to upload their photos and tag it themselves, which meant they had to create a Flickr account and know what “tagging” was.

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JULY 20, 2010

Flickr photo credit: Juicy Fruit uploaded by Rumple/Kurt. Your post doesn't have to be long (100-200 words). For more information, see the original call for submissions.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Flickr : You’re probably already familiar with Flickr's features such as the ability to upload from anywhere, tag photos, create sets , and create or join groups. But are you aware of the extra tools available through Flickr Pro? Flickr Pro gives you unlimited photo and video uploads and storage.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 1, 2010

Some possible post topics are: • Examples of juicy nonprofit blogs • How to choose juicy post topics • How to build a juicy community • How to host juicy giveaways and contests • How to use juicy images and video effectively • How to use a juicy "voice" in your writing • 10 tips for creating a juicy nonprofit blog What's in it for you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2008

Alan was the winner of my 50th Birthday Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix contest in 2007. This is an example of the types of ongoing, online conversations I've been having with CogDog blog's Alan Levine over the past three years. His blog was one of the first I discovered and have been hooked ever since. And he loves dogs).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

flickr: ryancr Not to toot our own horn (although we love to do that around here) but do you know about our RoundTables? Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Wildfire creates a spectrum of contest based apps, including sweepstakes & photo/video contest apps.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg: Sometimes it's WHO you know ;). Voting's open till Monday!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

March of Dimes: PSA Video Contest. Last year, The March of Dimes ran a flickr photo contest to help draw attention to premature births. Cooper and Emily just reminded me that November is Prematurity Awareness Month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

e Forsyth-Sommer, Cordelia Salter-Nour, and Emanuele Quinto - photo in flickr with bios Fight Hunger is a division of the UN World Food Programme set up to help end child hunger by 2015 which is part of the first Millennium Development Goal. I interviewed the team about how they work together and their recent viral video contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2006

Flickr photo by zen??? program announcing their "grant contest" for local non-profit groups raising funds to positively impact their community in some way. Today, I received an email with a reference to hamburger meat and at first I thought it was more spam. But soon realized it was from Hamburger Helper???s

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