Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2008

A few days ago TechSoup and Flickr sponsored an online event discussion about the use of Flickr and photography in non profit organizations. Michaela Hackner participated and had some great insights. She blogged her reflections into one excellent post! More from the TechSoup blog.

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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 31, 2009

We’re still getting pictures posted, but here’s a link to some of them from Flickr. Better yet, the bill we’re championing, HR 1189 The Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Act, gained new co-sponsored following Members meeting with our advocates.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

But so often, supports (whether financial supporters or other sponsors/partners) overlook the power their endorsement carries. Image credit: Flickr opensourceway. I have three key myths to highlight: “Money is Gold&#. For many projects, money is obviously a key ingredient to staying afloat and going forward.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 29, 2014

Whether it’s arranging for server space in advance or asking a payment processor to sponsor the hackathon with free accounts, making infrastructure easy for teams is key. Top image credit: Flickr/Elena Olivo. The sticking point for many teams is getting their projects deployed and accessible for people to poke at. Adam Lieb , Duxter.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2012

flickr: *saxon* Whether you’ll be there in person, or you’re participating online, we want you to take part in all the 2012 NTC buzz. Insider tip: Don’t miss the hilarious cartoon blogging sponsored by our friends at Rally. On flickr Every year NTC attendees post their photos to flickr with the conference tag.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 8, 2012

Sponsored by Microsoft Corporate Citizenship and presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , attendees will gain practical knowledge about how to successfully integrate your nonprofit’s Web 1.0 Cost: Free. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. campaigns in order to maximize ROI (Return on Investment).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2012

Flickr Photo by The Inadvertent Gardener. Holly Ross welcomed everyone and thanked the event sponsors who made it possible for 50 NTC Scholarships. Oakland’s Extra Action Marching Band lead the way into the ballroom with clinging, clanging, trumpets, drums, flag waving, and dancers who danced their hair off.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Book Tour Sponsors. Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Flickr Photo from DenneyTerrio. Three weeks ago he asked me to sponsor him in " Mustaches for Kids -Houston." Ed Schipul is a colleague from the NetSquared Community that I have had the pleasure of knowing for two years now. I have the honor of joining his SWSX Panel in March about nonprofits, social media, and social good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Build partnerships with corporate sponsors Buca Di Beppo signed on to host LIVESTRONG Day events. Create opportunities for the community to create social content for your web site We asked our supporters to upload photos from their events to Flickr and videos to Youtube. We, in turn, gave them heavy publicity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut. It is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and as part of Civil Society 2.0. I’m sitting next to my colleague, Lena, a master trainer from Yemen – engaging in a some shoulder to shoulder learning.

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NTEN

JUNE 2, 2011

Tip: Possible touch points include website, eNewsletter, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Flickr. Don’t forget to thank your community, partners, sponsors and donors. Remember your online presence should engage visitors and potential donors! Expand touch points. How do customers currently learn about our products or services? Give props.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Flickr: vernhart Thanks to the amazing efforts of the NTEN community, it's been a great Member Appreciation Month! And a huge thank you to this week's sponsor, Beaconfire, for helping us celebrate our members! A huge #NTENThanks for all your support! We love our members and appreciate all you do--which is what MAM is all about!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2008

Alan Levine (AKA Cogdog Blog) - Flickr Photo. This year, I was one of his sponsors. That's a photo of Alan (on flickr) and posted to his running training blog right before he started the race. Alan has been raising money for American Diabetes Association by participating in an annual marathon. He crossed the finished line !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

Leng Sopharath is one of 19 college students being sponsored for college through a program of the Sharing Foundation , an ngo that works directly with local officials, orphanages, and NGOs in Cambodia to identify and carry out projects which improve the lives of children. You can read see the other photos and read the letter in flickr here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2007

She is one of 18 students being sponsored for college through The Sharing Foundation's program. My family has been her sponsor for over a year. She spends meets with every student, takes their photos, and collects their sponsor letters to bring back to the donors. More background here ). So, here's what to do BEFORE Jan.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Flickr: woodley wonderworks The second week of Member Appreciation Month is drawing to a close, but our appreciation for you, our Members, continues. A huge #NTENThanks to this week's sponsor, Foundation Center, for their generous support of NTEN's mission and for joining us in celebration of our awesome members!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2012

Check out the full playlist of videos on YouTube and gallery of photo sets on Flickr. Winners, chosen by a panel of expert judges and the community, will receive products from our award donor partners Cisco, Adobe, Flickr Citrix, Sliderocket, Blazon, SurveyMonkey, and more. We look forward to seeing you at the awards party!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Flickr: hellojenuine Member Appreciation Month, or MAM, as we affectionately refer to it around NTEN HQ, got off to a strong start last week with some great free for Members events, lots of #NTENThanks sharing, and of course, prizes! MAM week one winners will each receive a $50 Network For Good gift card from our sponsor, Event360 !

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Whether you or not you understand how to use tags, chances are you have come across them if you have ever used blogs, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, or bookmarking sites such as Delicious. Tagging Tutorials - Part 1 Flickr. Free Flickr Pro Account Through TechSoup. A Taxonomic Tree of Philanthropy. You're It!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2017

Flickr Photo by Sam Livingston. You went to every corner of the earth to recruit donors, vendors, sponsors, volunteers, attendees, etc. Note from Beth: This week I’ve been in Finland at the invitation of the US Embassy to do trainings. So, to avoid my own burnout, please enjoy this guest post by Julie Fanning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Last year, The March of Dimes ran a flickr photo contest to help draw attention to premature births. I think they've done a brilliant job at getting sponsors too -- for example if you donate you can get a promotional coupon good for a free print from the one the digital photo sponsors. March of Dimes: PSA Video Contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2007

So, I am blogging via flickr. After making the photos really small so they will upload quickly and disabled image load, I am blog reblog to typepad from my flickr account. The other highlight of my day was meeting Leng Sopharath, the college student our family sponsors through the Sharing Foundation's program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

More of my photos and videos on Flickr. In May, I had a chance to listen to a webinar by Randi sponsored by NTEN and shared some notes on tips and best practices for setting up a Facebook Fan Page. Randi suggests submitting your feature requests to the developer's forum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2008

I launched a personal fundraising campaign so I could help be a sponsor for the conference and get over there with video cameras, shwag (t-shirts and stickers donated by nonprofits and tech companies) and teaching resources. Last August, I was invited organizers of the Cambodian Bloggers Summit to give a keynote and teach Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

Flickr Photo by Rex Hammock. Try shifting the hero of your story to a volunteer, donor, sponsor – what’s their journey? Note from Beth: Digital storytelling is key to fundraising success, but using a storytelling lens in your organization can have further benefit of busting organizational silos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2008

  The Day of Service, sponsored by Tyson Foods , will be an opportunity for conference to give back to organizations in the host community. We have a team of social media volunteers who youtubing , blogging , flickring , and Twittering the work by these dedicated volunteers. 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Flickr : Documentation of the work we do and also to upload our Creative Commons licensed illustrations so that they can be remixed/reused. (See Channels used : Scribd, Blog, Flickr. After reading about this initiative, one of our trustees volunteered to sponsor some Bengali books if we could find these kids.

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2010

Flickr Photo: Paraflyer. Dive in for more information on FAQs, judges, previous winners, sponsors and more. I was in DC last week with the famous Anna Richter getting our 11NTC ducks in a row. Our conference hotel, the Washington Hilton was just up the hill from the metro station, so I kept walking down Connecticut to get there. (Or

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2007

My family has sponsored her college costs for her freshman and sophomore years and last year I raised the money on my blog. All contributors will be graciously thanked on my blog and in flickr. Coming up with the $1,000 annual donation to the Sharing Foundation which manages the program is a stretch for me. What a deal for $10!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Flickr: Scott Beale Biking to work last week was like riding through that town in the Andromeda Strain: t here were no other commuters, no car exhaust to cough on while waiting at lights. For better or worse, it was not a zombie apocolypse, but rather a quiet holiday week.

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JULY 16, 2010

Flickr: cambodia4kidsorg (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. co-sponsored by some NTEN-familiar folks ( Blackbaud , Event360 , and. Members are in bold. Sean Powell , of PMGDirect , wrote up a great how-to , with United. page to convert your fans to your email list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Thanks to the generous sponsors FirstGiving and MarketWire , the event is free and it comes with a generous breakfast spread. Whether you're del.icio.us'ing , twittering , posting or flickring just tag it GiveList and we'll find it and share your ideas about contributing with the world. Share ‘em.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. (Here’s the posts from Day 1 and Day 2 ).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2013

The event is sponsored by Microsoft and organized by TechSoup Global , WorldLoop , and Mico E-Waste Solutions. Image: Beanhammer (Flickr Creative Commons). Africa now has more mobile phone users than either the U.S. or European Union or Latin America. This meeting will be at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

This five-photo Flickr submission presents a compelling visual narrative and tells a great story. Special thanks are due to Platinum Sponsors — Microsoft and GoDaddy — and Gold Sponsors — GrantStation , Box.org , and Tint. Best Photography Winner — Learning Tree Farm.

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