As I've been (mentally) exploring the many ways for my NPO to effectively use social media tools, I've also been paying close attention to what others are doing. A great example of a non-profit on Flickr came up just the other day, when Houston's Opera in the Heights extended an invitation for local amateur photographers to a photo shoot for its upcoming production of Madama Butterfly.

This month's Net2ThinkTank question was, How Can Nonprofits Use Flickr? Below is a round up of your answers:

Joe Solomon recommends checking out Beth Kanter's Flickr and Nonprofits Primer, and the socialmedia4change wiki for examples.

Beth Kanter points to the TechSoup article, How Nonprofits Can Get The Most out of Flickr, and suggests asking Steve Bridger, the Flickr for Good Evangelist in the UK, for ideas.

Steve Bridger writes that one of the ways nonprofits can use Flickr is to capture evidence:

Joseph Kimojino is the head of tourism & anti-animal harassment for Mara Conservancy. He does a great job of using his Flickr account to capture photo evidence of poaching & then demonstrates the impact of supporter giving through his blog.

Just a quick reminder to email the URL of your Net2ThinkTank post to me at bbravo@techsoup.org by tomorrow, August 27th, at 5 PM PT ( I extended the deadline from Noon).

This month's Net2ThinkTank question is:

How Can Nonprofits Use Flickr? 

You can see the original post with further directions for how to participate at, Join the Net2ThinkTank: How Can Nonprofits Use Flickr?

The net2thinktank question about non-profits on Flickr is what brought me here... but now that I'm all registered and logged on, I'm drawing a blank. The truth is, non-profits are doing lots of great things with Twitter, some of which are truly impressive.

My NPO has only begun to scratch the surface of social media. We have a Flickr account. We have a few pics up, some different versions of our logo. One on the main reasons we created a Flickr account was to put information out there for the local media to access when they want to feature us in a story. Thus far they've had to contact us for pictures, and since we haven't had many good pictures on hand anyway, we've missed out on some potentially great coverage.

Last night at Net Tuesday San Francisco, Tara Kirchner, Senior Marketing Manager for Yahoo! Inc., and Carol Rudisill, Director of TechSoup Stock, presented about Flickr for Good. Flickr for Good is donating 10,000 1-year Flickr pro accounts to nonprofit organizations in partnership with TechSoup Stock.

They have some lovely examples on the Flickr for Good site of how nonprofits are using Flickr, and are looking for more, which inspires this month's Net2ThinkTank question:

How Can Nonprofits Use Flickr?

Share your ideas about how nonprofits can use Flickr in a blog post on your own blog, or here, on the NetSquared Community Blog. Any registered user can post, here's how to post on the NetSquared Blog.

Please tag your post, "net2thinktank" and send a link to it to me at bbravo@techsoup.org by Wednesday, August 27th at 5 PM PT. I will post a round-up of links to folks' answers by Thursday, August 28th.

Thank you kbaird for the photo!

This is Brenda Hough, blogging live from the NetSquared conference, currently attending a session on Flickr and community. The presenter is Gail Ann Williams, community manager at the WELL.

Gail feels that Flickr is a great tool use for many things. Thinks a big part of its success is that there are multiple ways of finding people and sorting things. Another cool thing is that people have developed multiple expressions of culture around them.

That lovely lady is Susan Hellein, a Project Manager for NetSquared. The photo was taken yesterday by Matthew Saunders at the pre-NetSquared Conference reception for sponsors and Featured Projects.

I found it because Matthew added it to the NetSquared Flickr Pool.

Whether you are at the NetSquared Conference, a Net Tuesday, or some other Net2-related event, add your photos to the pool and tag them with "net2." Folks who are at the NetSquared Conference should also add the tags "n2y3" and "n2y3con."

Looking forward to seeing your photos!

I'm thrilled to be going to Net Squared this year to share some of what I've learned by using and exploring Flickr!

If you haven't heard already, Flickr for Good and TechSoup have teamed up to provide 10,000 1-year Flickr pro accounts to eligible nonprofits and public libraries in the U.S. and Canada. (Pro accounts usually cost $25/year).