I have been using Flickr for about two years to increase visibility of the work of Red Cross Red Crescent. Today, I’d like to share some of the lessons I’ve learned.

Why Flickr?

I believe that most non-profits spend too much time preaching to the choir. Flickr is a great website to show what your organization is doing and why it is doing it to people whom you haven’t been able to reach.

http://sm4good.com/2010/01/11/flickr-nonprofits-lessons-learned/

Check out the beginnings of our own Marnie Webb's blog series, 52 Weeks to Social Change: Using the Social Web to Make Good Things Happen, for some great tips!

I like how she breaks it down into simple actions you can take each week to ease yourself into the social web, kinda like a self-help book. You'll have a whole new web presence for yourself, or your organization by the end.

Flickr Photo by Muha

Netsquared's Community Manager and tireless blogger Britt Bravo left today for a well earned vacation and I've been invited to be a guest blogger in her place while she is enjoying herself off line. I'm glad she isn't live blogging her vacation!

In the e-collaboration group, I have asked for skype tips. We have gathered 10 great tips for the use of skype in a development setting. Ofcourse some tips can be applied by any skype user but some are particular innovation for people working with irratic internet connections, like the option to dial in people into skype conferences using skypeout.

You can find all 10 tips plus a story of skype use in Ghana here:
http://icollaborate.blogspot.com/2007/04/10-skype-tips-for-advanced.html