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Net2ThinkTank: How Can Nonprofits Use Flickr?

Britt Bravo — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:25:06 -0400

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.

Post Your Net2ThinkTank Answer by Tomorrow, August 27th

Britt Bravo — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:57:57 -0400

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?

We're on Flickr! So now what?

cmartin82 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:34:23 -0400

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.

Green Maps in Flickr

GreenMap — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:37:43 -0400

At OpenGreenMap.org, our newest mapmaking resource is an interactive platform and social networking website. The Open Green Map has mashed-up Flickr's API code, allowing to us to showcase images of green living sites, natural and cultural resources submitted by Mapmakers and the website's users around the world.

Flickr and ICT Education Projects

gtp_zambia — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:40:39 -0400

Global Teenager Project (GTP), over the years, has aimed at bringing together students from all over the world in a safe and secure environment to engage in exchanges that promote inter-cultural awareness. It has also focused on improving the quality of education by introducing schools to exciting new applications of ICTs. A number of activities fall under the Global Teenager Project on an annual basis; chat sessions, pilot projects with other organisations.

Join the Net2ThinkTank: How Can Nonprofits Use Flickr?

Britt Bravo — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:43:29 -0400

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.

Net2ThinkTank: How Can Nonprofits Use Online Video to Raise Money?

Britt Bravo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:09:00 -0400

This month's Net2ThinkTank question is, How Can Nonprofits Use Online Video to Raise Money? Below is a round up of posts that were submitted, along with a few addditional ones I found on the topic:

Michael Hoffman of See3 Communications posted 11 Tips for Using Online Video to Raise Money.

Manny Hernandez of the Diabetes Hands Foundation shared how they have raised almost $2,000 using a ChipIn widget, and calls to action on videos they added to TuDiabetes.com and YouTube. You can watch his video-based campaign reminder on his post, Video-based Fundraising Campaign for TuDiabetes.com.

In a comment on Beth Kanter's post about this month's Net2ThinkTank, Brad Bell pointed to his post about Avaaz, Using Video to Speak Directly to Donors.

Video-based Fundraising Campaign for TuDiabetes.com

tudiabetes — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:31:35 -0400

The Diabetes Hands Foundation runs three different units. One of them, our Online Communities, operates TuDiabetes.com (in English) and EsTuDiabetes.com (in Spanish), two social networks for people touched by diabetes.

Join the Net2ThinkTank: How Can Nonprofits Use Online Video to Raise Money?

Britt Bravo — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:15:24 -0400

In July 2007, a Pew Internet and American Life study report found, "57% of internet users have watched videos online and most of them share what they find with others."

In April 2008, ComScore reported that, "71 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online video," that month.

With online video viewing seemingly on the rise, this month's Net2ThinkTank question is,

What Should This Month's Net2ThinkTank Question Be?

Britt Bravo — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:29:57 -0400

Each month we ask you to weigh in on a Net2ThinkTank question in a post on your blog, or the NetSquared Blog. It's getting to be that time of month again, and I'm wondering, what do you think should be this month's Net2ThinkTank question?