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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.

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.

What are your favorite examples of using social networks for social change?

JoeSolomon — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:41:04 -0400

Thank you kbaird for the photo!

N2Y3Con: Using Flickr to make Your Existing Community More Amazing, or to Create a New One

brenda — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:25:51 -0400

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.

Add Your Photos to the NetSquared Flickr Group + Tag 'em

Britt Bravo — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:01:20 -0400

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!

How do you use Flickr's spectacular community-building powers?

Gail — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:52:27 -0400

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

Flickr for Good: Get a Flickr Account for Your Nonprofit on TechSoup Stock

Britt Bravo — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:45:51 -0500

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).

Join the Net2 Flickr Group

Britt Bravo — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:14:05 -0500

Do you have photos on Flickr from the NetSquared Conference, a Net Tuesday, or another NetSquared related event?

Join the NetSquared Flickr group and add your pix!

Photo by Ed Schipul.

My nominees for the 2007 Best of the Nonprofit Social Web

jcolman — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:39:45 -0500

In response to Britt's post about NetSquared's "2007 Best of the Nonprofit Social Web" awards, I humbly submit my own organization, The Nature Conservancy, as an entrant in the Best Use of the Social Web for Raising Awareness by a Nonprofit category.

2007 has been a breakthrough year for The Nature Conservancy's web marketing efforts on the social web, particularly on social news and bookmarking web sites. After about nine months of building up trust and credibility in some of the major social news and bookmarking networks, we finally saw results in a big way this year, including: