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media type="custom" key="60326" Slide show by Deborah

[|How Nonprofits Can Get the Most Out of Flickr] by Beth Kanter, on TechSoup


 * Book Shelf**


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[|Flickr] is a web-based digital photo sharing application that uses tags to facilitate finding people and photos. It isn’t simply about putting your photos up on the web for the world to see. What if you could invite other people from the around the world to have discussions about those images? What if you and your colleagues could annotiate these photos with your own descrptions and observations? What if you could become part of an online community that contributes images of similar topics for you to consume? And, what if you could subscribe to an RSS feed so anytime a new picture was added about a topic you care about, were studying, or writing about - it would come automatically to you?
 * WHAT!**


 * WHY!**

[|Why Museum Professionals Should Use Flickr] from the Musem 2.0 Blog

**Community-Powered Advocacy Campaigns**
[|Overview article from December NTEN newsletter]

[|The Hold The Sign Meme]: Examples of different campaigns on flickr Starbucks Campaign

[|Photo Group on Flickr] Read Britt Bravo's excellent write up [|here]

[|Full Stop Campaign] - google maps and flickr mashup

[|Voter's Voices] (flickr and other social media sites)

Virtual March: American Rights At Work ([|web site] - [|flickr stream])

[|StandUp Against Poverty] The project is built in the Drupal content management system (by DC web firm Development Seed) and uses a Drupal module* (plug-in) to allow users to upload a picture to the site and have it automatically imported into Flickr, where it is then pulled back and displayed -- taking advantage of the different sizes Flickr creates -- for the various parts of the site.

=Museums=

[|The American Image Collection] - A blog post [|reflecting] on how it was used in the exhibition at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

[|The Indianpolis Museum of Art Visitors] flickr group is where visitors are sharing photos of the museum's grounds. Check out the ones that have been [|geotagged].

=Petitions=

February 2nd is the National Wear Red Day so to piggy back on it we asked American Heart Association's online supporters to take a photo of themselves wearing red, which became a photo petition in support of [|HEART For Women Act on Flickr]. The idea was to use this visual in lobby day and similar activities. Nearly 600 pictures.

=Sharing Experiences and Stories About A Cause=

[|Photo Stream] [|Post with an interview]
 * Camera Rwanda**

[|Fundraising Campaign] raised $8,000 from photo group
 * Street Kids**

Relay for Life! [|Central Texas]
 * Photo Sharing Around An Event**

[|Presentation] annotated in a flickr photo set
 * Storytelling**

= = = = = = =**Contests**=

Contests must have clear guidelines about how the photos will be used ...

[|Creative Commons Swag Contest] and [|I won!]

[|Freedom from Oil Flickr Photo Contest]

[|March of Dimes Contest](features community voting)

[|Nature Conservancy Photo Contest]

[|Matching Grant for Each Photo Uploaded] = = = = =Photo Walks= [|Thomas Hawk's Guidelines] = = = = =**Source for Presentations, Documentation Methods**=

[|Example of Technical Support How To]

Documenting Events and Conferences [|Youth Service America Service Day] [|Blog post about it]

**How-To Resources**
CogDog Blog's Brilliant: [|What can you do with flickr?]
 * Basic Overview**

Flickr 101: Techniques [|Basic Guidelines for Tagging on flickr] [|Flickr for Beginners: Tips from LifeHacker]

Flickr Official Documents [|How to get the most out of flickr] [|FAQ]

[|Tips from Thomas Hawk]
 * Getting Attention on Flickr**

[|Flickr Search Tools] [|Screencast: Using Flickr As A Resource for Presentations] [|Ten Tips for Finding Great Photos on Flickr] [|Amy Gahran's Advice on Using Flickr Photos As Source Material] [|Do you think the photos in flickr are crap? Ha][|!]
 * Using Flickr Photos As Source Material**

[|Top Ten Flickr Hacks] [| Flickr Tools] [|Fd Toys] - fun stuff with the flickr API Plus all the fun ones that I have tagged with [|flickrplay] [|Flickr Slide Show Tools] [|Flickr to Facebook Bookmarklet] [|How To Keep Tabs On Who Is Using Your Flickr Photos]
 * More Advanced Techniques**


 * [|Group Trackr]** allows you to track and plot growth statistics for Flickr public groups. Graphs displaying Flickr group activity (photos and members) are updated on a daily basis and stored on this server for ease of linking. Once a group is tracked, a detailed group activity report is generated and growth figures can be syndicated via feeds or downloaded

[|Interview with Flickr Founder]
 * Backgrounders**

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