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I'm getting ready for the NTC Conference sponsored by NTEN, the premiere nonprofit technology conference taking place in Washington, DC early next month. Inspired by the flickr meet up at Blogher last summer, I started an affinity group at NTEN on flickr and nonprofits. We're gearing up for a meet up and I decided to put together a collection of resources about flickr and nonprofits.
1. Why Museum Professionals Should Use Flickr is from the Museum 2.0 Blog. If you work for a museum and need to convince other people on staff why flickr might be useful, look no further than this terrific roundup. The article points to a blog post in ideum reflecting on how the Maxwell Museum of Anthropolgy used flickr to support an exhibition. The Collection of photographs found on the site are pulled in from Flickr using a Flash-base mashup.
2. 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.
3. Add Your Face To One: The ONE Campaign has a goal of ending poverty. The Campaign's name is based on the belief that allocating an additional one percent of the U.S. budget towards providing basics needs would transform the future and hopes of an entire generation in the world's poorest countries. The flickr group allows supporters of the campaign to share their faces as a way of supporting the campaign.
4. Oxfam Uses Flickr To Advocate for Ethiopian Coffee Farmers: Oxfam America's campaign is using a variety of social networking strategies to promote this cause, including the Starbucks Flickr petition.
5. Voter's Voices back in November Voter Voices was aggregating "voter generated" content from flickr, YouTube, and social bookmarking sites. Check out the flickr photos here.
6. Flickr Swag Photo Contest for Creative Commons: This contest was an opportunity for creative commons supporters to promote and support Creative Commons annual campaign. Participants purchased Creatives Commons swag and photographed it.
7. March of Dimes Coin Star Contest: This contest promoted premmie awareness month by asking participants to photograph where they kept their change and making the point that many premmie babies weigh less than a pocket full of change.
8. Youth Service America used flickr to document its National and Global Youth Service Day. Here's a description.
9. Technical Support Documentation: Some folks who work with nonprofits and technology have found flickr useful for providing technical support to visual learners.
10. The Full Stop Campaign used a mashup of flickr and google maps for its campaign. Read more about it here.
Ready to get started? Here's an excellent primer. You'll find lots more examples and how-tos here.
Beth Kanter writes about nonprofit technology and social change at Beth's Blog.
