Social Media 4 Good

Exploring the use of Social Media for NGOs, non-profit organizations and to support humanitarian relief

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.

I know many NGOs who produce feature-length advocacy films to state their case against e.g. climate change, human trafficking, dragnet-fishing etc. And I am certain that many of them could be greatly enhanced by an approach like “Us Now”.

TED is a non-profit organization that invites interesting people to talk about interesting things. But what really makes their site stand out is how well they understand video presentation online.

As many of you have probably heard, the Associated Press (AP) expects not only to be paid when substantial parts or all of it’s content is being reused but even when you quote a headline and link back to them. Here are my two cents worth of opinion.

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