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Pictures are one of the best ways for organizations to tell their stories.
Flickr is a photo sharing site that makes it easy for organizations to upload and share photos and engage their communities in collecting and sharing photos as well. Photo sharing sites like Flickr have many social networking features, such as a user profile, private and public groups with discussions, comments, "Add Note" (users with permissions can put a small comment directly on the photo), private messaging within the platform (FlickrMail), RSS feeds, contacts (people whose photostreams you can subscribe to), privacy settings, tags, geotagging (adding location information to a photo), widgets, loading photos directly to your blog, and lots of Flickr toys to use with your photos (collages, LOLcats, calendars, etc.), and even video.
For organizations, photo sharing sites like Flickr are also a great way to find free photos and artwork they can use in their publications and websites. You must adhere to the associated licensing agreements for the photos, but many on Flickr use Creative Commons licensing, which allows you to share and remix photos, depending on the license. Be sure to read Flickr's page on Creative Commons licensing so that you understand both how to license your own work, as well as how to access and use the work of other Flickr users. Also read the Creative Commons FAQ.
1. Review these links to get a brief introduction to Flickr and how it works.
2. Explore how Flickr can be used in a nonprofit setting.
3. If there's time, explore these links on how to get started on Flickr and get the most from it.