Youth Service America has found a new way to help you show others how you are changing the world, one community at a time. Reflect the diversity and exciting dynamics of the youth service movement!

Join Global Youth Service Day’s (GYSD) Flickr group and upload your very best photos of youth engaged in service.

Please see the Flickr Badge for some sample photos and the instructions and help so you can add your photos to the GYSD Flickr Group.

GYSD group Flickr Badges

GYSD Photos on www.flickr.com

www.flickr.com More photos in Global Youth Service Day

Instructions and Help on Using the Flickr GYSD Group

1. What is Flickr?
2. I’m convinced already. How do I get started with Flickr; how do I sign up?
3. Once I am signed up with Flickr, how do I access the GYSD group and add my photos to that group?
4. How do I upload and tag my photo?
   
   1. Log in to Flickr
   2. Upload and Tag your Photos
   3. Add your photos into our group
   4. Map it!
5. How should I describe my photo?
6. What makes a good Flickr photo for GYSD?
7. How can I display GYSD photo from Flickr on my website?
8. What is going to happen the best photos in the Flickr group?
9. I still have some questions about Flickr that these instructions are not answering. Where can I get more help?

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What is Flickr?

Flickr is an excellent online photo management tool. Flickr is very user-friendly and includes many fun features: you can pick your favorite photos, add comments to interesting photos, map where the photo was taken anywhere in the world, and browse wonderful and memorable photographs from all over the world. Our Flickr group will increase the visibility and recognition of the national and global youth service movement. You can also display photos from Flickr on your website, blog, discuss photos on Flickr, and get photos printed from the site.

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I’m convinced already. How do I get started with Flickr; how do I sign up?

If you already have an email account with Yahoo!, it is easy to sign up. Just visit www.flickr.com and follow the instructions there. If you do not have a Yahoo! ID, you will be directed to sign up for one at www.flickr.com.

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I’m signed up with Flickr, how do I access the GYSD group and add my photos to that group?

Access our N & GYSD 2006 group here at http://www.flickr.com/groups/ngysd2006/ Or search for “n&gysd” under the Groups section (Please do not put any spaces in “n&gysd”). Then click "Join This Group" so that the list administrators can add you to the group.

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How do I upload and tag my photo?

Step 1 - Log in to Flickr

If you're not yet a Flickr user, you'll need to first sign up. If you have a Flickr account just sign in, or if you're a Yahoo! user you can now use your Yahoo! ID.

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Step 2 - Upload and Tag your Photos

Upload your photos to Flickr - you can use their website (http://flickr.com/photos/upload/), the "Uploadr" software tool (You have to install it from http://flickr.com/tools/). <!--or use the interactive "Web 2.0" features built right in to the new web browser, "Flock" (install this from http://www.flock.com/).-->

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How do I describe my photo?

Photos must be public (so other people can see them!) and tagged with GYSD.

On Flickr, users can search group photos using “tags.” For example, if a member of the group would like to see what GYSD looks like in Wyoming this year, the member can search by the tags “wyoming” and “gysd2009.” Please note that you should avoid putting spaces in your tags, so that "RiodeJaneiro" becomes the tag for a place with two words— Rio de Janeiro. The following tags are required for your photos to be included in our Flickr group:

• gysd2009
• GYSD
• volunteer
• If in the US, your city, state (e.g. california, ohio, northcarolina) and zip code (e.g. 20005)
• If outside the US, your city and country (e.g. accra, ghana)
• If a grantee, the grant program (StateFarm, Disney, UnitedHealthHEROES, etc.)

Optional tags (to further describe your picture):

Youth, adult, group, individual, literacy, environment, cleanup, your city, leadagency, nationalpartner, outdoor, indoor, media, officials, intergenerational, trees, garden, statefarm, disney, urban, rural, ...

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What makes a good Flickr photo for GYSD?

Choose and upload only your best pictures. Some of the best photos:

• Remember to include a caption with each photo, identifying the main figures from left to right and describing the action, e.g. Ian G. and Julie M. fill backpacks with school supplies to donate to Bates Elementary School in Mississippi.
• Are clear, in-focus, and properly lit
• Are close-ups of faces and smiles
• Contain event or program-related caps and shirts
• Show the “before” and “after” of your service projects
• Get down to the level of the action rather than shot from above
• If you have a free account, remember that Flickr limits your monthly upload by file size, so you can email high-resolution photos to info at gysd.org, and reduce the size of your picture to upload them to flickr.

For our media campaign, Youth Service America needs photos that reflect the diversity of the service movement. Examples include:

• Elected officials engaged in service with youth
• Members of the media engaged in service with youth
• Community leaders engaged in service with youth
• Youth with disabilities engaged in service with non-disabled youth
• Older youth serving younger youth, or youth of different ages serving together

Respect the rights and feelings of others—get permission from everyone photographed (there are photo releases in the GYSD planning materials)!

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Step 3 - Add your photos into our group

Go to the GYSD Group page at http://flickr.com/groups/ngysd2007/ and join the Global Youth Service Day group.

For each of your photos, add it to our group. You can edit them in one large batch using Flickr's Organizr!

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Step 4 - Map it!

Go to the Flickr Organizr, at http://flickr.com/photos/organize/ and click on the "Map" tab across the top.

Type in the address of where your event took place to find it on the map

Add photos to your map by dragging and dropping them in!

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I still have some questions about Flickr, that these instructions are not answering. Where can I get more help?

If you have more questions, Flickr has a great Frequently Asked Questions section found at http://www.flickr.com/faq.gne

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What is going to happen the best photos in the Flickr group?

As an extra incentive to upload your very best photos in our Flickr group, the staff at Youth Service America will pick "their most favorite" photos from the most popular photos to be featured in our promotions for Global Youth Service Day 2010!

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