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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

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That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. Tweets with links have an 86% higher retweet rate and higher engagement overall because people are hesitant to retweet or engage with tweets that do not have a source or a call-to-action.

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What Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions?

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"[S]top thinking about how crazy the times are, and start thinking about what the crazy times demand."-- Seth Godin A couple weeks ago blogger Latoya Peterson posted her 2008 Activist Resolutions on Racialicious. Africa is not a country. Last year I interviewed 12 people for the Big Vision Podcast and 4 of them were people of color.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

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Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Organization: Women for Women International.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews.

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What do Maori and Gourma Creation Stories Have In Common With Social Media?

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He is a genius at connecting evaluation to other people's contexts. 2008), in which he emphasizes the importance of designing evaluations to insure their usefulness, rather than simply creating long reports that may never get read or never result in any practical changes. . Gourma is in Africa. But first, some context. .

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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billion people are without clean water. More than half of those people are women and girls. What we heard was that our colleagues in Africa really needed support around water. MK: So, we just returned from Ghana in West Africa where we convened the 2010 West African Women and Water Training. Her name is Solame.

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Small Groups Can Change the World: An Interview with Marianne Manilov of The Engage Network

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including finding a small group of people to support you in your process. On October 21, 2008, I interviewed Marianne Manilov, the National Team Leader at The Engage Network, about their work. Its main purpose is to help people really get engaged on the ground in social change. You see somebody who inspires you.

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