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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. They organize supporters, raise attention to important social and political issues, seek donations, and organize supporters to walk, run, shout, protest, and vote, things that were once done mostly by nonprofit organizations. Trust me.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Better Late than Never

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

For instance, I’m reading the book, Made to Stick , and this week’s post by Jeff at Donor Power talks about taglines that organizations use – how they make internal sense, but don’t make sense to people outside. It makes sense that can make a difference in how people respond to appeals.

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Free and open source tool #5: WordPress

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Here is yet another amazing free and open source tool getting a lot of good attention.

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Vendorspeak

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Vendorspeak August 24, 2007 One of the things I’ve noticed recently is that my blog is getting the attention of software vendors. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Karel Lukas 08.24.07

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Tagging Discussion

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Taxonomies are developed by specific people for specific purposes, and as such, are limited by worldview and perspective. What is their worldview, and how does that effect the taxonomy that they come up with – and how does that determine the effect of a taxonomy on people who are not the experts?

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. We currently have nearly 50,000 Facebook fans and posting there helps us reach the most people, though the focus of how we’re using Facebook is changing (more on that below). Who maintains your social media campaigns?