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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. It’s OK to not include links in conversational tweets and replies, but even then sharing links to resources or call-to-actions (CTAs) is often appropriate and useful, especially in Twitter Threads.

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Great reads from around the web on February 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of February 23rd). Check it out!

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What is private? What is public?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. An interesting conversation ensued on the list – with some arguing that this was a problematic thing. What is public? Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.),

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A Social Media Strategy for Scientific Research or Policy Impact

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What's interesting about this Twitter account is that it isn't an automatic feed that streams links to their own reports. They share the latest, and best peer-reviewed science through Twitter conversations. Source: Compete Media Trends for 2008 .

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Varied and sundry

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. I’ll keep you posted on URLs and feeds. { I’ll keep you posted on URLs and feeds. { That feels good.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. You can actually go back and review your entire feed. Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation. What is your blog conversation strategy? Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand?

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Free as in “Free Kittens”

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I just had a great conversation with a IT manager at a medium-sized nonprofit that had implemented Asterisk for their call center. Other projects take more care and feeding, and you might have to take it to the vet. ’&# I do think that is something that we have a hard time getting across to folks. at 10:00 am Free. brilliant.

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