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Thursday, December 11, 2008
I was recently asked to do a quick summary of this post by Guy Kawasaki, "Looking for Mr GoodTweet: How to Pick Up Followers on Twitter" which has been doing the rounds. Eventually, this will become too much to deal with and you can choose to follow only people whose Twitter profiles show that they are relevant to you. My take?
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Tweetsgiving was one of the first Twitter campaigns designed to raise money. Built around Thanksgiving, the idea was for Twitterers to tweet (post) something they are grateful for, and at the same time post a link to Tweetsgiving where a donation could be made to build a classroom in Tanzania. The goal was $10,000. Not bad!
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Note: this is a geeky post that assumes familiarity with Twitter. If you are new to Twitter, please check out this post for more context. Dear Museums on Twitter, Thanks for experimenting in a new and largely uncharted online environment. Don't use Twitter to spam me about visiting. But not enough of you. Of course not.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Photo by Andy Field I think Chris Brogan said that the secret to Twitter is listening (or search), not blasting your message out. I'm starting with Twitter (don't know what Twitter is? Are you currently on Twitter? Now, let's start building a listening post on Twitter: Step 1: Sign Up. Twitter Packs - Nonprofits.
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Friday, December 26, 2008
Twitter. This was the year for twitter. This was the year that nonprofits discovered twitter, and the year I integrated twitter into my workflow. So what tools did you come to depend on in 2008? These span the range from tools I use every day or every week, to tools use more occasionally, but depend on. WordPress.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Election 2008 is remarkable for so many reasons. As agents of social change, there is a great deal the nonprofit sector can learn from Election 2008. Go Mobile: Mobile applications have surged in this 2008 and some predict it will make the difference in the election's outcome. For the first time in U.S. Tools you can Use.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
I've seen first hand how you can leverage your Twitter network to raise money for a good cause really fast. It's time update the history of fundraising on Twitter post I wrote that last month after the Tweetsgiving campaign raised $10,000 in 48 hours. The Salvation Army has also launched a Kettle Campaign on Twitter.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
I was asked last night about how I find people to follow on Twitter, so I thought I'd turn that into a quick post. Twitter is an incredibly useful tool but it's easy to miss out, if you don't follow people who can give you whatever insight you are looking for. Twitter Pack Project - check out the Nonprofit Pack in particular.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned. I'm drawing from my experience using Twitter drawing and those of others. The experiment was to test Twitter's speed. September, 2008 Dr.
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Attended a fab webinar on Twitter today, presented by Hubspot. stylee, we followed the conversation and posted questions via Twitter search , and they have kindly shared the presentation which I am reposting below. This was a good 101 introduction to Twitter, so many of us were left really wanting some more advanced 201 learning.
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