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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the 2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference here in New York. I’ve presented about Twitter before, as well, so in addition to sharing some notes and resources, and my slides, from the presentation on Friday, I want to also round up other Twitter-related posts and links here.

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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

Tech Soup

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons. Twitter uses hashtags.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Twitter: twitter.com/nwf. While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Twitter was the most useful for connecting with individuals. Organization Size: 400 employees.

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: The Generational Divide (Panel Discussion)

Amy Sample Ward

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. The Red Cross has been around for 130 years and so much has changed – for example with text-to-give after disasters. And it creates informal and formal opportunities for mentorship. Moderated by Kari Dunn, Case Foundation.

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Infographic: Which Nonprofits are Rocking Social Media?

Care2

From August to October of 2011 the craigconnects team reviewed nonprofits by areas of focus to check out how they do social media and found out some great information. Disaster Relief. Check out some of the great data we found: The most talkative category on both Facebook and Twitter are Animal and Environmental Organizations.

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Vote for Your Favorite Nonprofit Technology Conference Panels

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place on March 17-19, 2011 in Washington, DC. Nonprofit Technology #FAILS: How to “Fail Informatively”. Facing AIDS via Twitter, Widgets, & More: Government Strategies for Online Engagement. The Potentials and Pitfalls Of Using Web Analytics. Serenity Now!:

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Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors of the Future?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. What is your message and what do you want the audience to do? How do your all your communication channels work together to inform, engage, and motivate? Is mobile on your organization’s radar for 2011?

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