VisionLink

JUNE 8, 2011

The good folks at GNIP, Twitter, and the Library Congress are working together to preserve Twitter conversations for posterity, as announced by the Library of Congress. The work that GNIP is taking on with Twitter and the Library of Congress is at a tremendous scale--with over a billion Tweets being generated every week.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. Using Twitter search or other tools, you can watch news and updates about the election in Iran by using #IranElection; or, find interesting people to follow and connect with using #FollowFriday to peruse the recommendations that pile up on Fridays.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

60% use Twitter – up from 46% in 2019. 17%: Twitter. 37%: Our organization has concerns about the contact information of Facebook donors not being provided. 18%: Executive staff do not want to provide the necessary information required for the Facebook Giving Tools application. 73% use Instagram – up from 42% in 2019).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel. Dan is the Digital Marketing Manager for Feeding America where he oversees the execution of their external digital strategy which includes social media. We saw a lot of interest and click thrus from Twitter particularly.&#

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2009

This week there has been quite a flurry of news for Twitter and Facebook. Bing , Microsoft’s search engine, announced a deal with the two social media tools to include their feeds in search results. Have you started thinking strategically about the information you post for your agency?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

The social media platform has more than 1 billion users — beating Twitter, Snapchat, and TikTok — and is especially popular among people aged 18-29. The platform, however, is different than Facebook or Twitter. For example, Feeding America is a nonprofit with a national network of more than 200 food banks.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2024

You can also find online communities on Twitter (X), Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit. An individual might choose to spend time on a social network; however, members of online communities choose to invest time in the platform to boost strategic connections, professional development opportunities, industry information, and more.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 13, 2014

According to Blackbaud’s 2014 M+R Benchmark Study , a nonprofit’s social media audience on Facebook and Twitter grew by 37 and 46 percent respectively in 2013. Why did your nonprofit start its social media feed in the first place? It adds validity, substance, to your nonprofit’s Twitter feed. ?. Engagement is crucial.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

On when the best time is to post to your social media feeds, check out this inforgraphic for more detailed information about that. 23% of Twitter users make less than $30,000 per year. Having a lower annual income means those Twitter users will have less disposable income.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Little did I realize that my ranting about powerpoint templates yesterday would end up on Mashable today in a post called Twitter Professors: 18 People To Follow for A Real Time Education by Lon S. It makes it easy to post to Twitter or bookmark finds from over the 1000 blogs that monitor. See this review from Mashable ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2011

Here’s one for Twitter. It’s really important to fill out the information in your Twitter profile especially the “Bio&# field where you sum up in a few words who you are and make it sound interesting. It’s like an elevator speech. YOUR ORG NAME] helps [TWITTER FOLLOWERS] to [BENEFIT/VALUE YOU.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

From hearing impairment to colorblindness, these disabilities affect the way people receive and process information. As video content on social media continues to reign supreme and audio-only content, spurred on by Twitter Spaces and Clubhouse, grows, it’s important for nonprofits to prioritize accessibility when publishing content online.

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TechImpact

MARCH 20, 2014

5 Days a week, post to Twitter. Twitter is the most dtnamic, fastest changing of all social media feeds. Because of its high turnover rate, staying active on Twitter 5 days per week is imperative to increasing engagement. It is okay to miss a day or two on these feeds because there is so much less competition.

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AFP Blog

MAY 27, 2014

Young People Are Skeptical of Information Learned on Twitter - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society : t’s reasonable to fear that social media could exacerbate this problem. With news feeds giving us constant updates from many sources—some reliable, some not—it’d be very easy to conflate fact with conjecture.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

While Facebook and Twitter may be waning a bit in popularity and usage, visual storytelling platform Instagram keeps growing in engagement and daily time spent on the site. . Post about it on your main Instagram News Feed, use Stories, send an email, post on other social media sites, announce it at events! . Well, it depends!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day. The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Take my information overload quiz. Don't live on Twitter, your blog, Facebook, or your email.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t. Sure, why not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

One of their newest experiments is a Twitter campaign, #150jobs. Her teams also provides guidance and support to their DC-area office and the Goodwill network around information architecture, design and content in the implementation of new technologies, campaigns and microsites. What is the objective of the Twitter campaign?

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TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

Subscribe to our blog for daily tips and information to help streamline your nonprofit’s tech growth. The nonprofit social media platform was pretty much dominated by Facebook and Twitter until Instagram came along. Twitter pics gets an upgrade. These sweeping changes are not something you or your nonprofit can afford to miss.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Twitter Lists: A Natural Evolution of Internet List Culture. Back then, there was a lot less information on the Internet than there is today - so there was less redundancy of lists. Twitter lists lets you curate your followers and keep connected to smaller affinity groups of your choosing. Gopher Screen Capture.

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TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

But as we’ve detailed in previous blogs , with all the increased competition online, getting noticed through the typical social media feeds and through your website is becoming increasingly difficult. It is important to have these communication means, but keeping the information flowing out of them in a meaningful way is even more important.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Finding Feeds. Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. Try changing out the organization name and key staff names to match your organization’s information and give it a try! Choose the “feed&# option and then hit save on that alert. Twitter Search.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2022

While both Facebook and Twitter have fairly robust built-in scheduling tools, in this post we’re listing the top platforms that let you plan and schedule social media content for all your social media profiles from one place: 1. You can take advantage of these tools to save time, post consistently, and build awareness for your cause.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The short version is, Facebook has the ability to make you feel good or bad, just by tweaking what shows up in your news feed.”

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

At AIDS.gov , our mission is to provide access to Federal HIV and AIDS information through a variety of new media channels, and to support the use of new media tools by Federal and community partners. Is it simply the number of followers you have on Twitter, or how many people "like" you on Facebook? Plan ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

We agreed that it was much easier to share information on Twitter, that the immediate gratification was addicting, but that retrieval on Twitter is a not easy. Some of the best info I come across is flowing through Twitter and I stamp it for later, but I am missing an easy means to get back to it. Enter Hashtags.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Interesting and informative content can truly set your fundraiser apart from the rest, and the right photos can help tell your story in a unique way. Help Me Feed Hungry Kids! Aside from your photo, your fundraiser title is one of the first pieces of information that potential donors will see.

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Care2

MARCH 8, 2010

In the past year, registered Twitter accounts have grown more than 1,500%, according to Biz Stone, Co-Founder of Twitter. So if you can only carve out 20 minutes a day to follow nonprofit leaders and thinkers discussing nonprofit issues on Twitter, who would they be? Feel free to add your top picks too in the comments section.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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? List Five Ways You Plan To Use the Information. How will you share the information? How many feeds? I'm paraphrasing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

She also mentioned how they were beginning to experiment with Twitter. They are setting up twitter accounts linked to programmatic areas and affinity groups. I'm sure we'll see more particularly as Kevin Dando urged stations to get a twitter account with their name. For example, here's the arts programming account.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

In this post, we'll discuss the current glamour child of social media, Twitter. Twitter is impossible to ignore. In response to Twitter's influence, we have launched five company Twitter feeds, @ForumOne , @OCReport , @DataMasher , @Legistalker , and @ProjectSpaces (a combined feed is here ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be Informed. Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Offer to help write short updates to keep donors informed. 50 helps us feed one child for a week.”). Prospecting.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 21, 2013

This novel idea becoming increasingly popular among other nonprofits, growing on social feeds such as TWitter with the hashtag #GivingTuesday (you’ve probably seen it). Started in 2012 by Henry Timms, chief executive officer (CEO) of the 92Y: Cultural Institution and Community Center. Segment Your Database.

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NCE Social Media

JULY 6, 2010

The programs are based online and can allow you to do work just by plugging in basic information. It is an application that shows you current connections for any Twitter username (including your own). Here’s an example: Mention Map for ACHIEVA’s Twitter feed. Once example is Mention Map.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2008

I'm not sure what Smith's book has to do with twittering and tagging , but there is a connection. Twitter is the here and now, archiving the past is not built into the design. Yet, if you can't archive and retrieve information that you want to reflect on and share with a community, it's forgotten. I have an inelegant solution.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 16, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Look no further!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The more than 260,000 people who follow the American Red Cross’s Twitter account were promptly informed of the discovery.

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