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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. If your nonprofit doesn’t, then either decide not to use Twitter or tweet minimally with low expectations. Experiment and keep in mind that those who use Twitter regularly tend to love Twitter.

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The New Roadmap For Entrepreneurial Success

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Eisenmann : The Lean Startup movement swept out of Silicon Valley starting in 2008 or so and has since been embraced by entrepreneurs around the world. Essentially, they apply the scientific method to their startup by testing hypotheses. But now everyone has a playbook for how to do this.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience. The choice of method for transferring and exchanging knowledge will depend on the audience and the message [but] knowledge is most effectively exchanged when using multiple methodsâ?

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SXSW 2013 – Social by Global: Failure Is Not An F-Word!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” One method that some nonprofits engage in to improve an event or campaign is an “ After Action Review.,” This week I was in Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive Festival where I presented or facilitated at several social good sessions or events. How can we encourage this as both individually and organizationally?”

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Guest Post: A New Role for Science Museums--Playground for Scientists

Museum 2.0

Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions. A critical part of the scientific method is the development of a hypothesis, which can then be tested with well controlled research. Experimonth started out as play.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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Welcome to the New Age of Accountability in Grant Management

Connection Cafe

In 2008, the US economy was languishing in the Great Recession. It was like a survival challenge where obstacles were created to test whether or not a nonprofit organization would make the right choice. These methods would also pave the way for new analytical tools to coordinate audit resolution across agencies and funding periods.

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