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Three months without Twitter

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

As you know, I left twitter 3 months ago today. I never was very disciplined about turning twitter off, so I was constantly distracted. Need to share: I’m happy to leave the somewhat narcissistic impulse that Twitter feeds behind. Banter : Twitter is way better for banter than any other medium besides being in person.

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August #4Change Chat: Opportunities for Collaboration

Amy Sample Ward

Where: Twitter (search for #4Change ). Topic: How do social media open new doors for collaboration (especially internationally)? Here are some questions to consider: has your organization found new collaborators (other organizations, companies, networks, etc.) what issues are unique to collaborations of this type?

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Blog Redesign: A collaborative approach

Amy Sample Ward

I put out on Twitter that I was looking for someone to help me redesign the site and connected with Matt Chevy : I’m excited to be working with Amy and it’s clear that she’s established an outstanding community here. Tags: collaboration issues blog collaboation community design redesign strategy.

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Twitter for Nonprofits: Presentation for the 140-Character Mission event

Amy Sample Ward

About the event: Already Twitter, Facebook, and the rest are revolutionizing the business and marketing of social impact. What happens when marketing evolves from broadcast to conversation, fundraising changes from large donors to e-microdonations, or collaboration moves from sweaty basements to vast social networks? Attend in person.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Tagging

Tech Soup

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches.

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Thinking About Networks and Social Media and Online Collaborations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you want to follow along, we're using the #networkf tag on Twitter. In fact, one of the presenters mentioned how she had discovered the tag from the last meeting and was able to follow along. The focus of the day was on the life cycles of networks and Theory of Change Archetypes for Networks. Most of the ones that.

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How To Recruit New Members for Your Association on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You might want to hire a photographer for events, then get participant’s permission to tag them in photos on social media. Collaborate with popular people in your niche. on Twitter and $5.26 The first thing that you’ll need to do is decide what type of social media platform you want to target. on LinkedIn. Conclusion.