TechImpact

AUGUST 13, 2014

With 26% of all millennials actively using Twitter , and 59% having an account on the most pervasive social media network in the world, leveraging the influence of this social platform is imperative to your nonprofit’s effectiveness at penetrating millennials. Millennials check Twitter whenever they check their phone.

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Candid

AUGUST 4, 2022

While we have a fairly large audience on Twitter (around 145K followers), we only see an average of 1,000 engagements per month. Inspired by Hootsuite’s amazing Experiment Series of blog posts , we thought it would be fun to share our experiment in testing whether posting more on Twitter would lead to higher engagement. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 19, 2012

At long last, the new LinkedIn News Feed is here! For years I have been completely baffled by LinkedIn’s partnership with Twitter to allow a mass automation of tweets to be published the LinkedIn News Feed. Personal Status Updates on the new Home News Feed. Company Page Status Updates on the Companies News Feed.

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TechImpact

APRIL 8, 2014

Twitter is one of the most saturated places on the internet. Following too few accounts will not allow you to fully utilize the platform, while following too many can over-saturate your feed, making it impossible to find the pertinent content. This innovative feed provides information about the always changing Facebook algorithm.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

But what about your nonprofit’s social media feeds? The truth is your nonprofit’s Twitter is producing just as many important analytics as your website is, and you should be tracking and reporting on them. Twitter Counter. Twitter Analytics. Take a look at each and decide which one you want to use.

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NCE Social Media

JUNE 12, 2012

If you know me you know I like to use Hootsuite to manage my social media feeds. HootFeed is a free tool built for sharing twitter feeds with an audience. You can display a feed in lobby of your office or in meetings at your office. Hootsuite has started offering a free service called #HootFeed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

@NonprofitOrgs only follows nonprofit organizations, nonprofit staff, nonprofit service providers, and activists on Twitter. Many of these folks are new to Twitter and thus I get to see the Twitter debut of many nonprofits and there are eight very common mistakes that newbies make that unknowingly diminish their Twitter ROI from day one.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2019

People are craving for inspiring stories on their social media feeds and that’s how the campaign ended up trending on the day. Please RSVP for the #ReclaimSocial Twitter Takeover on Facebook to let us know that you’ll be joining us on June 4th. A year after, on February 6, 2019, the campaign grew even stronger.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

On Monday, Twitter announced it was unveiling a ‘buy’ button to allow onsite purchases. It’s a good sign that they are including several nonprofits in their initial test run as this indicates Twitter sees that demographic as beneficiaries of the new button. Testing a way for you to make purchases on Twitter [Twitter].

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Robert Weiner

MAY 16, 2010

There are a few RSS feeds I don't want to miss. I have an RSS feed reader but I often go for days without looking at it. Some RSS feeds offer email subscriptions, but most don't. Once that's set up, click the My Feeds link in the upper-right corner. 2) Next, you need the RSS feed address for the page you want to track.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Read time: 5 minutes Over the last two years, as Elon Musk has made X a toxic shell of its former self, there have been many attempts at filling the void that was created when “Twitter” ceased to exist. A year ago we asked the question : can Threads replace Twitter? The answer is a resounding no.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

politicians follow any nonprofits on Twitter. Feeding America :: @ FeedingAmerica. Politicians have a lot to gain by being more connected with nonprofits on Twitter. They mostly only follow other politicians and news media. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA. Crisis Group :: @ CrisisGroup.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2011

How nonprofits choose to follow on Twitter varies widely. Some nonprofits only follow a small of amount of Twitterers, others follow hundreds or thousands, and a few follow more (sometimes a lot more) than they are being followed themselves. Strategic following is covered in more detail in #4 below.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The Chronicle of Philanthropy hosted an online forum led by Claire Diaz Ortiz , Twitter’s top person working with nonprofits on social innovation. The forum focused specially on how to use Twitter as an advocacy tool. Here’s a link to the forum with the transcript of the proceedings. Have you found them effective?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

It’s impossible to apply Twitter best practices across all segments of the nonprofit sector because of the wide variety of causes and follower counts, but scientific analysis of Twitter clearly indicate that there is right way and a wrong way to use Twitter. Give your followers useful, interesting, retweetable content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 19, 2010

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. Tags: Technology Zen twitter. What I don’t miss. What I miss.

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NCE Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Back in November, I wrote about the introduction of Twitter lists. I wanted to share this helpful video on Twitter lists. Now that Twitter lists have matured over 3+ months, people are finally figuring out their true impact. Are you on any Twitter lists? Do you use them?

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NCE Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Twitter unleashed its lists to the general public last week. You can also see who has placed your Twitter feed into a list. John Haydon , a social media nonprofit expert thinks that Twitter lists will positively impact your nonprofit. Twitter lists will give users additional ways to create value for their followers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2012

Many government leaders in Rwanda have embraced Twitter, both in the “official’ capacity, tweeting from their Ministry’s profile for formal communication or often from a personally branded profile. There are many women in leadership government positions in Rwanda, and many are on Twitter.

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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

JUNE 18, 2024

In the 19 years since we’ve been through multiple early adoption phases of new social media — first Facebook and Twitter and then LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr. X X (formally known as Twitter) has never been a must-use social media platform for every nonprofit. Like posts, mentions, and replies.

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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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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Success Factors: Social Media: Platforms like X/Twitter and Facebook are heavily used to broadcast real-time needs and impacts, using hashtags and live updates to maintain urgency and high visibility. Urgency & Specificity The Red Cross and Feeding America have urgency and specificity built into their organizations. The good news?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Check out these social media post templates for ideas of post themes and content format for your Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds. 3) Put a face to the funds by sharing impact stories on your social feed. Make the most out of people who will draw a crowd before your event by spotlighting them on your feed. .

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 20, 2009

For some time, Twitter users have been able to publish their Twitter updates automatically to Facebook. On August 20, Facebook announced a new feature allowing Facebook Pages to automatically feed status updates, photos, links, notes and events to Twitter. Now, Facebook is returning the favor.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

There are so may stats, reports, assumptions and speculations every day about who is using Twitter, let alone how and why. I recently read a reflection on Twitter called How To Use Twitter When You Follow Several Thousand People. My Twitter account is @AmyRSWard and I have, currently, over 3,000 followers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

It’s not official, but it’s obvious that Facebook is ramping up promotion of its native “Donate” buttons and Fundraisers in its News Feed. 14% said Twitter. Facebook also owns Instagram, so it’s likely that in the future “Donate” buttons will come to the Instagram feed as well.

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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. Bing, Facebook and Twitter now together. Tags: Tools bing facebook google twitter.

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Forum One

JULY 11, 2023

Meta launched its response to Twitter last week, Threads. To put this into perspective, this growth rate makes it the fastest-growing app ever (even faster than ChatGPT, TikTok, and Instagram), and this massive rush of users brings Threads’ audience size to nearly 30% of Twitter’s total audience of around 330 million.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2014

He camped outside her door and not only told her about how nonprofit CEO’s were using Twitter, but showed her how easy it was. Here’s a story about the CEO of the ACLU of New Jersey and how he uses Twitter to reach out to the press and policy makers and the questions he and his staff answered.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Twitter and its other social media feeds is your nonprofit’s public voice. As such, it’s imperative to your nonprofit’s perceived legitimacy that its social feeds are engaging, well written, and maintained. Here are a few things your social media followers hate about your feeds!

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Whole Whale

JUNE 15, 2022

Grab the RSS feed at the bottom of the search results page and add to Google Reader. Feedly.com is a way to follow news thems and track multiple RSS feeds or blogs in one place. You can get results delivered via email or RSS feed. Twitter Listening. General Listening.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Want to know how many clicks your Twitter feed gets on Mondays vs Wednesdays? mentions: On Twitter, as your probably know, putting an ‘@’ symbol in front of someone’s Twitter handle hyperlinks to their profile, and counts as an @mention. Now, just rinse, repeat, and watch the number of clicks your Twitter feeds sees grow.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

2) Text-to-Donate on Twitter. They’re also using their own hashtag and some fun emojis, which helps it visually pop on a Twitter feed. So while it’s not yet at the level of Facebook and Twitter, it’s worth starting to experiment here. Perry’s Place is a cat adoption center and sanctuary in North Hollywood, CA.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 23, 2014

Because their importance can not be understated, it is crucial that you take the time to thank them publicly through your social media feeds when appropriate. Host a Twitter chat. Another unique way to give back to supporters is to host a Twitter chat. Thank you Tweet.

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Tech Soup

JULY 7, 2021

Welcome to our monthly collection of fun and hopefully useful news items from our admittedly great twitter feed and wherever else we find them. What's new in library tech!

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