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Post by Gemma McNeil-Walsh Target audience: Nonprofits, cause organizations, foundations, NGOs, social enterprises If you were to ask me what my most useful resource during a three-year undergraduate development studies degree has been, I think the answer might surprise you: Twitter. Although I initially joined Twitter so that I could join in on my housemates’ banter […]
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45 hashtags for social change
Image by jeffisageek on Flickr Print out this cheat sheet to keep tab on the top tags During the holiday break, Socialbrite is updating and republishing one of our most popular posts from last year. By Kim Bale Socialbrite staff Sending a tweet into the Twitterverse without a proper tag is like stocking a library […]
12-step guide on how to live-tweet an event
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams live-tweets on stage at the TED conference. Learn how Twitter can help you make the most of your next conference This is part of our series on how nonprofits can get the most out of Twitter and the first in a series of guest posts from content partner Movements.org. Guest post […]
Using hashtags to enhance community
On Tuesday I’ll be leading an online session for Philanthopy.com about building communities on Twitter (follow @Philanthropy for details). Communities do not just happen. And they certainly don’t happen overnight. You have to have something important to talk about. And you have to be prepared to consistently connect people together over a period of months. But […]
How nonprofits can use Twitter hashtags
Photo by Mansikka Tips on how to facilitate conversation around a tag What is a #hashtag? A hashtag is the symbol: #. (See the definition in Socialbrite’s glossary.) It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. The hashtags site, a centralized directory […]
