Monica Hamburg - How Tweet It Is: Creating a Following on Twitter

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Tweet, tweet. Have you heard about Twitter all over the media, but still aren’t sure how it works or what it can do to help your organization? Then this session is for you! For nonprofits, Twitter is a versatile tool in your emerging social media toolkit to help tell your story, build your brand and increase stewardship among supporters. Participants will learn about: - Getting started on Twitter - How to build and keep a list of followers - Twitter etiquette - Case studies and success stories – how other charities and non-profits are benefiting from Twitter

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How Tweet it is: Creating a Following on Twitter

What is it?

What is it?

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-07/st_thompson

IT SOUNDS:

a.SILLY!

b.WASTE OF TIME

c.BORING

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What do you think?

Because

there’s

MORE.

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EVEN

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And have others rebroadcast it:

Ask for advice:

Discover

Discover

Build

“One of the strengths of non-profit organizations is access to bipartisan statistics, in-depth studies and content-rich research on their particular subject that the average user may not have access to or know how to find. Highlight new, pertinent information.”

As you can see, it’s a collaborative effort

So power & empower your supporters

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Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples?

Stamp Out Hunger

Phones for Fearless

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Directory

http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2009/01/pleas-help-us-help-daniellas-family.html

#daniela

Getting Started

Your first tweets shouldn’t contain:

Picture

Picture

Bio

Don’t toss out grammar

Link/Sidebar

Backgrounds

Background

Background

Find/Follow/Search

Find your contacts

Find someone by name

List yourself & Find

You can subscribe to all:Then follow w/Autopack

Directories

Directory

Directory

Directory

Find /Follow /Search

Find /Follow /Search

Recommendation Tools

Recommendation Tools

Recommendation Tools

Search for Information

Search for keyword

Other Tools

Thread your conversations

Or “digest” them

Poll

Twitterfall

Back up

Don’ts

Nothing is Private

Don’t: slag

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Be Safe

Be Safe

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Bots/Spammers

[INSERT ]Follow Ratio

Get caught up in the game:

Dos

Lend a Hand

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Participate

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Be Unboring

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Spread the Joy

Learn

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Be Personal

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http://www.slideshare.net/oreillymedia/the-twitter-book-a-sneak-preview

Remember: it takes work

And onto the voting:

New Poll:

And the results are:

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Find Articles, Notes & Resources

http://delicious.com/mhamburg/twitter+nonprofits

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