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

1. How Tweet it is: Creating a Following on Twitter

2. What is it?

3. What is it?

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

12. What do you think?

14. Because there’s MORE. Photo credit: Gaetan Lee

17. EVEN Photo credit: Gaetan Lee

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29. And have others rebroadcast it:

30. Ask for advice:

31. Discover

32. Discover

33. Build

34. “ 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.”

37. As you can see, it’s a collaborative effort

38. So power & empower your supporters

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42. Examples

43. Examples

44. Examples

45. Examples

46. Examples

47. Examples?

48. Stamp Out Hunger

57. Phones for Fearless

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

66. #daniela

67. Getting Started

68. Your first tweets shouldn’t contain:

69. Picture

70. Picture

71. Bio

72. Don’t toss out grammar

73. Link/Sidebar

74. Backgrounds

75. Background

76. Background

77. Find/Follow/Search

78. Find your contacts

79. Find someone by name

80. List yourself & Find

81. You can subscribe to all: Then follow w/Autopack

82. Directories

83. Directory

84. Directory

85. Directory

86. Find /Follow /Search

87. Find /Follow /Search

89. Recommendation Tools

90. Recommendation Tools

91. Recommendation Tools

92. Search for Information

95. Search for keyword

96. Other Tools

103. Thread your conversations

104. Or “digest” them

105. Poll

106. Twitterfall

111. Back up

112. Don’ts

113. Nothing is Private

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116. Be Safe

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118. Bots/Spammers

119. [INSERT ] Follow Ratio

120. Get caught up in the game:

121. Dos

122. Lend a Hand Photo credit: Eduardo Deboni

123. Participate Photo credit: Kris Krug

124. Be Unboring Photo credit: John Biehler

125. Spread the Joy

126. Learn Photo credit: Chris LeMay

127. Be Personal Photo credit: Philip Jeffrey (tyfn)

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

130. Remember: it takes work

131. And onto the voting:

132. New Poll:

134. And the results are:

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139. Thank you to these great folks on Flickr:

140. Thank you to these great folks on Flickr:

142. Contact Me

143. Contact Me