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9 Simple Things Everyone Should Know about Twitter Hashtags
A couple weeks ago, we had a rip-roaring conversation about Twitter on The Baudcast . We gave Twitter center stage for the entire episode, and picked a couple of topics we know people often have questions about. Wendy Harman (American Red Cross), Danielle...
6 Dogooding Webby Things Your Nonprofit Should Check Out
The Internet, nonprofits, and cause-based action have been natural partners since day one, not unlike peanut butter and jelly...and, um, more jelly. So it's no surprise that the successes nonprofits have seen with social media are constantly being...
Power to Your Peeps! Why Real-time Fundraising with Twitter Works
I dig speaking at nonprofit conferences and events, and one of my favorite topics to cover is the real-time use of social media . It's the perfect mix of emerging technologies, social media, communities, and the web - some of my favorite things. The...
Things I Liked from SXSW Interactive
If you're reading this, there's a good chance that you're a social media hipster doofus internet geek just like me. If that's the case, go ahead and make your plans for next year's SXSW Interactive Festival , because it's the one...
7 Webby Things I Have a Crush On
If you're a web geek like me, you probably spend every day getting inundated with new tools, services, products, processes, posts, feeds, people, etc - it's mind bending! Finding a useful tool in all that noise sometimes comes down to luck - some...
8 Things I Learned from Episode 22 of The Baudcast
One of my favorite things about producing The Baudcast ( iTunes | direct ) is that I get to learn directly from nonprofit industry experts, share with all of you, and then apply that knowledge at my own organization . Last week's show centered around...
Beef Up that Twitter Bio to Get More Followers
If you are using Twitter to connect with and engage your constituents, you're not alone. The popular micro-messaging service has become an inexpensive, valuable, and effective way to reach an audience , and can really help communicate and personalize...
The 2008 Conference for Nonprofits Goes Social
Not surprisingly, social media is playing a huge role at the 2008 Conference for Nonprofits . The event kicks off in two weeks right here in Charleston, and I wanted to let everyone know how they can stay connected via the social web. The Conference blog...
Socially Tricking-out The Charleston Green Fair
Last Sunday, I spent six straight hours manning the Go Green Charleston booth at the first annual Charleston Green Fair . I really had a blast chatting it up with everyone that stopped by, and loved spreading the knowledge with our "Is it Recyclable"...
Beth Kanter and the Real-Time Social Web Make Fundraising History
On Friday evening, I watched something amazing unfold online - all while trying to get my kids into the bath and get their rooms ready for bed. Saying things like, "Hang on guys, I'm trying to copy and paste some of these tweets!" had little...
4 Webby Things on My Mind
Here are four webby things I wanted to share with you all this morning. Episode #12 of The Baudcast is hot of the griddle, and ready for consumption at Blackbaud.com or the iTunes Music Store . This was a fun episode to tape, so a big thanks goes out...
8 Webby Things That Are Now Sticking to Me
Startup costs are at an all time low, ideas are everywhere, and there are millions of content-creating users out there ready to help out. It's never been a better time to be a webby guy who's into webby things. These are good times. These are...
Twitter Makes Relationships Work — Right Now
I'm really not obsessed with Twitter...well, no more than you are at least. OK, maybe a little more. Either way, I just wrote this article for Fundraising Well and The NonProfit Times , and thought it should end up here on Webby Things. Enjoy! Twitter...
The Twitterverse is Alive at the Conference for Nonprofits
Blackbaud's Conference for Nonprofits in Montreal is off to a brilliant start this morning, and Twitter updates are allowing attendees to share the experience with their followers. The era of microblogging ( Twitter ), lifestreaming ( Socialthing...
Anyone Need Twitter Slides?
Last week, I sat on an emerging technologies panel at the South Carolina PRSA conference. This was a great opportunity to introduce a tool like twitter to a room full of professional communicators. It doesn't matter if you work for a 500-donor nonprofit...
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