A slideshow crowd-sourced through Twitter for NFPtweetup, 24 November 2008. Thank you to everyone that contributed a slide to this project, made it greater than the sum of its parts and created something that can be shared by charities and nonprofits wanting to explore Twitter and social media. Real names and Twitter IDs follow here: Damien Austin-Walker: @bb2god Folu Babatola: @FoluB Steve Bridger: @stevebridger James Briggs: @jamesbriggs John Carnell: @bullyinguk Rob Dyson: @Robpermeable Michael Grimes: @citizensheep Paul Henderson: @paulhenderson Howard Lake: @howardlake Ben Matthews: @benrmatthews Jonathan Waddingham: @jon_bedford Ed Walker: @ed_walker86 Amy Sample Ward: @amyrsward Leah Williams: @leahmouse James Stevens: @breathingsince Michael Waugaman: @waugaman Paul Webster: @watfordgap Paul Whaley: @sixteenvoices Laura Whitehead: @LittleLaura For more content from this event, check the wiki here: http://nfptweetup.pbwiki.com/ or search Twitter for tweets including 'NFPtweetup'.

1. NFPtweetup 24 November, 2008

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5. One tweet (123 characters) One blog post (768 words) 22 comments and pingbacks http://www.flickr.com/photos/furiousgeorge81/ (thanks to Nick Booth (@Podnosh) for the pic tip)

6. Twitter The Myth Buster The voice from inside the charity

7. Twitter The Myth Buster The voice from inside the charity

10. Why Paul likes social networks

13. 1. Questions signal to followers that you are interested 2. Questions prompt conversation 3. Questions stimulate @Replies 4. Questions draw passive followers into active engagement 5. You will learn from the answers you get 6. Questions give you feedback and insight into your community The act of consistently asking quality questions on Twitter can have a massive impact upon your network. Here’s 6 reasons why questions are so powerful: Ask Questions Find out more at http://icanhaz.com/kwestionz

17. Use TweetDeck – you can set up a column with a search term to show all tweets that mention that term. Useful for following discussions on a particular subject such as mentions of your organization's name or area of work.

18. What is twitter overkill? As an organisation with so much to potentially twitter about, where do you draw the line? And who is responsible for twittering? One person? One department? Many departments? Ed Walker, web & digital marketing co-ordinator, UCLan Students’ Union www.edwalker.net www.uclansu.co.uk

19. Everyone at loves Twitter (and Social Media in general) from the Press Office, to Digital, to Fundraising So who gets to control it?

21. NfP Twitter Example – Selected feeds from website via Twitterfeed – Easy access to expanded digital footprint, but perhaps a little dull. Suggestions for Improvement most welcome!

24. “ The message is not about the charity. It’s about why the messenger cares” Katya Andresen - Network for Good Treat every donor like a major donor

27. Art + History + Women = Balanced Twitter Metrics?

32. Crowd-sourced from Twitter with contributions from: