Twitter

The third nfptweetup, or meeting of charity/voluntary sector staff, agencies and others interested in how Twitter can be used by charities, took place on Wednesday last week.

There has been a lot of discussion this year about the potential value of microblogging service Twitter to nonprofits, so I’d imagine there will also be a lot of interest in the latest version of the Twitter-based virtual currency – the Twollar.

Described as “a currency of appreciation” for Twitter, the idea is that every Twitter user is given 50 Twollars and can then use these to thank or reward other people who use Twitter.

But the interesting thing is that you can also give your Twollars to a charity which uses Twitter and the receiving charity can then convert them into real money at an exchange rate of 10 Twollars to 1 $US.

Click here to read more about Twollars on Giving in a Digital World...

I'll be reporting from the world's first econference on online fundraising over the next three days.

Twitter can be wonderfully fast and light.

If you’re feeling lost or left behind in the whirl of hype that has grown-up around the micro-blogging service Twitter over the last few months then don’t worry - you’re not alone.

In the same week that internet traffic monitor Hitwise announced that UK Internet visits to Twitter are up 6-fold since January (making it the 5th most popular social networking site in the UK), analytics firm Webtrends just released results of research confirming that most marketers remain reluctant to use the service...

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Development charity ActionAid took to the streets this week with a novel approach to publicise today’s ‘Put People First’ protest march through London, in the form of The MegaMouth - a megaphone-equipped superhero shouting-out slogans provided by the general public via SMS and Twitter...

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