Each Thursday, various folks are using the tag #ttvolmgrs on Twitter for questions, comments & tips regarding volunteer management. Thanks to Jayne Cravens for that information. She notes that it's surprising how much information can be squeezed into 140 characters!
On Fridays, you may see people using the hashtag #FF. FF means Follow Friday. For example:
This Tweet is saying follow the Youth Affairs Council of WA, Australian Non Profits, Alexandra Gartmann, Strategic Grants, Shai Coggins and Martin J Cowling, etc etc for mentions, Retweets and conversations. You can see how much they have packed into 140 characters!
The person sending this #FF Tweet, is recommending the people mentioned in it (including me- thank you!). This example has quite a long list. Some people may allow recommend one or two people-and always say why you are recommending people. This example has done that very well. If you have been recommended it is good form to reply with a thank you.
The idea is you can then follow none, each or all of the people some recommends in a #ff tweet. A simple way to do this. In Twitter or Tweetdeck (or other Twitter management tool) or Hootsuite, is to click on the date stamp at the bottom of the message.
Eg via HootSuite
The Tweet will open up on a new page and underneath the Tweet will be the list of people mentioned in the Tweet (see below) Just click "Follow" next to the person's name and hey presto!
You will see that because I am using Google Chrome with the Klout extension, the person's Klout score is next to their details. The higher the score, the more influential that person is on Social Media (see last week's post). If you use Follow Friday to recommend others, make sure you do follow them yourself!
On Fridays, you may see people using the hashtag #FF. FF means Follow Friday. For example:
This Tweet is saying follow the Youth Affairs Council of WA, Australian Non Profits, Alexandra Gartmann, Strategic Grants, Shai Coggins and Martin J Cowling, etc etc for mentions, Retweets and conversations. You can see how much they have packed into 140 characters!
The person sending this #FF Tweet, is recommending the people mentioned in it (including me- thank you!). This example has quite a long list. Some people may allow recommend one or two people-and always say why you are recommending people. This example has done that very well. If you have been recommended it is good form to reply with a thank you.
The idea is you can then follow none, each or all of the people some recommends in a #ff tweet. A simple way to do this. In Twitter or Tweetdeck (or other Twitter management tool) or Hootsuite, is to click on the date stamp at the bottom of the message.
Eg via HootSuite
The Tweet will open up on a new page and underneath the Tweet will be the list of people mentioned in the Tweet (see below) Just click "Follow" next to the person's name and hey presto!
You will see that because I am using Google Chrome with the Klout extension, the person's Klout score is next to their details. The higher the score, the more influential that person is on Social Media (see last week's post). If you use Follow Friday to recommend others, make sure you do follow them yourself!
Mentioned in this Tweet
A list for Australian non-profit organizations and their employees. If you want to have your non-profit added to the list, please tweet me.
Grants advisory, mentoring, research, writing and strategic project matching services
Passionate about agriculture and rural communities.
geek-ish & artsy. content & community. chocolates & spices. media & life. nonprofit tweets are@connectingup . views here are personal.
Tenterfield, Texas & Stanthorpe Ten FM Non-profit organisationhttp://www.facebook.com/tenfm with tweets here updated by@Music_IsPower or as noted.
Giftgetter runs a fundraising and philanthropy consultancy. He is a multi-award winning consultant, sought after writer and speaker on the Third Sector.
