Five social media experts to follow on Twitter

There are a lot of people out there using social media to write about social media, philanthropy, fundraising, and the intersection of all three. Here are five stand-out voices that any non-profit will want to hear.

(1)   Claire Diaz-Ortiz @ClaireD – Author of Twitter for Good and the leader of social innovation at Twitter, Claire is the leading expert on using social media for good. To stay in the loop about how your non-profit can use twitter to be a better force for good, ClaireD is a must-follow.

(2)   Beth Kanter @Kanter – Author of Beth’s Blog: How Non-profits can use Social Media, Beth has been writing about social media and the non-profit world for years. One of the first social fundraising gurus, she is full of wisdom and sports one awesome cowboy hat.

(3)   John Wood @johnwoodRTR – John left Microsoft and founded Room to Read (@RoomtoRead), an organization on a mission to educate children around the world. Currently, an alarming 300 million children will never receive an education. John and his team are on an inspiring mission to change this.

(4)   Jen Preston @NYT-JenPreston – Jen writes about technology and social media for The New York Times. She’s one savvy journalist who stays connected with what’s going on in the world and what’s going on in the world of social media. Follow her to stay in-the-know.

(5)   Charity:water @charitywater – With more than a million followers, Charity: water is an awesome model of a non-profit that uses social media well. With photos of the day and a wide variety tweets, Charity:water is a charity to emulate.

Of course, don’t forget to follow @Fundly and @DavidJBoyce1 to keep up with the latest trends in social media, philanthropy and non-profit fundraising.

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