29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter
2009 October 19
Last week I asked the followers of @NonprofitOrgs to nominate their favorite nonprofit bloggers. The list below is the result of that “Tweet Out”. Some on the list are very known in the nonprofit sector, and others are completely under the radar and providing some very valuable resources to the nonprofit sector.
This time around I limited the list to individuals bloggers, rather than blogs maintained by associations, publications, PR firms, etc. Of course, there are many others I am not aware of that should be on this list as well. Please feel free to post a link to their blog in the comments section. The 29 nonprofit bloggers below are posted in reverse alphabetical order, all equally valuable. Please follow:
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Katrin Verclas: @Katrinskaya from New York, NY Blog: MobileActive |
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Marnie Webb: @webb from San Francisco, CA Blog: ext337 |
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Rosetta Thurman: @rosettathurman from Washington, DC Blog: Rosetta Thurman |
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Susan Tenby: @suzboop from San Francisco, CA Blog: Nonprofit Commons: Nonprofits in Second Life |
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Sean Stannard-Stockton: @tactphil from San Francisco, CA Blog: Tactical Philanthrop |
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Nancy Schwartz: @NancySchwartz from New York, NY Blog: Getting Attention |
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Amy Sample Ward: @amyrsward from London, England Blog: Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech |
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Sandy Rees: @SandyRees from East Tennessee Blog: Get Fully Funded |
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David J. Neff: @daveiam from Austin, TX Blog: 501derful.org |
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Kris Putnam-Walkerly: @Philanthropy411 from Cleveland, OH Blog: Philanthropy 411 |
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Michelle Murrain: @pearlbear from Oakland, CA Blog: Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology |
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Heather Mansfield [Me]: @nonprofitorgs from Springfield, MO Blog: Nonprofit Tech 2.0 |
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Kivi Leroux Miller: @kivilm from Lexington, NC Blog: Nonprofit Marketing Guide |
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Rebecca Leaman: @rjleaman from Atlantic Canada Blog: Wild Apricot |
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Allyson Kapin @care2frogloop from Washington, DC Blog: FrogLoop |
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Beth Kanter: @kanter from San Francisco, CA Blog: Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media |
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John Haydon: @johnhaydon from Boston, MA Blog: John Haydon |
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Trista Harris: @TristaHarris from Minneapolis, MN Blog: New Voices of Philanthropy |
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Jocelyn Harmon @jocelynharmon from Washington, DC Blog: Marketing for Nonprofits |
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Maddie Grant @maddiegrant from Washington, DC Blog: Social Fish |
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Allison Fine: @Afine from New York, NY Blog: A. Fine Blog |
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Sue Fidler: @SueFidler from London, England Blog: CharityBuzz |
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborah909 from Boston, MA Blog: Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector |
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Heather Carpenter @HeatherCarpente from San Diego, CA Blog: Nonprofit Leadership 601 |
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Britt Bravo: @Bbravo from Oakland, CA Blog: Have Fun • Do Good |
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Ivan Boothe: @rootwork from Philadelphia, PA Blog: Rootwork |
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Lucy Bernholz @p2173 from San Francisco, CA Blog: Philanthropy 2173 |
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Debra Askanase: @askdebra from Jerusalem Blog: Community Organizer 2.0 |
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Katya Andresen: @katyaN4G from Washington, DC Blog: Katya’s Nonprofit Marketing Blog |
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*pats myself on back*
I am already following almost all of them!
Thanks so much for including me. Good company here – some nonprofit bloggers I already know, but also a couple of new folks to follow and learn from!
Thanks so much for including me on your list!
Thanks for including me on this list! Great geographical representation.
Wow.. many thanks for including me, honoured to be in such company.
Hey! Thanks so much! I’ve seen a big bump in my followers today, as a result of this nice recommendation. I am honored and happy to be included.
Thanks everyone. After just a few hours of being live, this post does hold the record for most views/visits to a blog post. 2,670 thus far. I will likely Tweet it again a few times over the next month… have a good week!
Thanks! Quite honored and mildly embarrassed
I guess on occasion is does pay off to have a weird last name — when you reverse-alpha… 
Thanks so much!
I am big fan of your Katrin… hence the reverse alphabetical order. You’re quite the pioneer when it comes to nonprofits and mobile tech…. for years now. Keep it up! Hopefully more nonprofits in the U.S. will start to understand where the Web is going and make that move…
Pleased to see that I was following almost everyone on the list already. Off to add the others. Thanks, Heather.
~ Maya
@mayanorton
The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy & Innovation
Heather,
Thanks so much for including me in this rawking list!
Jocelyn
Thanks for including me!
Heather C.
Great stuff.
I’d modestly add myself as a 2008 Mashable Open Web Award winner for:
@EndTheRoboCalls
Shaun Dakin
CEO
StopPoliticalCalls.org
@IsCool
@PrivacyCampDC
What a great list! I’m sure that I’ll find some rolemodels here as I may plans to start my own health equity blog sometime this winter.
Georgette
http://twitter.com/grgtt
Cool list! Thanks for including me!
Dear Heather,
You are so kind! Thank you for including me.
Best regards from Deborah
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Strategist and Consultant
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Blog: http://www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
Skype: Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn
I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information and communication technologies.
Heather, what a delightful surprise! As a long-time RSS subscriber of your blog, I was so surprised to read this post as I was catching up through Google Reader. I’m pleased to find out about some other bloggers I don’t know, who are paying attention to the nonprofit space. Look forward to learning from them. Thanks for including me in this extremely respected list of fellow bloggers.
Also, to speak to the number of your engaged followers: I suspect that this blog post has been the reason that I’ve received more followers today than on any other single day. Keep up the great blog posts yourself!
Debra
Great to hear about the followers! That’s the main reason I put the list together. I was lucky enough to be put on Twitter’s Suggested User List 2 weeks ago. I know there are many bloggers out there who have been doing it longer than I, so I wanted to make sure that your all at least got some of your due [followers].
Probably the one missing “must read” blog would be the work that the Blackbaud team is doing over at Netwits Think Tank – http://www.netwitsthinktank.com/. Especially when it comes to practical tips, Frank Barry is awesome.
Great list, thanks so much for sharing!
Might I suggest your #30? Ben Peterson: @jhrben from Toronto, Canada
Ben’s Blog – http://www.benpeterson.ca
Lots of great insights and advice on nonprofit management. Plus, every Tuesday there’s a guest blog from various non-profit leaders in, but not limited to, Canada.
Thanks again
Fantastic list Heather! Every single one of these bloggers has helped me do my job just that much better.
It’s wonderful to see you all in one place!
Whoo hoo!! Thanks so much for including me. I’m psyched to already be following almost everyone here, too… *goes to add the rest* …
A new organization who’s goal is to bring affordable housing back to the American people. Creating local jobs and stabilizing neighborhoods and rebuilding the housing market so people again can have the American dream of homeownership.
Great list. Thanks for sharing.
I am following many with @ecoordinator.
Thanks for your helpful lists.
Hey! Thanks for the love!
This explains the sudden surge in followers I noticed right before I saw this! It’s an honor to be on the list. Thanks!
What a nice surprise to find this list (and to be on it). Thanks – great company
Very helpful list – thanks.
I’d add Joe Waters @ http://selfishgiving.com/ on Cause Related Marketing. Great perspective in a lively combination of fact, opinion, and experience wrapped in writing style that draws me in and makes me want to shout in agreement or argument.
Thanks so much for including me. What an honor to be suggested by followers!
Sandy
What a top-notch list! I’m familiar with several of the names mentioned but not everyone yet. Looking at them is going to be educational and fun.
My best wishes to everyone who made the list!
Gayle D’Ambrosio-Crabtree
Nice list, Heather. I created a TweepPack of it so other readers can easily follow everyone: http://www.tweeppacks.com/nonprofit-bloggers
Hope that works for you!
Cool… thanks!
Thanks for including me on the list.
Hey Nipun! Thats cool! I followed them. Great post. If you wanna follow me mine is http://www.twitter.com/mrkonnectionz
Now that David Neff has moved to 501derful.org, I’ll be picking up the reins at FI Space (fispace.org) a blog devoted to futuring and innovation in the nonprofit sector.) Meanwhile, thanks for the list, it is very helpful.
Any list of non-profit bloggers that doesn’t include Jeff Brooks is incomplete.
For years he blogged at donorpowerblog.
Now you can find him at future fundraising now.
Hi… be sure to post his Twitter URL… this list in nonprofit bloggers on Twitter. Thanks!
@jeffbrooks is Jeff Brooks on Twitter.
Hey, great list! Many of these blogs I already know and love but I’ve been able to add a few goodies to my reader. I just launched a blog of my own (www.resources4associations.com) – hope to add some more Canadian representation onto the list one day!
What a great list of goodies thanks for the share!
Thanks for adding me to the list – I’m honored!! And thanks for compiling this list. I know from experience it’s a lot of work.
Kris Putnam-Walkerly
President, Putnam Community Investment Consulting (http://putnamcic.com)
Author, Philanthropy411 blog (http://philanthropy411.wordpress.com)
Thanks for bringing this list to my attention. I am definitely going to look in on some of them.
Great list. Glad I stumbled upon this tonight. I’ve been out of the country most of the year on humanitarian missions – most recently in the Philippines for 3 months as a Kiva Fellow, so I was battling technology in the developing world and far behind on my interaction with out nonprofit mavens.
Love to share with you more of my reflections on philanthropy and social entrepreneurship via twitter: @sloane and through my blog: TheCausemopolitan.com.
Best,
Sloane