One of the best (and worst) features on Twitter is the hashtag. It allows you to find interesting topics, intellectual tweeters and real-time information. It also subjects you to multiple spammings everyday (#RIPKanye anyone?). And with the recent (okay, a couple months ago) integration of the search tool on your Twitter homepage, hashtags are easier to use than ever.
So in order to dig through the clutter and get to the worthwhile tweets, I have compiled a list of 20 hashtags you change-makers will be sure to enjoy. Follow ‘em, use ‘em, search and share ‘em.
#SocEnt: The ultimate tag for social entrepreneurship. Original founder unknown.
#SocEntChat: A Twitter conversation presented by Tom Dawkins (@AshokaTweets) and Nathaniel Whittemore (@SocialEntrprnr) that takes place on the first Wednesday of each month (also supported by me, @writerpollock).
#Nonprofit: Can’t get any more self explanatory than this! Use this tag to show those NGO good works.
#4Change: A Twitter chat and hashtag, #4Change profiles online technology, like social media, used for good.
#NPTech: Use this tag to promote and follow nonprofit technology.
#CharityTuesday: Spread the good word every Tuesday with this Twitter tag.
#MiFiMon: A Twitter chat that focuses on microfinance.
#v4change: Video for Change, simple as that.
#m4change: Just as video can be an important part to spreading awareness of a cause, so can mobile technology. This tag stands for Mobile for Change and is complemented by social entrepreneurs like The Extraordinaries.
#CSR: Use this tag for corporate social responsibility tweets.
#Environment: Use this tag for eco-friendly tweets, along with #green and #sustainable.
#Solar: Clean alternative energy! Also, use #wind, #EV (electric vehicle) and #energy, when applicable.
#SocialGood: Created by Mashable and the Summer of Social Good, this tag works for any socially conscious tweets.
#Microfinance: Like #MiFiMon, but this isn’t a chat, so use it on a daily basis.
#Philanthropy: Want to find out, or spread awareness of, someone who’s doing good? #Philanthropy it is.
#Charity: Similar to philanthropy, but charity focuses more on organizational work.
#Fundraising: Need ideas and help growing donors and funding? Check out this hashtag (and this story on using Twitter to raise funds).
#Poverty: Use this tag to call awareness to, and monitor, stories of those in need.
#ClimateChange: Concerned over the upcoming United Nations climate meeting in Copenhagen? Show your support for climate action by using and following this tag (#GlobalWarming works too).
#Health: Into helping medicinal causes? Make sure to put the #health tag on your list.
Did I miss an important hashtag that you use? Comment it below for all to see!
Contributor Profile: Tristan
Tristan is a social change advocate, writer and social media do gooder. He has worked with Ashoka and Best Buy promoting social entrepreneurship and responsibility.
Twitter: @writerpollock
You might also like
 |
 |
 |
 |
Not sure whether this counts, but #humantrafficking is a tag many use frequently.
We have been trying to promote the use of #tech4mf standing for technology for microfinance.
Love it! Thanks for adding.
Yeah, I've seen Grameen Foundation (@mifos) use this hashtag fairly often. Thanks ishpop!
Add #prize4sc prize for social change – great for all those competitions and biz plan awards for social ventures.
And Beth Kanter's blog post on hashtags for nonprofits.
I'd like to add:
#aidwork (obvious) and
#hum (for humanitarian relief issues)
Thanks jfinlayson! #prize4sc will be great to follow for innovative social enterprises. Here is Beth's Link: http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2009/08/what...
Cheers,
Erik
I wonder how you might have missed #socent10, for the annual conference on social enterprise. Check it out!
Thanks Timo!
Good list, thanks for compiling! #SocEnt came out of a conversation with @AshokaTweets, @SocialEdge and others to come up with a top-level tag for social entrepreneurship we could all use. “Social entrepreneurship” is clearly too long to be compatible with Twitter, hence #SocEnt.
I would add #4Change to the list – short for “social media 4 change” this is a monthly chat (2nd Thursday of each month, 5-7pm US EST) but is also used to share relevant news and links between each chat.
#BOP – Bottom of the Pyramid
#Aid – International Aid
We often use #socialadvertising (which is something completely different than social media advertising)
Gracias!
Thanks Tom for the background info. We'll update the article!
Thanks Donnie! #BOP has some great tweets
Hi Marc, very cool twist to advertising. Are you apart of osocio.org?
would like it if you used #climate instead of #climatechange and #green or #eco instead of #envirnoment Tweets with hashtags that are too long are harder to RT because they require a lot of editing. Keep your hashtags short! This is important in social media especially for campaigns
Great point! I think both versions of the tweets (ie #climatechange or #climate) depending on the user's familiarity with twitter and the context. We'll include your hashtags when we update the article.
Thanks!
Yep, I am. Promoting the term Social Advertising is part of our strategy
#socialadvertising
Perfect! We'll include the hashtag in version 2.0 of the post.
[...] 20 Twitter Hashtags for Social Entrepreneurs, Nonprofits and Activists (tags: twitter tools socialmedia) [...]
#hunger Use this tag to call awareness to, and monitor, hunger issues both domestically and internationally!!
#BOP for base of the pyramid is also quite active. Thanks for the great post!
I tweet news about #humanrights, #socialmedia (some say #SoMe) and sometimes #globalhealth and #hcsm (health care social media), as well as my views on #nonprofit communications best practices. — Jonathan Hutson (@jonhutson)
And #cop15 and #copenhagen are being used for the UN Climate Conference going on right now.
Thanks for all the great additions!
[...] Original Post from @writerpollock Share this article: [...]
[...] Original Post from @writerpollock Share this article: [...]
do you have any hashtag ideas about THIS article? http://www.socialearth.org/20-twitter-hashtags-...
do you have any hashtag ideas about THIS article? http://www.socialearth.org/20-twitter-hashtags-...
[...] Twitter在过去的一年中给我们的信息获取渠道带来了巨大的改变，对于活跃在Twitter上的人而言，Twitter已经成为一个重要的信息来源，而且因为这些信息已经经过了人工的过滤，往往值得一读。在Twitter中使用#标签（hashtag）是一种常用的信息分类方式，SocialEarth整理出以下20个在社会企业与非营利领域常用的#标签，你可以搜索这些标签来发现新闻，值得关注的Twitter用户。如果你希望自己的推能被同道中人关注的话，也可以使用这些标签来标注你的推文。 [...]
in french you could follow #ESS for “Economie Sociale et Solidaire”
Well , the view of the passage is totally correct louis vuitton Jewelry ,your details is really reasonable and you guy give us valuable informative post, I totally agree the standpoint of upstairs. I often surfing on this forum when I m free and I find there are so much good information we can learn in this forum!