50 Young Nonprofit Influencers You Should Be Following on Twitter

July 19, 2010 | Now Generation Leadership, Personal Branding, Social Media

Ever since I was acknowledged as one of the Top 25 Online Influencers in Leadership, I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership, personal branding and online influence as it relates to Generation Y, Generation X, and young professionals in general. One of my dear readers emailed me over the weekend to say it was wonderful “to not only see a person of color, but a young person of color” on the list. I’m glad she said it because I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking about how the web levels the playing field in any niche, regardless of age.

Especially on Twitter.

Here I am again, #14 on this list of the 25 most influential nonprofit tweeters, ranked by WeFollow. And while it’s great to be able to measure online influence in these two very concrete ways, my focus is on a different kind of ROI.

The return on online impact. Sure, the more visible I am, the more opportunities I have to get hired and make money. More important to me, though is that I’m better able to use my voice to bring attention to issues that I care about, like racial justice and career empowerment for young people. Best of all, I’m able to showcase the stories of so many other unsung leaders working for social change.

While I may be one of the most visible in the online space, there are many other young nonprofit leaders and social change agents out there on the Internetz that are not only leading the way to make the world a better place, but influencing others to do the same. They are the rockstars of today and tomorrow. Follow them. Follow us. We’re going places. And trust me, you want to come with.

50 Young Nonprofit Influencers You Should Be Following on Twitter

Here’s the full list in a handy dandy format that you can auto-follow simply by clicking “select all” at the top and then entering your Twitter name at the bottom.

P.S. I spent a lot of time compiling this list, so please do me a favor and spread it far and wide. Thank you. And you’re welcome.

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Adrianne R.

Thanks for including me on the list and for consistently providing thought-provoking content!
Tangia Al-awaji Estrada

Thanks for the mention. But most of all thanks for not being afraid to be a voice. Too many people afraid to speak up and talk about things that really matter.