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With the seventh NFPtweetup upon us, you should be well on your way to knowing what to expect. But how did it come about, and what are the highlights you may have missed?

We had a fantastic 6th NFPtweetup at Breast Cancer Care last Thursday (check our posterous for the briefest summary). So, before the night’s memories and #NFPtweetup mentions fade, I thought I’d try to capture the essence of it here.

Dear next beautiful intern,

Since today’s my last day at Beautiful World and you have yet to start work, this letter is the best way I could think of to do some kind of a handover to you.

I won’t be going through all the ins and outs of working here.

We have this wonderful intern. She’s bright, ruthlessly efficient, a real pleasure to have around.

She’s learned about fundraising and marketing, and loads about data analysis, since she’s been with us.

There’s only one problem: she’s leaving to do an MA.

We’re very excited about the third NFPTweetup tonight, which is hosted at Christian Aid in Waterloo.

There are plenty of people coming along from a wide range of charities and nonprofit organisations to learn how to use Twitter, and other social media, more effectively.

So here we are. Day three, since our official launch. Slightly breathless from it all. From the outset we knew we’d use social media for our “hello” to the world. As the zealots we are, how could we do anything else?