JFS Recognized As One Of Top 25 Most Influential Jewish Organizations on Twitter

With its recent rise in popularity, especially among celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Ashton Kutcher, Lance Armstrong, and many others, you may have heard of Twitter, but may not understand what it is.

According to Tweeternet.com, Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that allows you answer the question, "What are you doing?" by sending short text messages 140 characters in length, called "tweets," to your friends, or "followers."

JFS has a Twitter account, JFS_Colo, which is updated several times per week about upcoming JFS programs and events. We also use Twitter as a way to have conversations by replying to followers who ask questions or make comments relevant to JFS. We post and "retweet" interesting articles, facts, or statistics as well. We have also incorporated Twitter into our blog, so visitors can see our stream of tweets.

We were recently recognized by JTA as one of the top 25 most influential Jewish organizations among hundreds of Twitter accounts tweeting content of Jewish and/or Israel-related interest. We are proud to be the only organization chosen from Colorado honored with this award.

If you are on Twitter, please follow JFS_Colo. We definitely want to use this vehicle to have two-way communication with our friends and supporters and to help us build an online community.

--Alaina Green and Kari Alpen, JFS Marketing Department