I know it’s poor manners to toot your own horn. That’s why we’ve been so grateful for the attention we’ve received in the last year on Twitter. Our good friend, current consultant, and former Social Media Guru of The 1010 Project Tim Brauhn noted some of the highlights:

1. The 1010 Project came in 1st (disclaimer: it was an alphabetical list! ) on Lon Cohen’s list of “26 Charities on Twitter“, which attracted a lot of attention (and followers) on Mashable in April. We were in very, very good company on that list.

2. Follow Fridays have been good to the organization this year. We are regularly grouped into #FF tweets with other luminaries like charity:water, Save the Children, and the National Wildlife Federation.

3. Yasamin Beitollahi, a marketing strategist and Huffington Post blogger, included The 1010 Project in her “Tis the Season for Charitable Giving: 7 Extraordinary Nonprofits on Twitter“. Some of the other luminaries? LIVESTRONG, Habitat for Humanity, and Susan G. Komen For the Cure.

Tim then notes that “compared to these other nonprofits, The 1010 Project lags behind in almost every conceivable dimension,” but that we’ve earned our audience through being “genuine,” not worrying about ROI but about relationships.

Again, since it is poor manners to toot your own horn, I will address the only GLARING OMISSION from Tim’s article. Our success is directly connected to the skills and passion of people like Tim Brauhn, and staff like Mark Mann.

You can’t help everyone, but you can help someone

Whether your skills are with social media, stocks and bonds, or swinging a hammer, your support of humanitarian organizations helps them achieve incredible things. As 2010 approaches, is there a charitable organization you can support through the gift of your expertise?