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Twitter – a tool to research, communicate, and connect
Boost your professional brand(and personal brand too)
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What is Twitter? More than 1,000,000,000 users with 300,000,000 active monthly
Micro-Micro Blogging – Just Do It! On ramp to Content Creation Quick and Easy – Quick and Dirty Super Text Msg
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What is a Tweet?
No more than 140 charactersCan include links and picturesSubstance over style – this is not literature, don't be shy
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Who Tweets?
University of Namibia @unam_na Polytechnic Namibia @PolytechNam Namibia: Ministry of Environment and Tourism @STROOP Save the rhino: @savetherhino Giraffe Conservation Foundation: @Save_Giraffe Etosah National Park: @EtoshaPark Botanic Gardens Conservation International: @BGCI International Union for Conservation of Nature @IUCN Finnish Embassy Namibia @FinEmbWindhoek
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PromotedTweet
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What to Tweet?
InterestingRemarkableRelevant to an audience you care aboutListen first – Tweet later
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How to Tweet?
Twitter.comWeb Portals – tweetdeckPC App/Client – Hootsuite, Twhurl Smart Phone app – Echofon, twitter, tweedle
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Easy to use on your phone.
Snap Comment Post
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Search Box
If you find a Tweet, worth sharing. Share A.K.A. Retweet
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Professional or Personal or One of Each ?
You can have more than one account
Don't mix business with pleasure (too often)
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HashTags
Retweet
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Don't need a computer
Can use smart phone app
Twitter can be as it's happening, even in the field
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Possible Plan:
Sign up for a free account
Search Twitter for topics or people of interest
Follow any you like – some may follow back
Listen for ideas, events, news
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Possible Plan (continued):
Retweet or reply
Start tweeting about your research, lab or field work, analysis
Ask questions
Spend a few, and only a few, minutes per day
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