Personal learning project tweet chats

Jamie Johansen

COM 509/609 – Personal Learning Project

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•  Or “Twitter Party”

•  More than an organized chaos tweet session.

•  A live discussion that happens on Twitter.

•  Tweets in the discussion thread are identified by a common hashtag. •  #agchat

•  #nptech

•  #PRChat

•  #SmallBizChat

•  A simple way to get tweeps together at a determined time to talk about a pre-determined subject.

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•  Find hashtags you are interested in •  Hashtag.it

•  Hashtags.org

•  Just Google it •  Google.doc

•  The 12 Most…

•  Follow organizations or people with similar interests. Chances are they involved in chats you would like too.

* •  You can follow a chat from your timeline on Twitter, but it is easy to

lose the thread of the conversation and miss out on tweets.

•  Hosting sites that automatically add the hashtag to your tweet: •  Tweetchat.com

•  TwebEvent.com

•  Twubs.com

•  Twitterfall.com

•  Tweetgrid.com

•  You can also follow hashtags on Tweetdeck and Hootsuite. Simply search for the hashtag and tweets with that hashtag will appear.

* •  Pre-determined time •  Tweet chats have a set time. •  Weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly

•  They are typically between 1 and 2 hours in length.

•  Moderator/Leader •  Sets agenda

•  Guides the discussion

•  Ask questions

•  Keeps the conversation going

•  Format •  Single Topic Questions

•  Multi-Topic Questions

•  Topic Free Questions

•  Free Flow

•  Guest – Q&A with free flow Q&A at the end

•  Open Q&A

* *  Introduce yourself, your connection to topic, affiliation, etc., even if you come

in late. * Always use the hashtags associated with the tweet chat. * Stay on topic or “respect the chat” as some like to say. * Watch for questions to be posed by moderator. * Use the questions number (ie: Q1, Q2…) in advance of your response so that

people trying to follow the conversation later can identify what you are responding to. * Learn the tool you will be using prior to tweet chat.

* Tweetchat tutorial * Don’t forget tweets are public.

Techsoup.org

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•  Groupthink •  Occurs when highly cohesive groups fail to consider alternatives that may

effectively resolve group dilemmas.

•  Theorists contend that group members frequently think similarly and are reluctant to share unpopular or dissimilar ideas with others.

•  When this occurs, groups prematurely make decisions, some of which can have lasting consequences. 

* •  Tweet chats are formed so groups of people with like interests can come

together to: •  ask questions

•  answer questions

•  form opinions

•  share opinions

•  gather ideas

•  When this happens doors are opened for highly opinionated and dominate people to control what the group thinks about a certain topic.

•  This could lead to changing or molding your opinions on an issue that might not have happened if other opinions were allowed.

•  Basic peer pressure.

Let’s avoid Groupthink •  Follow rules set by moderator

•  Be polite and considerate of others opinion •  Remember you can leave the chat anytime you want

•  Techsoup.org - http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/b/tsblog/archive/2011/11/15/how-to-run-a-tweet-chat.aspx

•  Janetfouts.com - http://janetfouts.com/how-to-participate-in-a-tweet-chat/

•  Banyanbranch.com - http://www.banyanbranch.com/social-blog/tweet-chats-101/

•  Pammarketingnut.com - http://www.pammarketingnut.com/2011/06/tweet-chats-101-41-success-tips-for-moderators-participants-guests/#

•  12most.com - http://12most.com/2011/06/10/12-stimulating-twitter-chats/

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