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Best Hour of Learning?
Twitter Chats!
Sheila Scarborough / @SheilaS
Social Media Tulsa 2013Founder, #awcchat
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What We'll Cover What IS a chat? A few Twitter basics Finding Twitter chats How to participate in a chat Starting a Twitter chat yourself Q & A
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Twitter is NOT about
what you had for lunch
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Let's review some Twitter terminology
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@
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@ = A Twitter name, or Twitter handle
@SMTulsaCheryl
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@TravelOK
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#
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# = hashtags for Twitter chats, or a hashtagged word on Twitter
#builtheritage
#assnchat
#tourismchat
#agchat
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Interest-based hashtags may or may not also be a chat.
#eventprofs
#TBEX
#FriFotos
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Twitter Chat How-To Basics
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Twitter Chat Basics Most chats last one hour (fast!) Consistent time & day Most are series of discussion items:
host tweets have Q1, Q2, etc. Answer tweets usually A1, A2, etc. Host has associated chat blog,
Facebook Page or website
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Finding a chat
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Finding relevant chats Do a search string
"Gardening Twitter chat OR hashtag"
"Birding Twitter chat" "Muscle car chat on Twitter"
New TweetReports resource at http://tweetreports.com/twitter-chat-schedule/
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Some chats for you #blogchat – bloggers – follow @MackCollier
Sundays, 8 – 9 pm CST
#nptalk – nonprofits – follow @NPtalk 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 2 – 3 pm CST
#designchat – creatives – follow @designchat Wednesdays, 8 – 9 pm CST
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Some chats for you #PR20chat – modern PR – follow @pr20chat
Tuesdays, 8 – 9 pm EST
#SoloPR – solo PR folks – follow @SoloPR Wednesdays, 1 – 2 pm EST
#brandchat – brand managers – follow @brandchat
Wednesdays, 11am – 12pm EST
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Participating in a Twitter chat
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Show up!
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Getting Started on Twitter
Open a Twitter account Thoroughly fill out your profile/bio Do link to your
website/blog/something Have a photo – no one trusts the
Egg People!
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Chat Etiquette Lurking is fine at first Contributions & participation are MUCH
appreciated by chat hosts Stay on topic Don't be all about you & your links Help bring people to the chat & later, to
the transcript
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Twitter Chat Tools Twitter Search: search.twitter.com Dashboards like TweetDeck & HootSuite TweetChat: tweetchat.com/@TweetChat Twitter smartphone apps Transcript tools like Chirpstory & Storify
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Starting Your Own Chat Thought leadership It's crowded out there! Give it a home (website, blog, Facebook
Page) Pick a time that works for you Pick topics for at least 8 – 10 chats Participation can be tough nut
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Photo Credits What's for lunch
(JohnSeb Flickr)
Chats on anything (Colorful pencils via Rilind Hoxha Flickr)
Sheila & phone (courtesy Hawaii Social Media Summit & Justin R. Dotson on Facebook)
Two-rocket launch (jurvetson Flickr)
Tools (InvernoDreaming Flickr)
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ThanksVery
Much!
Q&A
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