getting started with twitter (6.8.13)
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Getting Started with Twitter is a class was designed for Masters and PhD students at the University of Otago, in preparation for the Otago University Twitter Conference #OUTweCon (22.08.13)TRANSCRIPT
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Getting started with Twitter
6/08/2013
Sarah Gallagher, Academic Liaison Librarian@sarahlibrarina
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Today’s session
• What is twitter• Who’s using it• Why thesis students find it helpful• Your online presence• Practical stuff – setting up a profile, tweeting,
links, hashtags, following, searching etc• OUTweCon rules and tips
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in the beginning
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
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Twitter beginnings
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl-FpuehWGA&feature=share&list=TLR6n-hL9WCac
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OZ v NZ - who’s using what
Source: http://www.adcorp.co.nz/Social-Media-Statistics-Feb-2013-Aust-NZ
Twitter = 380,000 (8.25%)
Facebook = 2,269,160 (50.89%)
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SM usage - Kiwis lead the way
Source: Dawson, Ross Analysis: US, Australia social network usage flat, New Zealand now the world’s biggest user of social networks? http://bit.ly/11CBfrL
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what do you want to learn today?
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Why is it awesome?
Source: https://twitter.com/thesiswhisperer/status/359516031733075968
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you … but online
• List five adjectives you’d want to be described as professionally.
• List five adjectives you’d never want to be described as professionally.
• Talk to your partner• Discuss as a group
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so, I’m online – what now?
• Who’s your audience?• What do they need to know?• What are you allowed to / should you share?• What’s interesting / relevant / important?• What are you passionate about?• What amazing thing did you do recently?• What small human moments can you share?• What have you got that they need ?
• Adapted from Geek Girls Design Camp https://www.geekgirlsguide.com/_asset/hy8wt9/Design-Camp.pdf [June 2012]
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doing it safely
• Personal v professional accounts
• Workplace / institutional practice / code of ethics
• Consider keeping separate services for personal and professional use
• Be a good communicator• Be responsive v reactive• Be open and honest • Own your mistakes Source: http://
www.flickr.com/photos/slayer23/2133360871
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lets get on with it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkP8riJvau8
www.twitter.com
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anatomy of a profile
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setting up
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anatomy of a tweet
Source: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/06/anatomy-of-tweet-must-see-guide-for.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=linkedin6/08/2013
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when someone follows you• To follow or not to follow?• What are your personal
inclusion/exclusion criteria?• Check them out (profile, pic,
what are they tweeting? …)• Are they interesting, spammy,
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when someone messages you (? / )
• Check them out (profile, pic, what are they tweeting? …)
• Spammy DMs / Trolls– Friend (follower) = hacked? – Foe = phishing?
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when someone messages you • Check them out (profile, pic …)• Spammy DMs / Trolls
– Friend = hacked? – Foe = phishing?– Troll = abuse
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2789916201
This is an example
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Tweet more – shorten your link
Use a link shortening service like http://bit.ly
Tip: If you create a bit.ly account it stores your links and collects stats on them too. Handy if you’re into that sort of thing …
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#hashtags
A way to classify, sort and find stuff (keywords)
• Let’s use #OUTwitterClass today when we tweet
• You’ll be using #OUTweCon on 22/8• What hashtags would be applicable in your
area?
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following
• Follow and send hello tweets to @sarahlibrarina, @OtagoGRS & @Otago
• Remember to include #OUTwitterClass• Now follow your classmates!• Send a tweet to your neighbour – include a
shortened link • Check out this list of previous #OUTweCon
participants http://bit.ly/1c4IGlS
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23OUTwitterClass&src=typd&mode=realtime
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searching
Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV_1xQ5mE1A
Think about • Who else is researching in your area?• What journals publish in your area?
Spend some time using the search function• Use the advanced search function
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#OUTweCon rules• 1. You must be a current University of Otago Thesis Candidate. • 2. Make sure to register your paper. You can do that here. • 3. Tweet your thesis in no more than 6 tweets. • 4. Each tweet should be numbered. • 5. Each tweet should end with #OUTweCon • 6. The first tweet should be the (working) title of your thesis. • 7. The final tweet should be your conclusion (to date). • 8. You can tweet a section of your thesis or the whole project, but aim to tell a
coherent (albeit brief) story about your research. • 9. You can include links to images, video, or bibliographical material. • 10. You cannot use a link to sneak in extra characters or to link to a longer
explanation of your research.
See examples of earlier OUTwecon here http://bit.ly/16Z3UuB
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Twitterfall – capture the tweet stream
Source: http://twitterfall.com
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what did you think?
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Reading / viewingGeek Girls Guide https://www.geekgirlsguide.com/designcamp/ Seven Degrees of Connectedness http://langwitches.org/blog/2012/06/07/seven-degrees-of-connectedness/Social media: a guide for researchers http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/social-media-guide-researchersThe Simple Twitter Book http://www.brentozar.com/twitter/book/Twitter Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TwitterTwitter Stories http://stories.twitter.com/ Twitter Support https://support.twitter.com/Tweet Your Science http://www.tweetyourscience.com Tweet your science launch and panel http://storify.com/sarahlibrarina/tweet-your-science-launch-and-panel-02-08-13-tweetUsing Twitter as an academic researcher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwzhg-FqPXgUsing Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities : a guide for academics and researchers http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/38489/1/Using_Twitter_in_university_research%2C_teaching_and_impact_activities_%28LSE_RO%29.pdf
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