Twitter 201You, too, can be a twit…

Anatomy of a tweet

Twitter, Twitter, how do I use thee? Let me count the ways…

To lurk Following other news

orgs/gov’t/businesses Scanning local tweets

for bits of news

Twitter, Twitter, how do I use thee? Let me count the ways…

To lurk Following other news

orgs/gov’t/businesses Scanning local tweets

for bits of news To search

Monitor breaking news

Look for keywords on your beat

Twitter, Twitter, how do I use thee? Let me count the ways…

1-way communication Updates (text/photo) Links to your work

(RSS) Teasing your work

Twitter, Twitter, how do I use thee? Let me count the ways…

1-way communication Updates (text/photo) Links to your work

(RSS) Teasing your work

2-way communication Asking questions @replies and RTs Sending Twtvites,

Twtpolls #FollowFriday

Getting the bird out

Getting the bird out

Getting the bird out

Getting the bird out

To tweet, or not to tweet…?

News stories or blog posts

To tweet, or not to tweet…?

News stories or blog posts Questions about topics you’re

working on

To tweet, or not to tweet…?

News stories or blog posts Questions about topics you’re

working on Traffic conditions you encounter

To tweet, or not to tweet…?

News stories or blog posts Questions about topics you’re

working on Traffic conditions you encounter Breaking news

To tweet, or not to tweet…?

News stories or blog posts Questions about topics you’re

working on Traffic conditions you encounter Breaking news Conference or event

To tweet, or not to tweet…?

News stories or blog posts Questions about topics you’re

working on Traffic conditions you encounter Breaking news Conference or event Interesting things you find on the

Web

To tweet, or not to tweet…?

News stories or blog posts Questions about topics you’re working

on Traffic conditions you encounter Breaking news Conference or event Interesting things you find on the Web Recreational tweets

Follow up

@CDCFlu @IowaABD @BreakingNews @WQAD @KWQCNews @WOC1420am @Dispatch_Argus @ChuckGrassley @R_I_Schools

@IowaDOT @IowaHawkeyes @MojosRME @IsleCasinoBT @OneIowa @realdaytrotter @RIFD @iwirelessCenter @OHNewsroom

Questions?