Using Twitter Clients to Participate in Twitter Chats

Derek L. McCoy, Principal

• Participating in Twitter Chats is a great way to connect to

experts and practicing

professionals, and learn

better, next level practices

• Selecting and utilizing the right tools help make a great

chat experience

• This quick tutorial shows some

best practices and strategies

for using two Twitter clients,

Hootsuite and Tweetdeck, to

participate in chats

Both tools enable the user to:

• View different columns of

information

• Single in on Twitter chats and

hashtags

Hootsuite

• Set up your Hootsuite account

• Columns for Mentions, DM and your Home Feed

are automatically set up for you

• Selecting ‘+Add Stream’, enables you to add new

columns for preset streams, Searches [this is where

you add hashtags] and search for keywords and

lists you have made]

Tweetdeck

• Set up your Tweetdeck account

• Columns for Mentions, DM and your Home Feed

are automatically set up for you

• Selecting ‘+’ Button enables you to add new

columns for preset streams

• ‘Search’ is where you add hashtags

Reorganize Your Columns

• Rearrange your columns so that you can view

your DMs, Mentions and the Hashtag Search on

the screen at the same time

• Seeing this information simultaneously will help

your chat experience

Reorganize Your Columns - Tweetdeck

• After you have created your columns, simply grab

the column header and position it where you would

like to place it

Reorganize Your Columns - Hootsuite

• After you have created your columns, select the

drop down menu

• From here you will get the option to move columns

either left or right imply grab the column header

and position it where you would like to place it

• Managing your inflow of information helps your learning and absorption

• You can always review, slow, or stop the flow of information by using the tracking arrow to the right

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