wgg & social media
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Working Group on Working Group on GirlsGirls
Exploring New Exploring New Heights:Heights:
Social Media Social Media
WGG Media OutletsWGG Media Outlets
44 million Americans
Young girls involvement
4 million people
Age Cohort of 35 to 54 year olds grew 60 percent in the 2009 (NYTimes) Text Messages
FACEBOOK OVERVIEWFACEBOOK OVERVIEW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_J5fejCXU
PURPOSE PURPOSE
TWITTER TWITTER
Member Site Purpose:*Logistics* Room Changes * Event Calendar
Public Site* Communication * Collaboration * Information
PERKSPERKS
PRECAUTIONSPRECAUTIONS
Setting Up Twitter for updates during work hoursSetting Up Twitter for updates during work hours
Twitter is a “status update” or “micro-blogging” Twitter is a “status update” or “micro-blogging” tool that allows users to post messages with a tool that allows users to post messages with a maximum of 140 characters. Anyone that follows maximum of 140 characters. Anyone that follows you on twitter will than see your “tweet” which you on twitter will than see your “tweet” which can also be sent to any of your twitter followers can also be sent to any of your twitter followers cell phones through SMS, it also means your cell phones through SMS, it also means your followers can re-tweet your message to all their followers can re-tweet your message to all their followers.followers.
Set up an application for Twitter. Set up an application for Twitter.
PROFESSIONALISM PROFESSIONALISM Watch your P’s & Watch your P’s &
Q’sQ’sBe careful about Be careful about
mixing business with mixing business with pleasurepleasure
Follow but don’t Follow but don’t expect to be followedexpect to be followed
Don’t try to Don’t try to “market” on Twitter; “market” on Twitter;
try to “share” insteadtry to “share” insteadUse a multiple Use a multiple
Twitter account client Twitter account client to manage your to manage your
accounts.accounts.
Acknowledgements:Acknowledgements:
Questions: Mary Jo Ryan: [email protected]
Steph Wolfe: [email protected]