twitter for beginners march 2016 st george's, university of london library
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YiWen HonLiaison Support Librarian
Ka-Ming PangWebsite and Promotions Librarian
Getting started with
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Today’s aims: • Explore Twitter and how it works
• Learn how Twitter can be used in an academic and professional context
• Use the basic Twitter functions and create a profile.
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What is Twitter?An online social networking service Users send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets". Registered users can read and post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them.
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Anatomy of a Tweet
Reply Retweet
Favourite
The Tweeter #Hashtag
@Mention
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Is My Tweet Private?All tweets are searchable.If you make your account private, only people you follow can see your tweets.
People may take a screenshot of your tweet
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Activity break1. Set up your twitter account if you
haven’t already2. Explore settings – Account, Security
and Privacy, Notifications3.Follow @sgullibrary and 2 other
accounts4. Send your first tweet!5. Send us a tweet @sgullibrary6. Retweet a tweet7. Delete a tweet
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Why use Twitter?
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Newsfeed
Twitter is fast paced and collates a lot of content in one place.
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Conversationsand networking
Twitter is a great opportunity to discuss ideas and communicate with others.
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Reach a wider audience
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Tweet Chats: scheduled discussions that take place on Twitter using hashtags to unify the conversation.
#wenurses #wedocs
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Follow events you can’t attendwww.symplur.com lists useful medical conference hashtags
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So, why use Twitter?
There can be perceived risks that you might want to consider before jumping
straight in…
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Hashtag #Fail#Susanalbumparty Professionalism
(2016) ‘Doctor posted expletive-filled Twitter rants about patients, tribunal hears’, The Guardian, 1 March.
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Guidance is available
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Social Media Guidelines
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Bad tweet…
Good tweet…
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Bad tweet…
Good tweet…
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Activity breakFill in your Twitter profile
- Choose a picture- Add a short bio- Find more people to follow
Any questions?
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Discussion/Questions
YiWen Hon - [email protected]
How do you think you will use Twitter?
Ka-Ming Pang - [email protected]
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Image attribution Blackboard background: Flickr user pareeerica https://www.flickr.com/photos/pareeerica/5886916180 Twitter bird background: Flickr user eldh https://www.flickr.com/photos/eldh/5858249526/Newspaper: Flickr user hpnlhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/hpnl/7558295184Paper conversation bubbles: Flickr user marcwathieuhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/marcwathieu/2979581445/Network cables: Flickr user brunogirinhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/brunogirin/73014722/Theatre audience: Flickr user sean_fragahttps://www.flickr.com/photos/sean_fraga/20308525/Music festival audience: Flickr user exitfestivalhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/exitfestival/7558405418/Cinema billboard: Photofuniahttps://photofunia.com/Why not truck: Flickr user petereedhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/petereed/496392956
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Acknowledgements
With thanks to Ruth Jenkins, Librarian at Prospect Park Hospital, Berkshire, for sharing advice and training materials.
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SGUL Social Media Guide
The St George’s, University of London guide to using social media – http://bit.ly/1KfpFPG (SGUL username and password is needed to access this page)