why use twitter?a slideshare presentation

by lauren pressley

that’s a common question lately

…with no easy

answer…

twitter is different for different people

a place to hang out

stay online throughout the day:

• find out what people are thinking about

• learn what your friends do in moments of down time

• laugh at brand-new memes• share photos and blog posts

in real time

a place to meet people

lots of people use twitter!

• old friends

• classmates

• colleagues

• family

• potential friends

a place to network

follow colleagues!

• find out what’s going on in colleagues’ work lives

• share ideas and brainstorm

• find out who will be at conferences

• find people to co-present or write with

a human search engine

add enough people and you have your own search engine!

• ask for recommendations on products

• ask if people have tried your idea

• ask for input for presentations

a window to what people are thinking

twitter has a tracking feature that lets you see what people are saying about your topic of interest!

track a word like “library” and see every time the word is mentioned!

a way to bridge internet and phone

you can see your messages on the internet and on your phone!

• see family members and close friends on your phone and everyone else on the web

• if you’ll be away from the web, you can get all your tweets on your phone

standard rates do apply

a place to experiment

twitter is still fairly new, you can come up with new uses!

• try an account for marketing purposes

• see how it works for business communications

• see if you think the text message feature is useful

• share your successes with the twitter community!

what could it be for you?

you’ll have to give it a go to find out!

photo credits• Question:

http://flickr.com/photos/mworrell/266913194

• Rubic’s cube: http://flickr.com/photos/bitterlysweet/33358201/

• London: http://flickr.com/photos/olivierclaurent/764482764/

• Cheers bar: http://flickr.com/photos/itodd76/750818704/

• Meet: http://flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/253927535/

• Network: http://flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/194769725/

• Human Search Engine: http://flickr.com/photos/c2k2e/108326319/

• Windows: http://flickr.com/photos/marioraffin/368414252/

• Internet & phone: http://flickr.com/photos/daviddmuir/407164501/

• Experiment: http://flickr.com/photos/malingering/1337570468/

• Lady: http://flickr.com/photos/meredithfarmer/464784222/

• Twitter whale: http://flickr.com/photos/injelea/2116719153/