Tweet all about it!@LucyTeece

@EGranger90

@Altea_Lorenzo

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1. Get tweeting

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@LucyTeece

Why should you tweet?

• To learn to communicate about your work/research in an informal manner

• To network broadly with oyour discipline’s communityoother disciplines othe general public

• To discuss stats/data science

• To increase the impact of your work

• It’s fun!

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Twitter dictionary

• Handle

• Hashtag

• Tweet

• Thread

• Retweet

• Quote

• DM

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Who to follow? Individual accounts

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Who to follow? Institutions/Societies accounts & conference hashtags

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YSS account @statsyss

Interact & follow us!

o To feel part of the community

o To engage with other young

statisticians/data scientists

o To learn about our events

o To let us know about your

events and achievements!

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#YSSreporter

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Who to follow? RSS local groups and sections/SIGs

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Who to follow? Diversity groups

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How to engage?

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First Twitter experienceDon’t be an egg!

1. Add a picture + info

2. Send your welcome message

3. Start following others!

4. Organise lists of followees for focus

5. Comment on other people’s tweets

6. Retweet other people’s tweets

7. Repeat 3-6NOW, LET’S GIVE IT A TRY!

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Step by step

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2. Spice up your tweets!

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Engage your audience through…

•Attractive visuals (GIFS, cartoons, emojis)

• Interactive tools (polls)

•Live videos

•Moments

•Ask questions

• Intervene in other people’s discussions

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Emoji

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GIF

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Polls

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Cartoon avatarhttps://www.bitmoji.com/

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Live videos and moments

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Tweet deckhttps://tweetdeck.twitter.com/

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Twitter analyticshttps://analytics.twitter.com/

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3. Write your own tweetorial

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Aim of threads and tweetorials

•Publicise yourself, an event…

•Summarise your paper

•Discuss a topic you’re particularly interested in

•Teach a specific technique

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Conclusions #RiseStatsTwitter• Twitter is a powerful tool

• Other people can benefit from your contribution

• Short threads (~8)

• A mix of a few:o Fun (jokes, gifs, pictures ,videos)o Interactives (polls/book clubs/links etc)

• Consider diversity & inclusion

• Links:

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A beautiful example

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“This attempt to replicate and decipher someone else's research has gotten way more attention”

#epibookclub

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Engaging structure

• Hook

• Keep the suspense

• Counter

• Limit length

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Image credits: Matt Vanderberg

Hook

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Keep the suspense

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Climax

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Falling action

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Resolution

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Thank you!@LucyTeece

@EGranger90

@Altea_Lorenzo

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