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A short presentation to library building heads introducing Twitter and Yammer.
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?Twitter and Yammer demystified
Jim McCluskey
a couple of my favorite tweets
King County News Blog
Changing our speed
March 13, 2009 ·
“The results were received in about an hour and are a validation of what
we thought: we need to be working at new speed to give you the
information you need and want.”
What is Twitter?
..one of the fastest growing phenomena on the
Internet
New York Times 4/22/2007
Twitter is
a complete waste of time.
Darren Rowse ProBlogger 6/6/2008
Twitter is
Twitter basics
Brief messages 140 characters or less
Twitter is not a chat
It’s about people (followers and following)
Don’t protect your tweets*
*you can change your mind later
web, desktop, or smart phone
There are many ways to tweet
Twitter tips
Who’s on Twitter?
Movers & shakers in your community
Corporations
Government officials & agencies
Early adopters
Basically everyone
Make a good first impression
Icons, backgrounds, biographies
Have a plan even if it’s a sketchy one
Look for people to follow
Bloggers, WeFollow, your tweeps
Don’t follow spammers
Use a Twitter client on your desktop
Twhirl, Tweetdeck, Twuffer many others
Power tips
Twitter is the
world’s largest
social mixer.
Get more from conferences
Go backstage with hashtags #sxsw
Tweetups
Use Twitter as a monitoring tool
RSS feed
Yammer in less than a minute
Sno-Isle employees only
No message length limits
Groups
You can attach files
Good way to build connections, share information &
stay in touch
http://twitter.com /jpmccluskey
