2012 AFS Osborne-Gowey Twitter For Scientists

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Twitter for scientists - the ins and outs, whys and how. With some tips and useful links. Additional information and useful links at the end of the talk. Talk given by Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey during a special Science Communication session of the 2012 American Fisheries Society annual meeting, St. Paul, MN, August 19-23. http://afs2012.org/

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For Scientists

Twitter: @JeremiahOsGoFeather River Consulting / OSU

Email: jeremiahosbornegowey@gmail.com

The changing face of science communication

Late to the party?

• Platform for public conversation

• 140 character messages

• Social network channel

• Best thing since…• End of…

Why use it?

• Conversation• Community

Why use it?

• Conversation• Community• News

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1844/poll-main-source-national-international-news-internet-television-newspapers

Why use it?

• Conversation• Community• News

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1844/poll-main-source-national-international-news-internet-television-newspapers

http://www.schools.com/visuals/social-media-news.html

Why use it?

• Conversation• Community• News• Crowd-sourcing

Why use it?

• Conversation• Community• News• Crowd-sourcing

http://scifundchallenge.org/

2009-2010 RangeProjected Range

See Tweet Map & Compare

Dr. Mary Z. Fuka • EnPhysica LLC • @MzPhyz • MZFuka@EnPhysica.Com

Why use it?

• Conversation• Community• News• Crowd-sourcing• Amplification

http://www.jmir.org/2011/4/e123/

Why use it?

• Conversation• Community• News• Crowd-sourcing• Amplification

http://www.jmir.org/2011/4/e123/

Why use it?

• Conversation• Community• News• Crowd-sourcing• Amplification

http://www.jmir.org/2011/4/e123/

http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj-journals-development-blog/2012/01/06/twimpact-factors-can-tweets-really-predict-citations/

What to tweet?

What to tweet?

What to tweet?

• Relevant news• Info (links)• Research and the

caveats• Opinions (seriously)• Culture• Anything you typically

discuss in conversation

When to tweet?

Tweet tips

• Know your audience• Identify main messages/key themes• Find/follow users with similar interests• Create/utilize lists• Favorite tweets• Filter (using a third-party twitter app)• Active participation – ENGAGE!

Twitter: @JeremiahOsGoEmail: jeremiahosbornegowey@gmail.com

www.SlideShare.net/JeremiahOsGo

Quick Tips

• Profile (pic,bio,link)

Useful Links

• Analyze– TweetCharts– Twitalyzer– TweetReach– TweetArchivist– TweetStats

• Influence– Klout– PeerIndex

Additional links (from talk)

• Live autotweet tools for PowerPoint talks– SAP2.0 Twitter-PPT tools

Twitter explained

Twitter how to: following

Twitter how to: followers

Twitter how to: favorites

Twitter how to: lists

Why use it?

• Conversation• Community

Why use it?

• Conversation• Community

Twitter: tweet locations

http://www.mapmyfollowers.com/

Twitter: live conference updates

Influence

Influence

http://www.peerindex.com

Twitter metrics: sentiment

From Sentiment140.com.

Twitter metrics: reach

Twitter: StreamGraph

Wordle

• Wordle– AmFisheriesSoc

Twitter uses – jobs!