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Dr Natalie HarrowerManager, Education and OutreachDigital Repository of Ireland Royal Irish Academy
Social Media …for Beginners
Social Media for Beginners
Today’s plan:
1.Let’s be social…without the media2.How do you use it? Conventions3.Overview of different platforms4.Let’s Tweet! Step-by-step
Social Media for Beginners
Conventions…
ways we use FACEBOOKSocial Media for Beginners
Overview of different platforms
Social Media for Beginners
Categories- Exists primarily as a social sharing platform- Specifically for sharing A/V- Scrapbooking/curating: - Websites/news sites with social media slant - Tools to manage accounts
Social Media for Beginners
Social Media for Beginners
Exists primarily as a social sharing
platform:
- Facebook- Twitter- LinkedIn- Google +
Specifically for sharing A/V- Youtube
- Vimeo
- Slideshare
- Instagram/Flickr
Social Media for Beginners
Scrapbooking/curating:
- Scoop.it
- Paper.li
- Storify.comSocial Media for Beginners
Websites/news sites with social media slant - boingboing.net
- reddit.com
- journal.ie
Social Media for Beginners
Tools to manage accounts:
- Hootsuite- Tweetdeck- URL shorteners, etc. bit.lyhttp://friendorfollow.com/ http://www.tweriod.com/,
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TwitterSocial Media for Beginners
Basics of Twitter
- 140 characters max- short lifespan of a tweet- use @username to tag someone- use #keyword to contribute to a topic
Social Media for Beginners
Twitter social conventions- Engage with users directly through @
- Develop a twitter personality, and balance ‘serious’ stuff with lighter tweets- alter the times of day you post- Direct tweets back to your website
Social Media for Beginners
Example: from ok to better!• Example: I find an article that is relevant to my project, but that also gets
people thinking. E.g. Article in Guardian about how to use the word ‘data’ – plural only, or singular?
a. First try, post the link:
b. Add the title so people know what the link refers to:
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Example: from ok to better!c. Shorten the link to make it cleaner: d. Ask a question:
e. Use # to tag some key topics: f. Tag someone to elicit their response (great way to make
friends)
Social Media for Beginners
Thanks!Questions or suggestions for future
workshops: [email protected]
– or better – @dri_ireland
Social Media for Beginners