Twitter and other social media #TERENA. Twitter: from buzz to mass medium.

Twitter and other social media#TERENA

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Twitter: from buzz to mass medium


What it is all about


Twitter in context (1/3)

- Social


Twitter in context (2/3)- Work (Maxime Verhagen is the Dutch minister of

foreign affairs)


Twitter in context (3/3)

- News


Some other examples…


What is true?Dutch writer shows a picture of himself to prove it’s really him


Twitter-basics

- Tweet: A message on twitter- Followers: People that follow your account- Following: People you follow - DM: direct message (tweet begins with D ‘space’

username)- Reply: an answer to another Twitter-user begins

with @username - RT: retweet: used to indicate that you are

forwarding a Twitter message

- Remember: you only have 140 characters. This includes usernames, RT etc. etc. So try using short names!


Using Twitter

- Web: www.twitter.com- Tweetdeck- Powertwitter, Twitterfox (add-ons)- Mobile

- Search: search.twitter.com- Hashtags (#event)


Showing Tweets

- Twitterfountain- Coveritlive- Tweetgrid- Widgets (via Twitter.com)- Twitterfall- Tweetchannel

- Meer tools: http://twitter.com/downloads


Do’s and don’ts

- Show that the account is used by a person (photo, link)

- Update your account on a regular basis- Respond to what other people write, but remember

that you are in a public place: maybe other media are more appropriate for what you want to discuss.

- Be polite;-)


What could/should an NREN do with Twitter?

- Forward your newsletter to Twitter- Monitor what other people are saying about you?- Information on (network-)problems?- Helpdesk?- Reporting on events?- Provide information on how to use the medium for

employees


Who to follow? (in Dutch…)

- @surfnet- @surfspotnl- @kennisnet- @surfdiensten- @fairyharry (Harriet Damen)- And others

In Holland there is a guide which lists Twitter-users; it has a uk, be, de and com version as well:

- www.twittergids.nl


Some clips:

- Twouble with Twitters- The Twitter Global Mind- How to Use Twitter Hashtags


Other useful links

- http://usernamecheck.com/ (checks the availability of usernames on loads of platforms)- Social media in numbers- What the f**k is social media?- Use case Dell

Twitter and other social media #TERENA. Twitter: from buzz to mass medium.

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