twitter for beginners march 2016 st george's, university of london library

YiWen HonLiaison Support Librarian

Ka-Ming PangWebsite and Promotions Librarian

Twitter

Getting started with

Today’s aims: • Explore Twitter and how it works

• Learn how Twitter can be used in an academic and professional context

• Use the basic Twitter functions and create a profile.

What is Twitter?An online social networking service Users send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets". Registered users can read and post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them.

Anatomy of a Tweet

Reply Retweet

Favourite

The Tweeter #Hashtag

@Mention

Is My Tweet Private?All tweets are searchable.If you make your account private, only people you follow can see your tweets.

People may take a screenshot of your tweet

Activity break1. Set up your twitter account if you

haven’t already2. Explore settings – Account, Security

and Privacy, Notifications3.Follow @sgullibrary and 2 other

accounts4. Send your first tweet!5. Send us a tweet @sgullibrary6. Retweet a tweet7. Delete a tweet

Why use Twitter?

Newsfeed

Twitter is fast paced and collates a lot of content in one place.

Conversationsand networking

Twitter is a great opportunity to discuss ideas and communicate with others.

Reach a wider audience

Tweet Chats: scheduled discussions that take place on Twitter using hashtags to unify the conversation.

#wenurses #wedocs

Follow events you can’t attendwww.symplur.com lists useful medical conference hashtags

So, why use Twitter?

There can be perceived risks that you might want to consider before jumping

straight in…

Hashtag #Fail#Susanalbumparty Professionalism

(2016) ‘Doctor posted expletive-filled Twitter rants about patients, tribunal hears’, The Guardian, 1 March.

Guidance is available

Social Media Guidelines

Bad tweet…

Good tweet…

Bad tweet…

Good tweet…

Activity breakFill in your Twitter profile

- Choose a picture- Add a short bio- Find more people to follow

Any questions?

Discussion/Questions

YiWen Hon - yhon@sgul.ac.uk

How do you think you will use Twitter?

Ka-Ming Pang - kpang@sgul.ac.uk

Image attribution Blackboard background: Flickr user pareeerica https://www.flickr.com/photos/pareeerica/5886916180 Twitter bird background: Flickr user eldh https://www.flickr.com/photos/eldh/5858249526/Newspaper: Flickr user hpnlhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/hpnl/7558295184Paper conversation bubbles: Flickr user marcwathieuhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/marcwathieu/2979581445/Network cables: Flickr user brunogirinhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/brunogirin/73014722/Theatre audience: Flickr user sean_fragahttps://www.flickr.com/photos/sean_fraga/20308525/Music festival audience: Flickr user exitfestivalhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/exitfestival/7558405418/Cinema billboard: Photofuniahttps://photofunia.com/Why not truck: Flickr user petereedhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/petereed/496392956

Acknowledgements

With thanks to Ruth Jenkins, Librarian at Prospect Park Hospital, Berkshire, for sharing advice and training materials.

SGUL Social Media Guide

The St George’s, University of London guide to using social media – http://bit.ly/1KfpFPG (SGUL username and password is needed to access this page)